As food writer Leah Koenig explains in her Politico column “The Lost Foods of New York City,” date nut bread and cream cheese ...

This tender, moist date-nut bread gets most of its sweetness from pureed dates and a touch of maple syrup — with no refined sugar.

I have vivid memories of sitting at my grandmother’s Formica kitchen table in Queens with a glass of cold milk and a thick slice of date nut bread with ... a kid in my grandma’s kitchen.