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Food for the Soul
What could me more comforting on a cold winter day than a hot bowl of chicken soup?
KAREN SCHWARTZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Mish Mash at Steve’s Deli
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JANUARY 13 • 2022
Chicken soup to-go is available at Steve’s Deli.
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t’s chicken soup season. As the temperature drops and the snow begins to fall, there’s nothing quite like sitting down to a steaming hot bowl of soup. COVID-19 has accelerated soup sales even further, say local delis. Luckily, whether you want to sit down or carry out, there’s no shortage of delis in Metro Detroit ready to make you a bowl of this Jewish comfort food. There’s someone up early stirring giant pots of broth, carrots, onion, celery and more at every establishment. Steven Goldberg, owner of the Stage Deli in West Bloomfield, has vivid memories of making kreplach and matzah balls at his grandmother’s side as a young child. And he’s been serving chicken soup based on his grandmothers’ recipes since the restaurant opened its doors 60 years ago. His late father, Jack, blended the flavors his maternal and paternal grandmothers, from Russia and Western Poland respectively, used to make their soups shine. And it’s led to a soup generations can enjoy. “It’s very heartening to me to be able to continue the tradition that goes well beyond my grandparents,” he says. “It feels great. Chicken soup has cultural continued on page 16
