LIGHTING SPECIAL PART OF CULTURE FOOD. ONE LOCAL BAKERY HAS BEEN PASSING ON TRADITIONS AND
FEEDING THE COMMUNITY FOR MORE
THAN A CENTURY. JOINING US NOW
IS STACY FOX FROM STAR BAKERY IN
OAK PARK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING WITH US TO BE HERE. WHAT A
DISPLAY HOW GOOD IT SMELLS
INCREDIBLE TO GLUTEN? YES SHE
WAS LIKE SHE WAS LIKE NEXT TIME.
YEAH WELL, THE START BAKERY HAS
BEEN AROUND SINCE 1915. CAN YOU
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
HISTORY? SURE SO STAR BAKERY
STARTED IN 1915 IN RIGHT
UNDERWEAR. 3 75 IS RIGHT NOW.
WOW MOVED TO OAK PARK. IT HAD
SEVERAL LOCATIONS MOVED TO OAK
PARK IN 1954, AND IT WAS IT’S
STILL THERE BUILT IN PLACE IN
1954. WOW WOW. ALRIGHT, WELL, SO
LET’S GET INTO THE FOOD. HOLLA
IS MISSING IT RIGHT? HOLLA HOLLA
HOLLA IS A POPULAR JEWISH BREAD.
IS RECOGNIZABLE BY BRAIDING NOW
FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNFAMILIAR AND
FAMILIAR WITH IT. WHAT MAKES
HALLAH BREAD SO SPECIAL? SO WHEN
JEWS WENT INTO EASTERN EUROPE,
THEY WERE KIND OF ON THE POOR
SIDE, AND THEY USED TO BE REALLY
LIKE ROUGH BREADS, A LOT OF LIKE
DARK BRANDS AND FOR THE SHABBAT
OR THE SABBATH. IT WAS A SPECIAL
TIME SO YOU HAD SPECIAL BREAD,
SO THEY MADE IT WITH EGGS AND
EVEN HONEY OR SUGAR. AND SO IT
WAS FOR A SWEET WEEK. ALRIGHT SO
RIGHT NOW YOU’RE GOING TO SHOW
US HOW TO BRAID THE HOLLA AND
CAN YOU SHARE SOME OF THE
DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAKE IT AS
WELL? ABSOLUTELY SO WE CAN DO
HALA IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS WE
WERE GOING TO DO A SIMPLE
ABRADE. THERE’S ALSO A CIRCLE.
THERE’S BIGGER HALLA’S. THIS IS
A VERY POPULAR STYLE FROM THE 19
BEAUTIFUL FORTIES. SO THIS IS A
SIMPLE THREE STRAND BRAID. YOU
TAKE YOUR ROUNDS OF DOUGH, AND
WE CAN SELL THE ROUNDS OF DOUGH
TO AT THE BAKERY, AND YOU JUST
STRETCH THEM AND ROLL THEM INTO
UM, SPREADING TOGETHER, OKAY?
AND YOU’RE GONNA BREAK THEM,
JUST LIKE YOU WILL HEAR EXACTLY
. YOU WANT TO GET FOR IT. JUST
MAKE IT A NICE TIGHT BRAID OVER
ON. YEAH A LITTLE ON THE TIGHT
SIDE. THERE YOU GO. GOOD FIGURE
IN NATURAL. THANK YOU, JODY. YOU
SHOULD TRY SOMETHING. BECAUSE
THIS IS AMAZING. OH YEAH. I
WOULD LOVE TO TAILS. YOU HAVE
ANYTHING FOR ME TO SAMPLE? OH MY
GOSH. SO WE ARE FAMOUS FOR OUR
COOKIES OVER THERE. OKAY COOKIES
AND MANDLE BREAD RIGHT HERE.
RIGHT OVER THERE. YOU GOT GOING
ON THE WHITE CHOCOLATE
CRANBERRY. CLICK CHIP AND THE
OATMEAL RAISIN RAISIN. YOU WANT
TO TRY TO OATMEAL RAISIN? OKAY,
PERFECT. WHICH ONE IS OATMEAL
RAISIN? RIGHT THERE THAT GOT IT.
