On this episode of Marti’s Music Kitchen, the Fun Food Podcast with Creative People where anything can happen, we’re taking a trip to NE Portland to visit new friends Rachel Brashear and Aaron Tomasko at their food-cart, Sweet Lorraine’s Latkes and More. Rachel and Aaron are both accomplished musicians with several albums under their creative umbrella, including a new release that just hit the air this March! 

Music aside, the pair have created a menu out of a longing for traditional, New York-style Jewish food at Sweet Lorraine’s, aptly named after Aaron’s grandmother. This is where their passion for creating delicious food truly shines!

“We don’t really have this interest in reinventing anything. We want to keep these things alive so they don’t get lost in history,” says Rachel. 

On MMK’s first ever episode recorded inside a food-cart, they’re showing Marti how they perfected the art of the knish - a traditional Jewish snack - in more ways than just one! Listen along as they discuss songwriting, cooking, family and the creativity of them all!


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RECIPE

Knish Crust ingredients:

2 ½ cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1 large egg
1 tsp vinegar
½ cup canola oil
½ cup water

Filling Ideas:
Mashed potatoes and onion
Ground beef and onion
Vegetables
Farmer’s cheese, real cherry pie filling, cream cheese and sugar
Any kind of fruit


Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375. Combine dry ingredients first, then add wet ingredients, mixing thoroughly until a dough is formed. If it’s oily, that’s okay! Wrap the dough in plastic, place it in a bowl, and refrigerate from anywhere between an hour to a full night.

While the dough chills, prepare your favorite mashed potato & onion recipe - just make sure the potato mixture isn’t too wet, or your knish won’t hold together! Let the potato filling cool and dry - preferably cooling overnight in the fridge. 

When the crust and filling are ready, use a rolling pin to roll the dough out as thin as you possibly can in the shape of a rectangle. This is a little like making a jelly roll. Once you can see through the dough (without any rips!) spoon the potato mixture (or whatever you might be adding) along the front edge of the dough. 

You’re going to roll them up from this edge - this is the tricky part! There are a few different ways - Rachel makes them in pairs, getting two knish per roll. This way, the knish has a nice top and bottom crust. Some people prefer to make a singular long roll and twist them apart. Find out what works best for you!

Once your knish is in a shape that you like, apply an egg wash and bake on a cookie sheet until golden brown. In a convection oven, this takes about 25 minutes. In a traditional oven, it’s more like 35-40 minutes.

Enjoy with deli mustard or add a topping like gravy or cheese.


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MMK S3-40 Rachel Brashear and Aaron Tomasko Traditional Jewish Food-cart Knish and Songwriting

Part2 coming soon :)

Special thanks to #Prezmo (https://soundcloud.com/prezmo) for the track "We mgle" :)

T.picker April 2022 Set [6] [Part1]

When Apollo reached the moon, he hidden behind rocks.

Moon Alien by M.H.K

Today on Marti’s Music Kitchen, the Fun Cooking Podcast with Creative People, where anything can happen, we’re joined in the kitchen by a shining star of audio engineers. Tony Huerta -  the production-managing, audio-engineering, singing and beatboxing extraordinaire. 

Tony is currently the Production Manager and Audio Engineer for the Grammy award-winning acapella group Take 6, and has previously worked with notable acts like Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, Amy Grant, and Brian McKnight…but that’s just the start of the list! 

You may also know Tony as the professional singer and beatboxer, who led his acapella group Urban Method to the finals of the NBC show, The Sing Off.

“As a Dad, if you talk about the food like you don’t like it, then they will automatically not like it…..and that’s how I raise my kids. So they eat everything I put on the table.”

A little-known fact about Tony however, is that he LOVES to cook - especially for his kids! On the MMK menu today? Tony’s very own recipe for Salmon Oscar; a quick, simple dinner of salmon and crab over angel hair pasta with a side of cheesy Parmesan Mushrooms.

Are you hungry?! Let’s get cooking with Tony Huerta… in Marti’s Music Kitchen! 

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Tony Huerta’s Salmon Oscar

INGREDIENTS:
2-3 salmon filets
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp lemon pepper
1 tsp oregano
1 tbsp olive oil
1 batch angel hair pasta
One large glass (8-10 oz) dry white wine
King crab, ½ cup per filet

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1 lb white mushrooms
¼ cup (¼ stick) butter
Salt and pepper to taste
¾ cup parmesan cheese or more to taste

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DIRECTIONS:
Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
cook the angel hair pasta.

At the same time, heat a large skillet with olive oil in it.
Season the salmon filets on both sides with the salt, pepper, oregano, and lemon pepper.
Sear the salmon on high heat on the non-skin side.
Turn over the filets so the skin side is down.
Add one large glass of wine and cover immediately.
Reduce heat to medium.
Cook for about 10 minutes or until the desired doneness is achieved.

Shred the crab meat and place in the wine reduction just enough to warm it slightly.
Remove and strain the pasta and add a slight amount of olive oil to keep it from sticking.
Serve the pasta onto a plate, place the salmon on top, and pour the white wine reduction over both.  Then add the crab meat on top.

Serve with cooked mushrooms and Enjoy!

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DIRECTIONS FOR PARMESAN MUSHROOMS:

In a skillet, put 1/4 stick of butter and warm over medium heat.
Add washed and cut mushrooms.  
Add salt and pepper.
Add a generous amount of shredded fresh parmesan cheese, although pre-shredded parmesan works well. 
Cook over medium -high heat for about 15 minutes.  Do not stir.  
Let the cheese get crusty on the bottom of the pan.

Serve with Salmon Oscar


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MMK S3-41 Tony Huerta Production Manager Take 6 Salmon Oscar and Parmesan Mushrooms

Fresco - 2fola x Thouxanbandyp

Sunshine Paradise  by Atsushi Yamauchi

A few years back I took a trip to Uman for the Jewish Holiday of Rosh HaShanah. Uman is in the Ukraine and nowadays with a war going on, I don't know if there will be an opportunity to go this year, but I guess we'll wait and see. Peace can come at any moment. 
The reason people go to Uman is to pray at the grave of Rabbi Nachman. Rabbi Nachman or Reb Nachman as he is called was a very righteous man and he made a promise to anyone who will come and pray by his grave on Rosh HaShannah that he will do his best to intercede on that person's behalf to have his prayers answered.
Reb Nachman also made a promise to anyone who comes to his grave that he will personally pull him from the depths of hell (if he unfortunately has to go there) by his side curls (this is the hair you see on a religious Jew that hangs down from the side of the head). 
Just to be clear, in truth, any person at any time can turn directly to God and ask for help. But there is such an idea that the righteous after death do have a special power. 
I hope you like the song. Wishing you only good things, Gedalya

The Promise of A Holy Man

Time Traveler by Atsushi Yamauchi

Sunshine 60 by Atsushi Yamauchi

The Return Produced By: Mic Rocca

Marti’s Music Kitchen is the Fun Music and Food Podcast - Where Anything Can Happen with host, Jazz Singer-Songwriter and Producer, Marti Mendenhall. The podcast episodes are just a kick to listen to, sometimes with live performances, a ton of laughter and lots and lots of amazing food! Check out interviews of musicians, chefs, food-lovers and creative people - sometimes cooking and even singing on the air! 

The philosophy is that food and music are the two things that bind us together as people. That’s the really great thing about this show. The diversity of guests – of shared experiences – of the many, many different views of food. 
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