Lucy Cohen Blatter
By Lucy Cohen Blatter
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The Schmooze Coldplay Gives Thumbs-Up to ‘Freedom for Palestine’ Music Video
Coldplay is getting into some serious “Trouble” with its Jewish and pro-Israel fanbase. (See what we did there?) In a message posted on its Facebook page yesterday, the British band urged fans to check out the “Freedom for Palestine” music video. “Some of our friends are involved in OneWorld’s new ‘Freedom for Palestine’ single,” the…
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The Schmooze Tiki Barber Calls Himself a ‘Reverse Anne Frank’
Talk about a strange analogy. Football pro-turned-TV-star-turned-football-pro-hopeful Tiki Barber is catching a lot of heat for a comment he made to a Sports Illustrated reporter in which he compared himself to Anne Frank. The New York Post’s headline reads, “Tiki comparing self with Anne Frank just despicable”, and the Daily News declared, “Tiki Barber, trying…
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Food Chosen Chefs: Sarah Levy of Sarah’s Pastries & Candies, Chicago
In our new series, Chosen Chefs, we will profile up-and-coming Jewish chefs making waves from Los Angeles to New York. And in case you can’t get there, we’ll include from each of the chefs a recipe that you can make at home. Last week, we profiled chef Moshe Wendel of Brooklyn’s Pardes restaurant; this week,…
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Food Chosen Chefs: Moshe Wendel of Brooklyn’s Pardes
In our new series, Chosen Chefs, we will profile up-and-coming Jewish chefs making waves from L.A. to New York. And in case you can’t get there, we’ll include a recipe from each of the chefs that you can make at home. These are members of the tribe who you’ll want to keep on your radar….
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Food Kitchen Talk With Yaron Milgrom of Local: Mission Eatery
As the owner of a hyper-local San Francisco restaurant, Yaron Milgrom doesn’t seem unique — after all, the city by the bay is the birthplace of the locavore movement. But Milgrom’s road to San Francisco restaurateur certainly is out-of-the-ordinary. Milgrom moved from New York to California in 2008 for his wife’s medical residency. At the…
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Food Kitchen Talk With Gabriele Corcos from ‘Extra Virgin’
You would probably never guess it, but the heavily tattooed Gabriele Corcos, who co-hosts the Cooking Channel’s “Extra Virgin” with his wife Debi Mazar, was raised in a kosher home in Florence, Italy. He’s the son of a Jewish father and Catholic mother (who had a Jewish father). Before heading back to Italy to film…
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The Schmooze John Galliano Ousted From Namesake Label
John Galliano must be pretty sorry for his anti-semitic rant. The British designer has been ousted as head designer of his namesake line, John Galliano. Women’s Wear Daily is reporting that the board of the label has met and decided to fire him. This comes about six weeks after Galliano got the boot from Christian…
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Food Truffles, Date Cake and More — Passover Desserts From Four Famous Chefs
Any chef will tell you that the secret to a great Passover dessert is not trying to make kosher-for-Passover versions of year-round cakes. Don’t even think about baking a loaf cake or pie that requires switching out cups of flour for loads of matzo meal or potato starch. Instead, stick to recipes that have little…
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