As a good friend of many Members of the Tribe and a College Faculty grad, I’ve been invited to plenty of seder dinners in my life. I actually benefit from the rituals and the historical past of the ceremonial meals, however to be trustworthy, a number of the particular dishes are deliberately a bit of … let’s assume, difficult. Bitter herbs dipped in salt water to represent the tears of battle and unleavened breads are really historic parts of a seder, to this point be it from me to criticize them as a part of telling the inspirational story of the liberation of the Israelites from slavery.
However Hanukkah? That’s proper up this gentile’s alley. It options meals cooked in oil to memorialize the miracle of the lamp that burned for eight days on a single vial of oil. Meaning latkes and fried jelly doughnuts, plus triumphant principal programs of brisket or roasted hen and candy treats comparable to babka and rugelach.
That’s why it’s at all times a deal with when the homeowners of Invoice’s Sandwich Palace in East Nashville get along with a couple of of their mates to supply their annual Hanukkah-inspired lunch menu. This yr Aaron Clemins and his spouse Christen are becoming a member of forces with their mates Michael Wolf, Matt Leff and Ellen Einstein, the beloved former proprietor of Candy sixteenth Bakery, which used to function out of the 311 N. sixteenth St. location.
Brisket Reuben
Collectively they’ve created a particular tribute menu for Sunday, Dec. 14. From 11 a.m. till 2 p.m. they are going to supply their takes on basic dishes: The Large Schnitz, a fried hen thigh on lavash bread served with all kinds of scrumptious accoutrements; Bubbe’s Brisket, braised beef on rye with Russian dressing and a cheese blanket; and Danny’s Canine, an all-beef Vienna wiener with slaw, tomato, scorching giardiniera, dill pickle, yellow mustard and scorching poppy cider dressing.
Danny’s Canine
For dessert, select from an L+W Uncle Buck Citrus Cake (which is nothing just like the model they promote at Bass Professional Store for some cause) or Matt Leff’s recipe for “babkamisu,” a chocolate babka with layers of pistachio cream and an espresso-honey syrup.
Stroll-in service can be out there on Dec. 14, however the good cash is on preordering from the Invoice’s web site beginning at round 6 p.m. the night earlier than. They are going to be limiting the variety of preorder spots, so when you don’t snag one, bear in mind you possibly can nonetheless in all probability get there early on Sunday and nonetheless discover one thing superb for lunch.
And by the best way, Invoice’s is not the one recreation on the town on the subject of particular upcoming Hanukkah choices. See my fellow Scene contributor Margaret Littman’s current replace on what Sadie’s, Aba and Butcher & Bee have deliberate for the vacation.