YEP. OKAY GLUTEN. PEOPLE JUST
KNEW RIGHT AT IT. AND THEN YOU
CAN DO IS JUST EGG WASH UP. GO
AHEAD AND GIVE IT AN EGG WASH
YOU CAN SPRINKLE AND SOME SESAME
SEEDS AND YOU BAKE IT OFF, AND
THEY SAY THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
BRAIDING I LOVED IT RESONATED
WITH ME WAS THAT IT’S THE LAST
WORK OF THE DAY OF THE WEEK THAT
YOU DO SO THEN YOU’RE GOING TO
EAT IT FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEN YOU
HAVE YOUR SAMBATH ON SATURDAY TO
RELAX. I LOVE THAT PLUG. EVEN IF
YOU ONLY GET A COUPLE FLOWERS I
LOVE THAT SIGNIFICANCE IS YOU
CAN BUY YOUR HOLLIS. SOMEONE DID
THAT WORK, AND NOW YOU CAN
RELAX. I LOVE IT. I LOVE THE
TRADITION OF IT. SO LET’S GET TO
SOMETHING THAT I ABSOLUTELY
LOVE. AND I HAVEN’T HAD A GLUTEN
FREE ONE SINCE I FOUND OUT THIS
WHOLE GLUTEN FREE THING RUBELLA.
TALK TO US ABOUT THAT. FOR THOSE
WHO DON’T KNOW WHAT IS IT AND
TELL THEM HOW DELICIOUS IT IS.
SO THIS IS THE REGULAR REGULAR
IS YIDDISH FOR A ROLL, JAM
FILLED COOKIE, AND NOW THEY DO,
UM, WE CAN DO THEM WITH NUTS OR
CHOCOLATE, AND WE HAVE APRICOT,
PLAIN CINNAMON, AND IT’S
ALONGSIDE ARTICLE OVER HERE AND
WHAT IT IS AGAIN. IT WAS A VERY
OLD FOOD OR A POOR FOOD. AND SO
PEOPLE MADE IT WITH YEAST. BUT
NOW, WHEN YOU CAME OVER TO
AMERICA, YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
HAD A LITTLE MONEY IN YOUR
POCKET, AND THEY STARTED MAKING
IT WITH BUTTER AND CREAM CHEESE,
AND IT IS PHENOMENA. THEY STILL
MAKE IT IN ISRAEL AND IN EUROPE
, USING THE OLD YEAST RECIPE,
WHICH IS STILL DELICIOUS AND
WONDERFUL. I MEAN, YOU CAN WRAP
ANYTHING WITH CHOCOLATE AND I’LL
EAT IT RIGHT. TELL ME ABOUT IT
READ. I LOVE THAT YOU USE AT THE
BAKERY IS ALSO FILLED WITH
HISTORY. TELL US THE STORY
BEHIND THAT. SO THE OVEN THAT’S
THERE THAT WE STILL USE. EVERY
SINGLE DAY IS FROM 1954. IT WAS
BUILT IN PLACE. IT IS OLD
FAITHFUL. WHEN WE HAVE TROUBLE
WITH MACHINERY. IT’S NEVER THAT
MACHINE. MEAN, IT IS ALWAYS
AMAZING, REALLY IS TRULY DON’T
MAKE THEM LIKE THEY DON’T. I WAS
JUST THINKING THAT YOU TOOK THE
WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH. SO
WHERE CAN PEOPLE LEARN MORE
ABOUT YOU? FOLLOWING YOU ONLINE
COME VISIT SO STAR BAKERY IS
LOCATED IN OAK PARK BETWEEN 11
AND 10 MILE AND WE HAVE A SISTER
BAKERY IN WEST BLOOMFIELD
DIAMOND BAKERY, WHICH IS AT
ORCHARD LAKE AND MAPLE. AND WE
HAVE MANY OF THE SAME ITEMS, AND
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, RECIPES THAT
ARE TO EACH STORE. OKAY I LOVE