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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Food Eleven Madison Park Named No. 1 Restaurant In The World
The ever-evolving, always exquisite Eleven Madison Park is the best restaurant in the entire world, according to World’s 50 Best Restaurants, a controversial list put out annually by British company William Reed Business Media. Restaurateur Danny Meyer, whose Union Square Hospitality Group includes Union Square Café, Gramercy Tavern and Shake Shack, among other eateries, opened…
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Food My Philly Food Fantasy: One Weekend, 5 Restaurants, No Problem
I’m writing this on the Amtrak, heading home to New York from an overnight in Philadelphia, sated and sleepy after fulfilling a food freak’s culinary fantasy: In under 36 hours, I ate at five out of six of Michael Solomonov and Steve Cook’s eateries: Zahav, Abe Fisher, Federal Donuts, Rooster Soup Company and the newest…
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Food WATCH! 7 Secrets to a Splendid Seder
7 Secrets to a Splendid Seder* from* the Jewish Daily Forward on Vimeo. From our archives, terrific secrets and tips that are as relevant today as they were when we produced them two years ago. Five years ago, I became the keeper of our family Seder. As the self-appointed repository of the recipes and traditions…
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Recipes Matzo Ball Throwdown! Sinkers Vs. Floaters
Let’s talk matzo balls. At my family’s Seders, my mother passed judgement on the always delicious dumplings by dubbing them either floaters or sinkers. Floaters were light and fluffy, while sinkers were heavy and dense. You would think by these descriptions that a designation of sinker would be a bad thing, but in fact, I…
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Yiddish World WATCH: Matzo brei like Bubbe (or Zayde) used to make
Some have it sweet but this one is savory!
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Food Chelsea Market Blaze Spurs Evacuation
The New York City Fire Department has given the all clear for people to re-enter Chelsea Market after it battled a fire that broke out in a cooling tower on the roof of the building on 9th Avenue between 15th and 16th Streets. Chelsea Market, which occupies the first floor, houses restaurants including Michael Solomonov’s…
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Food Sweet Celebration: Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews Turn 100
My mother wasn’t a candy person. (She was a salad person — though in restaurants she told everyone at the table what to order so she could taste the things she’d have preferred to eat if she wasn’t on a perpetual diet.) I can’t remember or even imagine my mother indulging in a Snickers or…
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Food Chef Michael Solomonov Is James Beard Finalist (And Movie Star)
In yet another sign that an Israeli-food renaissance is taking place in the U.S., the James Beard Foundation yesterday named Israeli-born Zahav chef Michael Solomonov a finalist in the Outstanding Chef category, a top national honor of the prestigious annual culinary awards. The winners will be named in a ceremony on May 1, at a…
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