"blintz" news and stories

Fat, fluffy pancakes and waffles are pretty straightforward, but the crèpe is more delicate and takes a deft hand to get it right -- thin, light, and golden brown. Add fruit and a combination of farmer cheese and cottage cheese, vanilla and sugar, along with lemon zest and raisins, if you like, and you've got a cheese blintz. Vancouver blogger vancityallie makes hers using a Julia Child recipe, along with her own recipe for an ultra-smooth filling, which uses cream cheese in addition to cottage cheese.

By the way, the origin of the word "blintz" is Yiddish for "pancake." And during the Jewish celebration of Shavuot, which began last night at sundown, blintzes are very much on the dairy-based dessert menu. For more on the Jewish blintz tradition, see this post.

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There was a lot of really terrific food at the Philly food blogger potluck I hosted last Friday, but one of the standouts for me were the pumpkin blintzes that Alanna and Alex, the bloggers behind Two Fat Als, brought with them. Maybe it had been too long since I had last had a blintz, or maybe it was that I've always liked the filling of pumpkin pie better than the crust. For whatever reason, I couldn't stay away from these puppies and ate three of them in rapid succession.

They'd be a terrific way to change up your Thanksgiving dessert table or as a way of making your turkey day breakfast a little extra special. Your guests will definitely come back for more.

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