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 The Chelsea Bombing: When a Kitchen Tool Becomes a Weapon
There are many deeply upsetting things about the Chelsea bomber, and one that I keep coming back to is that he made weaponry out of a kitchen tool. Anyone who has seen my favorite movie, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” knows that pressure cookers are dangerous. Do you remember the scene toward the end, where Holly gets…
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Recipes The Jewish Way to Nosh Through the Emmy Awards
You don’t have to let an awards show stand in the way of a haimish Sunday feast. Here are a few of our favorite festive finger foods to satisfy and delight family and friends during the Emmys. The show airs Sunday at 8 p.m. (ET) on ABC. To make an easy, excellent brisket (called for…
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Food Dreaming of Doughnuts
I may have to skip my usual yogurt-and-fruit breakfast tomorrow morning and head to Nolita, where James Beard award-winning chef Michael Solomonov and company are setting up a pop-up Federal Donuts at Chef’s Club on Mulberry Street. Federal Donuts is part the Philadelphia-based Cook N Solo group, which includes Zahav, Abe Fisher and Dizengoff —…
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Recipes #TBT From Bubbe’s Kitchen: Pickles
I am not a bubbe — and hope not to be for a long time. But I do make pickles, and imagine they’re not very different from the ones my grandmother might have made — though she probably would have stuck with cucumbers, which you can do if you wish. I like to pickle whatever…
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Food Kosher Soup Kitchen Opening Was ‘Imminent’ — So What Happened?
Alexander Rapaport and the people who depend on him for food are living on promises. The latest, yet to be delivered, is one of the key factors holding up the opening of his new soup kitchen in Boro Park. In the weeks leading up to the Forth of July, Rapaport, who is Masbia Soup Kitchen…
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Recipes Easiest Cold Cucumber Soup
This is an adaptation of my mom’s recipe, which she shared with me long ago, before Greek yogurt was a thing. It’s a perfect dish for the dog days of summer. Many recipes recommend salting the cucumbers to remove excess liquid. I don’t find this step necessary here, but if you’re a cucumber-prep purist, go…
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Food Watermelon Salad With Black Olives And Basil
As much as I love the now-classic watermelon salad — the ones with the feta and mint — I thought it was time for a change. In this dairy-free version, oil-cured olives provide the saltiness usually imparted by the cheese, and basil (try Thai basil, if you can find it) subs in for the mint….
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Food Talking Hummus With Mimi Sheraton at New York’s Hottest Israeli Eatery
“First of all, it’s all delicious,” Mimi Sheraton said of the beautiful Middle-Eastern spread set before us at Dizengoff NYC — when we finally paused from our avid eating long enough to assess the situation. “Earthy, exotic, a very different flavor palate from what we think of in this country as Jewish cooking.” The estimable…
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