Michael Kaminer
By Michael Kaminer
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Food End-of-Year Food Lists and All the Weekly Dish
The Washingtonian ranked DGS Delicatessen No. 30 on its top 100. The end of the year means lists, and this week brought a bushel. heaped more acclaim on celebrated New Orleans Israeli spot Shaya, naming it restaurant of the year. Washingtonian ranked nouveau-Jewish deli DGS Delicatessen #30 on its top 100 for 2015. And Michael…
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Food Program That Trained Kosher Chefs Closes
In addition to offering courses, The Center for Kosher Culinary Arts hosted a competition for aspiring kosher chefs. A pioneering program that trained kosher chefs is ending. Brooklyn’s will no longer offer professional courses, founder Jesse Blonder told Kosher Today. The Center for Kosher Culinary Arts was the only such school outside of Israel. CKCA…
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Food Proper Bagels in San Francisco and All the Weekly Dish
Handmade bagels at Shorty Goldstein’s. Now, chef and co-owner Michael Siegel can truly say everything’s made in-house at , his San Francisco deli. Goldstein finally rolled out Shorty Goldstein’s own bagels after months of experimenting. “Our bagels are more New York than Montreal,” Siegel told Dish. “Crunchy on the outside, chewy in the middle. We…
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Food L.A.’s Best Restaurant Is Italian — With a Jewish Accent
Chef Zach Pollack in the kitchen of Alimento. No one was more surprised to learn that Los Angeles magazine had named two-year-old L.A.’s best Italian restaurant than the chef behind it. But Zach Pollack’s legion of fans took it in stride; Alimento’s earned raves for both its earthy, honest Italian and the detours Pollack takes…
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Food Bringing Home the Schmacon and All the Weekly Dish
Schmacon and eggs. Bacon, Schmacon. No, really. Chicago-area deli owner Howard Bender has rolled out , “an all-muscle cut of uncured beef that’s sliced thin, marinated and smoked using spices that include celery powder and sea salt,” according to the Illinois Daily Herald. Until recently, the bacon stand-in was only available at Bender’s Schmaltz Deli….
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Food For Next Act, Ilan Hall Brings Israeli BBQ to Brooklyn
Chef Ilan Hall at the grill of what was formerly The Gorbals and is now Esh. If you never got the chance to try Chef Ilan Hall’s brilliant mashups at , you may have missed your chance. The Brooklyn restaurant ceased to exist this month. The good news is that Hall’s not going anywhere. The…
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Food Veselka Reigns at Latke Fest
One of the creative contenders at the 7th Annual Latke Festival. East Village Ukrainian Eatery emerged victorious at the 7th Annual Latke Festival (more casually known as Latkefest, which was held last night at Manhattan’s Metropolitan Pavilion. With an elegant but haimish “latke mushroom julienne,” beat out stellar competitors like Shelsky’s of Brooklyn, the Vanderbilt,…
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Food New Michael Solomonov Joint to Donate Profits
Powered by a that exceeded its goal by 20%, Philadelphia star-chef Michael Solomonov and two partners will launch Rooster Soup Company in early 2016. Related Michael Solomonov Shares Recipes and Recollections in ‘Zahav’ The very admirable gimmick: All net profits will support Broad Street’s Hospitality Collaborative, which feeds needy Philadelphians. Solomonov, with partner Steve Cook,…
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