A chopped liver smackdown

by Marisa McClellan, Posted Mar 21st 2008 @ 3:01PM

My mom comes from a large family of mostly-secular Jews. That side of the family taught me to love going out to brunch on Sundays, to understand the need to have far more food at family events that we could possible eat and to deeply appreciate a good batch of chopped liver.

It is in the spirit of that last trait that I bring you The Great Chopped Liver Taste-Off from the Village Voice's food blog, Fork in the Road. They tasted six versions of chopped liver from local markets (although it makes me sort of sad that they didn't include a homemade version in the mix). The two winners were Russ and Daughters and Katz's Deli, two landmark Jewish delis in the New York area.

If you don't live in the New York area and want to try some quality chopped liver, here's my favorite recipe (although the lack of schmaltz makes it sort of controversial).

[via Ed Levine's New York Eats]

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3-21-2008 @4:02PM Julie said... I haven't had good chopped liver in ages. Every weekend when I was a child we would go and get chopped liver, chopped herring(my mother's favorite, herring in sour cream and lox.There are not too many places left out my way that carry these foods.
I have made my own chopped liver in the past and it was pretty good, maybe I'll give this recipe a try.
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