Luchow's Cole Slaw

Wash cabbage; slice or cut fine. Scald 5 minutes and drain well through colander; press out all water. Mix with onions, green pepper, and vinegar. Beat eggs, salt, and pepper together; add gradually, beating steadily. Pour over cabbage mixture; stir well. Pour sour cream and stir until evenly mixed.

"In 1998 New York magazine asked readers to vote for their favorites to be installed in a newly created New York Food Hall of Fame. In the category of Most Missed Restaurants, New Yorkers chose, along with Mama Leone’s and Le Pavillon, Luchow’s. It was inevitable that New York’s landmark German restaurant, at East 14th Street from 1882 to 1982, would be missed.

Luchow’s was founded by August Guido Luchow, who came to America in 1879. He established his business in a three-story brownstone near Union Square, now a cut-rate shopping district but then the center of Manhattan culture and home to the Academy of Music. Handsome carved-oak paneling, huge mirrors, etched glass, skylights and wall murals made Luchow’s handsome. The food and the society who came to enjoy it made it popular. "

By Alice Demetrius Stock, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: New York icon’s German flavors live on Thursday, June 01, 2000