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  • There are hilarious selections by Yiddish accented singer Mickey Katz belting out songs that revere and make fun of traditional Jewish foods such as gefilte fish.

    ArtScene: This Week's Top Exhibitions in the Western U.S. (August 17-21, 2010) 2010

  • There, she makes quick versions of kosher staples such as gefilte fish as well as more sophisticated dishes such as seared tuna.

    unknown title 2008

  • But even though we technically got the worm, we need to ask ourselves this: who has a repertoire of jolly carols, fresh-baked cookies, and brilliant trees, and who has gefilte fish?

    Danny Licht: Jews for Christmas, or How to Make the Holidays Less Blue Danny Licht 2011

  • Even though Bubbe Mary was a rogue capitalist, she dropped every spare dime and quarter into a blue and white tin charity box that she kept in her pantry, right next to the jars of gefilte fish and red beet horseradish.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • But even though we technically got the worm, we need to ask ourselves this: who has a repertoire of jolly carols, fresh-baked cookies, and brilliant trees, and who has gefilte fish?

    Danny Licht: Jews for Christmas, or How to Make the Holidays Less Blue Danny Licht 2011

  • Mrs. Pearl, who suffered from severe swelling of the lower legs which necessitated the use of a walker, offered him gefilte fish, assuring him it was delicious.

    What Is Life? vic fortezza 2011

  • And finally: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has an important new mission: helping Rep. Don Manzullo (R-IL) get U.S. gefilte fish to Israel in time for Passover, even though the country has “imposed a 120% duty on imported gefilte, drying up the market.”

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: March 1, 2010 2010

  • Even though Bubbe Mary was a rogue capitalist, she dropped every spare dime and quarter into a blue and white tin charity box that she kept in her pantry, right next to the jars of gefilte fish and red beet horseradish.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • And finally: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has an important new mission: helping Rep. Don Manzullo (R-IL) get U.S. gefilte fish to Israel in time for Passover, even though the country has “imposed a 120% duty on imported gefilte, drying up the market.”

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: March 1, 2010 2010

  • His hands smell of metal and gefilte fish, which he makes sometimes himself in the meat grinder.

    Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011

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