Guten Gefilte! Jewish delicacies beguile Berlin

Berlin

BEIGE, boiled and usually packed in a gelatinous goo, gefilte fish is not the sort of dish that typically excites foodies.

But the plump pink terrine prepared by New York chef Jeffrey Yoskowitz for Nosh Berlin, a weeklong food festival celebrating Jewish cuisine, was baked fresh and gluten-free. "Gefilte fish can be sexy," Yoskowitz assured the 150 people who gathered in late March in Kreuzberg, in the western part of Berlin, to taste some of the delicacies that had all but disappeared from the city's shops and restaurants after World War II.