Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Daniel Haykin treasures his memories of preparing for Passover when he was a kid in the 1980s. Gefilte fish, an appetizer served during the Passover seder, ...

Gefilte fish, with its complicated cooking process and potent aroma, is nothing if not controversial — but if you’ve had it made well, you know why it remains a fixture of so many Jewish gatherings.