About Elissa Altman
Elissa Altman is a regular food columnist for The Huffington Post, founder of the James Beard Award-winning blog PoorMansFeast.com, and the author of Big Food. Her work has been published in Saveur, the New York Times, Northeast Magazine, and other national publications.
Matzo Meal and the Foundation of Ancient Egypt
Apr 13, 2009 by Elissa Altman
Elissa Atlman finds brotherhood and understanding in, of all places, The Ten Commandments, while making matzo meal sponge cake for Passover.
New Year’s Revolution
Jan 23, 2009 by Elissa Altman
New Year’s resolutions. We start with good intentions to eat healthy, then by February it’s duck fat and lardons. Just ask writer Elissa Altman.
Readings: “The Taste of Security”
Jan 18, 2007 by Elissa Altman
Food writer Elissa Altman reads her essay about the challenges her father faced when bringing back to Canada Jewish contraband: chicken fat and chopped liver.
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