Mutton, paired with “The Wink” (Season 7, Episode 4)

This episode is all about food. Jerry, in a rare attempt at self-betterment, decides to eat healthier. He orders a grapefruit for breakfast and a salad at the steakhouse his girlfriend takes him to. In a somewhat retrograde plot turn (the episode aired in 1995), Jerry suspects that his girlfriend thinks he’s less of a man for not eating meat. In an attempt to prove his virility, he pretends to eat the mutton she serves for dinner, sneaking it into a napkin and stowing it in his jacket pocket. The results are predictably disastrous: Elaine wears the mutton jacket, and its meaty smell lures a pack of dogs to chase her down the street. Those dogs get it. Mutton is delicious. And I promise that no one will tuck away an uneaten piece of this simple mutton dish.

Chocolate Babka, paired with “The Dinner Party” (Season 5, Episode 13)

Elaine is 100 percent correct when she declares a cinnamon babka to be a “lesser babka” in this episode. Nothing beats a chocolate babka. Nothing. But as the gang on “Seinfeld” learn, getting your hands on a good chocolate babka is no easy task. Neither is baking this recipe from Melissa Clark — it’s got 14 steps and takes all day — but the result is worth the effort. For something a little easier to pair with this episode, might I suggest William Grimes’s black and white cookies.

Rye Pretzels, paired with “The Alternate Side” (Season 3, Episode 11)

Who can forget Kramer’s virtuosic delivery of his line in a Woody Allen movie: “These pretzels are making me thirsty!” No “Seinfeld” food tour would be complete without pretzels. So when I found a recipe for rye pretzels, I thought it’d be a great way to honor two episodes with one delicious, salty snack. I wasn’t going to ask you to make a marble rye (see Episode 11, Season 7, “The Rye”). After all, why bake when you can just snatch the bread from an old lady on the street? If, however, you’re more of a baker than I am, try your hand at this New York deli-style rye bread.