Kugels and Potatoniks

Soul food of my ancestors:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kugel
http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/recipe-of-the-day-potato-nik/

Perhaps it is no accident that the foods I gravitate towards are the foods of my ancestors. I didn't grow up eating cabbage, beans, dark bread, kugels kasha, matzoh balls and latkes but I have found my way to them.