: a small round or square of dough stuffed with a filling (such as potato) and baked or fried
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Famous specialized in Jewish meals, at its peak serving a million kreplach and three million knishes a year.
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Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
Appetizers included hot and sour soup and egg rolls, potato knishes and akara, Nigerian black-eyed pea fritters.
—Alix Wall, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025
There were street merchants selling pickles and knishes.
—Mara Reinstein, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2024
New products include grapeseed oil; frozen, gluten-free knishes and frozen matzo balls (don’t tell your mother!).
—Remy Tumin, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
And there are new products in the works: from cheeky merch to frozen matzoh balls and knishes.
—Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
There are also knishes, bagels, brisket and kasha varnishkes (buckwheat groats with bow-tie pasta).
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
New York seltzer, which has become a culinary staple in the city like knishes and Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray soda, has its own history, Mr. Joseph said.
—Corey Kilgannon Juan Arredondo, New York Times, 13 May 2023
The potato knishes, the milkhiker borscht, the cheese kreplekh, the varnishkes, the pirogen, blintzes, buttermilk, and for dessert pudding and poppy cakes — the food of a Jew’s pastoral dream.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2020
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Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
Appetizers included hot and sour soup and egg rolls, potato knishes and akara, Nigerian black-eyed pea fritters.
—Alix Wall, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025
There were street merchants selling pickles and knishes.
—Mara Reinstein, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2024
New products include grapeseed oil; frozen, gluten-free knishes and frozen matzo balls (don’t tell your mother!).
—Remy Tumin, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
And there are new products in the works: from cheeky merch to frozen matzoh balls and knishes.
—Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
There are also knishes, bagels, brisket and kasha varnishkes (buckwheat groats with bow-tie pasta).
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
New York seltzer, which has become a culinary staple in the city like knishes and Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray soda, has its own history, Mr. Joseph said.
—Corey Kilgannon Juan Arredondo, New York Times, 13 May 2023
The potato knishes, the milkhiker borscht, the cheese kreplekh, the varnishkes, the pirogen, blintzes, buttermilk, and for dessert pudding and poppy cakes — the food of a Jew’s pastoral dream.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2020
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“Knish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knish. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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knish
noun
: a small round or square piece of dough stuffed with a filling and baked or fried
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Yiddish
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