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Deena PrichepDP

Deena Prichep

Deena Prichep is a freelance radio and print journalist based in Portland, Oregon. Her stories on topics ranging from urban agriculture to gefilte fish have appeared on NPR's Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, and All Things Considered, The World, The Splendid Table, Bon Appetit, Marketplace, Vegetarian Times, Salon.com and The Oregonian.
kugel
Food
How humble kugel becomes a ‘red-letter feast’ for Yom Kippur
Russian-born musician Pavel Lion performs under the name Psoy Korolenko
Music
Pavel Lion is kind of a cross between Fyodor Dostoyevsky and ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic
Tacos al pastor from Carmela's Mexican Restaurant in Beaumont, Texas.
Food
Thank the Ottoman Empire for the taco al pastor
Fania Lewando, a restaurant owner in Poland before World War II, wrote a Yiddish cookbook that reveals a vibrant Jewish vegetarian tradition.
Food
Jewish vegetarians say you don’t have to make brisket for Passover — and they’ve got the recipes to prove it
Tony Gurdian, at Imperial in Portland, Oregon, uses his homemade switchel to make a drink called The Haymaker's Revival.
Food
A colonial-era drink called switchel is making a 21st century comeback
Lifestyle & Belief
When Jews lived in the Soviet Union, they had to hide their matzah in suitcases
Lifestyle & Belief
When Jews lived in the Soviet Union, they had to hide their matzah in suitcases