Ettie Cohen
By Ettie Cohen
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Food The Kosher Traveler: Enjoys La Dolce Vita in Rome
Traditional Italian cooking and dining have much in common with Jewish culinary rituals. Families preserve cultural dishes, often passed down from one’s great-grandmother, to mark all manner of family dinners and holiday festivities. Italians, and Jews, no matter which region they hail from, express their passion for food by cooking, eating, and spending hours at…
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Food The Kosher Traveler: Parisian Delights
The pleasure of effectively navigating the idiosyncratic topography of the City of Lights is only eclipsed by discovering the perfect meal in a city known for its gastronomy. Fortunately for the kosher traveler, this is no challenge at all. In November 2010, UNESCO added French gastronomy to its list of the world’s “intangible cultural heritage,”…
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Food The Kosher Traveler Feasts in Spain: Ole!
In Spain, the amount of garbage on a bar floor attests to the quality of the establishment’s fare. Local tradition dictates that an accumulation of dirty napkins and food scraps shows that patrons are having too good a time to be bothered with such mundane matters as cleaning up. Legs of ham are sliced in…
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Food The Kosher Traveler: Chowing Down in Mexico City
Geographically speaking, Mexico City is in North America, but it doesn’t quite feel that way. Known as the Distrito Federal (Federal District), it is the most important financial, political and cultural city in Mexico, as well as an intense and beautiful place. It is a city where the minimum wage is 57.50 pesos per day,…
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