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Definition of kugel
: a baked pudding (as of potatoes or noodles) usually served as a side dish
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Enterprising expats have stepped in to satisfy their cravings for blintzes, kugels and kasha varnishkes, and to appeal to the denizens of the city’s flourishing foodie scene.
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Other items on the festival menu are pomegranate chicken, kugel, majadrah, salads, knish, latkes and challah.
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Guests dined on borscht, cabbage leaves stuffed with Georgian walnut sauce, chicken with citrus and olives, a cauliflower-leek kugel and orange marmalade-chocolate rugelach.
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Origin and Etymology of kugel
Yiddish kugl, from Middle High German kugel ball — more at cudgel
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