Michael Kaminer
By Michael Kaminer
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Food With ‘Beyond Sushi’, Kosher Industry Is Going Increasingly Vegan
The same week the Forward reported on the decline of kosher dairy restaurants in Manhattan, we learned that kosher vegan chain Beyond Sushi opened its sixth New York location – on a pricy Soho block, no less. The timing didn’t strike us as a coincidence. High-design, moderately priced quick-service restaurants are conquering New York; why…
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Food Where Does Ottolenghi Eat When He’s Off-Duty?
You might pick up some Jewish flavors in (Where Chefs Eat)[http://www.phaidon.com/store/food-cook/where-chefs-eat-9780714875651/] (Phaidon), the insanely ambitious guide that features – deep breath – 1,184 pages with 7,000 recommendations for more than 4,500 restaurants in 70+ countries. The bestseller’s third edition gets released April 30. Among the 650 chefs who revealed their favorite eateries in categories like…
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Food Here Are Ottolenghi’s Favorite Eateries
You might pick up some Jewish flavors in Where Chefs Eat (Phaidon), the insanely ambitious guide that features – deep breath – 1,184 pages with 7,000 recommendations for more than 4,500 restaurants in 70+ countries. The bestseller’s third edition gets released April 30. Among the 650 chefs who revealed their favorite eateries in categories like…
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Culture Why The Word ‘Maven’ Is Everywhere These Days
“Maven,” meaning “expert, connoisseur, or authority,” is emerging as one of the hottest words of 2018. A hotel, a smartphone, a streetwear line and a private wine club have all adopted “maven” as a moniker this year. And, it was revealed today, there’s Project Maven, the controversial Pentagon program designed to use computer algorithms to…
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Food These Jewish Sisters Flirt Their Way Into Star Chefs’ Kitchens — At 76 And 81
Call it TV’s most unlikely hit: A pair of Jewish sisters, aged 76 and 81, “flirt” their way into chefs’ kitchens to engineer cross-cultural culinary mashups like dosa burgers and pastrami ramen. But Food Flirts has become a sensation for PBS. And now, siblings Marilynn and Sheila Brass are up for a coveted James Beard…
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Food ‘Gefilte’ Film Tells The Story Of The Quintessential American Passover Seder
When is a fish not a fish? When it’s the emotionally charged cultural totem at the center of Gefilte, a short documentary that debuts online this week. Compressing both family and food history into 12 minutes, the film tracks the months-long preparation of gefilte fish for a massive seder hosted by the Hermelin family of…
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Food The Great Tahini War Comes To Amazon Prime
So many artisan tahini brands have hit the market that you might say there’s a tahini war ensuing. Now, a new contender wants to spread some tahini peace. Seeds of Collaboration, which debuts on Amazon Prime this month, is a cross-border venture whose Israeli and Palestinian partners aim to build bridges by focusing on a…
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Food Buenos Aires Is Experiencing A Jewish Food Renaissance
Buenos Aires’ Jewish texture might surprise a first-time visitor to the city. Storefront signs boast names like Goldstein, Feldman, and Rozenblat. Yarmulkes and Orthodox women’s head-coverings don’t look out of place. And hip coffee shops offer (good!) bagels along with ubiquitous medialunas, or croissants. The Semitic streak extends to Buenos Aires’s embarrassment-of-riches dining scene. You…
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