Hannah Rubin
By Hannah Rubin
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Food Hummus Colonization: Now at Your Supermarket!
And so, Hummus Week at the Forward comes to a close. One week, fifteen tasters, and thirty-two different hummuses. On our score sheet for our Wacky Flavor Day, we included what might have seemed like a straightforward question: “does it taste like hummus?” However, many testers understandably asked for clarification about the terms defining just…
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The Schmooze Mulder and Scully Together at Last?
“X-Files” nerds, get your Kleenex out. Rumors have surfaced that former “X-Files” co-stars David Duchovny (Fox Mulder) Gillian Anderson (Dana Scully) are not only dating… but have moved in together. According to CelebrityDirtyLaundry.com, Anderson and her two kids have moved into Duchovny’s abode. Sounds like some type of Cali-fornication to us! For all those uninitiated…
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Food Sundried Tomatoes and Hummus Finally Meet
While Roasted Red Pepper hummus may get more press time, you might be surprised to learn that sun dried tomato is sneaking up as the next big thing in flavored hummus. We saw it everywhere. Deeply hued, this rich and tangy red tomato hummus blend wowed us—in more ways than one. In general, we were…
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Fast Forward Olympic Champ Rebecca Soni Has Jewish Roots
Move over Michael Phelps, we have Rebecca Soni batting for our team. And by batting, I mean swimming laps. American breast stroke champion Rebecca Soni, who just picked up three Olympics medals, including two golds, and two world records this past week, is Jewish. Growing up in Freehold, N.J., Soni began swimming at an early…
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Food Wacky Hummus: Love It or Leave It?
If you’re a hummus fiend — which I proudly am — you might have noticed a change in your grocer’s selection of hummus in the past couple of years. Suddenly, your options are no longer limited to just pine nuts or no pine nuts. Welcome to the world of flavored hummus, where ingredients like horseradish,…
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The Schmooze What Will Aly Raisman Do Next?
Hear ye, hear ye: Aly Raisman, our little engine that could, just won a gold! She’s the first U.S. woman to ever win an Olympic gold for a floor exercise. And what did she do her flips and twists to? That’s right, our favorite Jewish folk tune, “Hava Nagila.” Leaping and flipping in style, Raisman…
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Food Best Hummus in the Big Apple
After a week of packaged hummus, the Forward’s taste testing team was particularly excited for this day of hummus week: freshly-made hummus from some of New York’s top Israeli spots. Eager looks and impatient sighs of “Are you ready yet?” attested to the anticipation and eagerness that permeated the office on the morning of testing….
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Food Taking Hummus South of the Border
All this week on the Jew and the Carrot, we’ll be taking a close look at the world of hummus. Check out our first post here. After tasting six classic hummuses, we turned our sights to its next of kin: spicy hummus. Home cooks have been spicing their hummus for generations — adding a little…
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