“What can I kichel here today?”
The Kichels started as a half-baked idea that met with a lot of skepticism.
A full-page comic serial? For adults? But over the course of the past two years, it’s become clear that the idea is a recipe for success. There’s something about the Kichels’ combination of dry humor with frum-specific foibles that’s succeeded in winning readers’ hearts and offering endless opportunities for gluten-related wordplay in a way no trendy pastry ever could.
Here, readers share their thoughts and impressions of the Kichels — and Bracha and Chani give us a behind-the-scenes peek into the making of the Kichels
Coming up with ideas for the Kichels takes longer than you’d think, as I alternately scribble, brainstorm, and frantically comb through my Gmail drafts. Finally, I’ll email Shana Friedman, Mishpacha’s managing editor, with a few ideas. If I’m lucky, she’ll approve one of them. Then I start drafting and researching. Oh, and harassing friends and anyone with the misfortune of being related to me, asking them to, say, help me come up enough ideas to make a passive-aggressive Chanukah gift guide. (Spoiler alert: they didn’t. Thanks for nothing, harassees.)
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