Liza Schoenfein is a former food editor of the Forward and author of the blog Life, Death & Dinner. Follow her on Instagram @LifeDeathDinner.
Liza Schoenfein
By Liza Schoenfein
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Recipes Gorgeous Apple Galette From Star Chef Alon Shaya For Rosh Hashanah
Chef Alon Shaya has won pretty much every culinary plaudit possible for bringing his gorgeously elevated take on Israeli cuisine to New Orleans. At his award-winning restaurant Shaya at the High Holidays, he can be relied upon to create a Rosh Hashanah menu that incorporates holiday symbolism with Middle Eastern flavors and fresh local ingredients….
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Food How To Help Chop Hunger
Two years ago I had the pleasure of judging the Chop Hunger cooking competition, an annual event that raises money for the Masbia Soup Kitchen Network. The culinary contest is great fun, complete with celebrity chefs and mystery ingredients a la the Food Network’s popular cooking show “Chopped.” The competition is taking place once again,…
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Food The Best Jewish Bakeries In NYC
Here are the nominees for Forward Food Choice Award for best Jewish bakery. Learn more about the awards and vote for your favorites here. Breads Bakery Co-founded by Israeli-born, New York-based Gadi Peleg and Israeli star baker Uri Scheft, Breads Bakery turns out some of the most delicious babka in the city along with exquisitely…
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Food The Best Appetizing Shops And Cafés In NYC
Here are the nominees for the Forward Food Choice Award best appetizing shop/café in NYC. Learn more about the awards and vote for your favorites here. Barney Greengrass This beloved Upper West Side appetizing shop and eatery celebrated its centennial in 2008. Whether you eat in or take out, you’ll find everything much as it…
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Fast Forward Conan O’Brien In Israel: ‘My Body Is 62% Hummus’
Conan O’Brien is consuming the good stuff. Or is it consuming him? Over the course of a week-long trip to Israel, where he’s shooting a travel special called “Conan Without Borders,” the flame-haired comedian has visited such hot Tel Aviv eateries as Taizu and Topolopombo in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and dined with…
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Food Are Whole Foods Price Cuts Good For The Jews?
A few days after I moved into my Harlem apartment in mid July, the new, highly anticipated Whole Foods opened on 125th Street. I thought this was auspicious. Then a few days ago Amazon and Whole Foods announced a quickie merger, followed by the news that prices of certain foods being sold in the supermarket…
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Food As Waters Rise, Here’s How Chabad Is Helping Houston Jews Keep Kosher
When the leader of Houston’s Chabad Teen Network (CTeen) was forced from her home by floodwaters, she took shelter with friends who happened to live near the local Chabad house, Chabad of Uptown. Naomi Bier, a 28-year-old Houston resident, has been volunteering there ever since, and created an Amazon Wishlist to gather donations of food…
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Food How To Help Houston With Food Relief
A notice on the Houston Food Bank’s website says the organization is closed due to flooding, but will reopen as soon as possible to help provide disaster relief to the community. It will surely have its work cut out for it, as will the other food-relief organizations and disaster-relief agencies offering assistance to those affected…
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