kugel

ku·gel | \ ˈkü-gəl

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Definition of kugel

: a baked pudding (as of potatoes or noodles) usually served as a side dish

Examples of kugel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And in my house, this means the noodle kugel and the cucumber salad. — Stacey Ballis, chicagotribune.com, "Break the fast for Yom Kippur with mini noodle kugels and everything bagel salad," 2 Oct. 2019 When the store opened, residents no longer had to cross the Hudson River just to buy food – and people really liked the kugel. — NBC News, "'Why this small bodega?': Jersey City Jewish community mourns after deadly grocery attack," 12 Dec. 2019 Cole personally requested two family favorites: latkes and noodle kugel. — Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, "Friends and Family wants to be a bar where women want to work," 20 Nov. 2019 Ashkenazi dishes are so varied that even in the same region, a kugel, say, a potato or noodle pudding prepared in Poland, is not the same as one made in a Romanian kitchen. — BostonGlobe.com, "Shaya: An Odyssey of Food, My Journey Back to Israel," 25 Sep. 2019 Meanwhile, many Americans assumed Jewish cuisine to be limited to traditional dishes such as kugel and kasha varnishkes. — Emily Langer, Washington Post, "Edda Servi Machlin, Holocaust survivor who kept alive Italian Jewish cuisine, dies at 93," 6 Sep. 2019 Water Tower Park The water-play area has four features, including water walls and a 9½-ton granite kugel ball that spins on a layer of water. — azcentral, "45 Phoenix area splash pads, parks and water features," 14 June 2018 Noodle kugel, one of several authentic Jewish specialties served at Broadway Deli, is a casserole-like noodle dish that tastes savory and lightly sweet. — Sarah Gish, kansascity, "Pastrami time: 5 things to know about Broadway Deli's ‘mostly Jewish’ specialties," 8 June 2018 Apparently, Mitzi was deeply loved, both for her friendship and her kugel. — Sally Higginson, chicagotribune.com, "Column: I went to the funeral of a friend's mother — at least I thought I did," 19 Apr. 2018

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“Kugel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kugel. Accessed 20 Feb. 2020.

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