Devra Ferst
By Devra Ferst
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Food Mixing Bowl: Latke Recipe; Gourmet Gefiltefish?
Yotam Ottolenghi, the London-based Israeli chef and master of vegetarian cuisine isn’t a veggie himself, but his cookbook “Plenty”, “is among the most generous and luxurious nonmeat cookbooks ever produced,” says Mark Bittman. [New York Times] Let the latke recipes start! Here’s one for apple and cheese-stuffed ones. [The Kitchn] With the opening of Kutsher’s…
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Food Mixing Bowl: Best Babka; Thanksgiving Tips
With Thanksgiving around the corner, master chef Jacques Pepin shares his secrets. [Village Voice] This might just be the best sounding babka we’ve ever heard of. Abraco is selling ricotta and orange blossom babka. [Serious Eats] Want to see just how much you know about the laws of Kashrut? Take this quiz. [My Jewish Learning]…
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Recipes Mixing Bowl: Manischewitz Cook Off, Bialy and Tahini Recipes
There’s been quite a lot of chatter about bialys this week on JCarrot. If you can’t make it to Brooklyn to buy one, try making one at home. [Saveur] Jewish cook offs are sprouting around the country. But the mother of all of them is Manischewitz’s cook off. See if your recipe has what it…
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Food Mixing Bowl: Industrial Food Face-Off; Best Latkes and Bialys
Matt Rees takes a very close look at Ariel Sharon’s eating habits and what they meant. [Salon] Where can you get great shakshuka in New York City? Lauren Shockey dishes on the places. Village Voice Josh Ozersky and Mark Bittman duke it out on the issue of industrial food. [Time] The end is near for…
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Food Mixing Bowl: Homemade Pastrami; Best Cookbooks
This weekend “Chosen Food: Cuisine, Culture And American Jewish Identity,” an exhibit at the Jewish Museum of Maryland opens. “Not only does it look at what we eat… but also where we eat it and how food defines us as a people.” Baltimore Jewish Times Pastrami is no longer just for the deli. You can…
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Recipes Mixing Bowl: Sukkot Recipes; Matzo Ball Ramen
Still looking for some delicious recipes for the holiday? Check out a Sukkot-Inspired Harvest Feast and a lovely story about celebrating Sukkot in the orthodox neighborhood Crown Heights in Brooklyn. [Saveur] Myra Goodman, co-founder of Earthbound Farm, is a quiet and unlikely pioneer for organic farming but, “If you’re buying organic baby spinach at a…
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Food Ben Stiller Breaks His Fast in a Jewish Wonka Land
Imagine this: It’s the end of Yom Kippur, you’re famished, verging on delirious, and suddenly, you’re transported into a Wonka Land filled with matzo ball soup ponds, pickles, matzo farfel and a large deli sandwich. In this scenario, you’re also Ben Still hosting Saturday Night Live this Saturday just after Yom Kippur. Stiller and Andy…
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Food Mixing Bowl: Bagel Wars; Lemon Cheese Blintzes; DIY Herring
We hope you all enjoyed the Forward’s first Food & Drink special section. Check out stories on brisket, Yiddish vegetarianism, the history of the bagel, DIY pickled herring and more. Have an easy fast. We’ll pick up with more delicious food stories on Monday. Meatpaper has teamed up with Pork Memoirs to ask how the…
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