If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Rebecca Flint Marx is the former editor of Eater at Home. Her areas of expertise include home cooking and ...

Daniel Shemtob's new series turns strangers' family recipes into tacos, and grief into connection.

An undated photo of homemade gefilte fish, simmered in a vegetable court-bouillon, March 20, 2016. It’s worth making the real thing at home, which bears little resemblance to the stuff sold in jars.

Long before gefilte fish was jarred in its own jellied aspic and sold on supermarket shelves, it was a labor-intensive dish prepared at home in accordance with Ashkenazi tradition. Co-owners Jeffrey ...