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Mexican-inspired Rosh Hashanah menu pops up at Melody Wine Bar
Market correspondent Gillian Ferguson first heard about Elizabeth Heitner when reading about her pastrami tacos.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readMarket correspondent Gillian Ferguson first heard about Elizabeth Heitner when reading about her pastrami tacos. Heitner is serving Rosh Hashanah favorites with a Mexican twist at Melody Wine Bar — with dishes including Potato Knish Quesadilla Frita, Beet Cured Salmon Tostada, and Braised Carrot Tsimmes. Heitner buys her heirloom apples from Mike Cirone of See Canyon Fruit Ranch. He describes this year’s earlier ripening due to the heat waves throughout the state.
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The full episode
3 of 6Ancient seeds, babka, cheesecake, tortilla tournament- 0:00Growing hope and dates from 2,000 seeds
- 12:41Braiding dough into the imperfect babka
- 20:27Mexican-inspired Rosh Hashanah menu pops up at Melody Wine BarYou’re reading this
- 29:27Ugly-beautiful: burning your dessert to perfection
- 38:37Pastry chef reclaims her own story in new memoir
- 49:20Bracketing tortillas in KCRW’s annual Tortilla Tournament