Michael Kaminer
By Michael Kaminer
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Life Add this to your quarantine reading list: 500 pages on Jewish dairy restaurants and the ‘milkhideke’ personality
You get more than you pay for with “The Dairy Restaurant”_ (Schocken), the recent book from award-winning graphic novelist Ben Katchor — the Forward’s former cartoonist, a MacArthur “genius grant” recipient, and a Guggenheim fellow. While the book plumbs the history of Jewish dairy eateries — hundreds of which once dotted New York City —…
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Food YIVO is offering free online Jewish cooking classes with your favorite foodies
Call this one Fressing with the Foodies. The latest in a series of online courses from YIVO will spotlight Ashkenazi food, with cooking demonstrations by luminaries like Katz’s Deli owner Jake Dell, bestselling author Michael Wex, culinary scholar and chef Michael Twitty, and cookbook authors and Forward contributors Joan Nathan, Adeena Sussman, and Leah Koenig….
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Life ‘We created beautiful environments in those restaurants. It’s hard to capture that in a paper bag.’
For restaurants and the people behind them, COVID-19 has been a wrecking ball. Along with the material losses and wrenching staff cuts, the emotional toll on restaurateurs and their teams has been brutal. How are they managing through the crisis? What changes have they instituted to survive? The Forward spoke to seven Jewish restaurant owners…
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Food Chicago gets a vegan, traditional Jewish deli in ‘Sam & Gerties’
Though just a month old, Sam & Gertie’s looks like a classic Jewish deli. Crowds line up at a busy counter. Pastrami’s piled high on lush bread. Whitefish salad tingles with smokiness. Deep-orange lox pairs beautifully with house-made cream cheese. But there’s a twist. Nothing in this Chicago hotspot is made with meat. Or fish….
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Food The ‘bagelrito’ has taken cross-cultural food experiments too far
We love cross-cultural kitchen experiments – Jew-panese, Jew-maican, Jew-orican, even Jew-rean (Jewish/Korean fusion). But Einstein Bros might have finally pushed it too far. The national bagel chain this week unveiled the Bagelrito, a hybrid bagel-burrito that’s more Frankenstein’s monster than breakfast breakthrough. The brand boasts about “constantly pushing the boundaries of the classic bagel.” We’re…
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Food This NYC Bakery Is Now Selling Cake Wrapped In An Etgar Keret Story
Etgar Keret’s new short story might receive some unusual reviews: “Moist!” “Luscious!” ”Crumbly!” That’s because the acclaimed Israeli author has lent his name to a new cake line at Breads, the Israeli bakery with locations across New York. The Keret cake, “a moist crumble cake with a hint of olive oil”, according to a press…
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Food Solomonov’s ‘Laser Wolf’ Restaurant Opens In Philadelphia
In Fiddler on the Roof, Lazar Wolf was into Tzeitel. In Philadelphia, we’re into Laser Wolf. Named for the wealthy butcher in Fiddler, the newest Israeli eatery from James Beard Award-winning chef Michael Solomonov and partner Steve Cook is serving up charcoal-grilled meats and a rotating menu of salatim – the staple salads of Israel…
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Food Is Beloved NYC Grocery Store ‘Fairway’ Really Closing?
First, there was Barneys New York, whose liquidation continues after an August filing. Now, yet another Jewish-born dynasty might shut its doors: Fairway has reportedly filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and closing its 14 New York-area stores, according to a scoop by The New York Post. Fairway issued a statement denying the report. “Fairway Market…
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