Michael Kaminer
By Michael Kaminer
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Food Bizarre Food in Philly and All the Weekly Dish
Michael Solomonov’s lamb tongue, which Andrew Zimmern recently sampled on his show, Bizarre Foods. We never thought of tongue as a “bizarre food,” but apparently Andrew Zimmern does. A new clip from his Travel Channel program Bizarre Foods has him sampling lamb tongue — which he dubs “Jewish bacon” — at Philadelphia hotspot Zahav with…
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Food Black Seed Bagels’ New Spot and All the Weekly Dish
finally opened its long-awaited East Village location Monday in the storefront that housed legendary pastry shop DiRobertis for more than a century. Like its hand-rolled, wood-fired bagels, Black Seed’s menu is a mashup of Montreal, New York and more. Look for smoked-meat bagel sandwiches along with trad offerings like smoked fish and cream cheese. In…
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Food Einat Admony’s New Eatery to Offer Sephardic Tapas
After her hometown of Tel Aviv, ’s favorite city is Barcelona. “I like the simple food there,” she tells the Forward. “I love the atmosphere and the way they eat.” Now, with a new restaurant set to open in early November, Admony will salute both places. Combina will be her third eatery, after the pioneering…
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Food Kossar’s Bialys Branches Out From the Classics
The Lower East Side storefront, pre-renovation. More than 55 years after opening its doors, is getting a makeover — and temporarily shutting its doors for the first time in its history. The beloved Lower East Side shop, where bialys have famously come in just three classic varieties — onion, garlic and sesame — will reopen…
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Food Jewish Food Goes Global and All the Weekly Dish
Israeli Mezze Meets NY Deli in London. When opens in London on October 15, look for house-smoked fish, hand-rolled bagels and a menu “somewhere between a Tel Aviv mezze and a New York deli,” according to owner Joel Braham, who’s taking inspiration from “fantastic places like the Mile End Deli and Russ and Daughters in…
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Food Jewish Food With a Southern Drawl and All the Weekly Dish
Matzo-meal-fried chicken at the Lower East Side has become so popular that it’s spawning its own take-out spot. Owner Richard Kimmel tells the New York Times that Kitty’s A Go Go will feature an edited selection of the “Jewish food with a Southern drawl” inspired by his grandmother, who worked for a talent agency in…
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Food Rapper Drake to Open Restaurant in Hometown of Toronto
Onetime Drake is going into the restaurant business. The rapper has teamed with star chef Susur Lee to open Fring’s on Toronto’s hopping King West nightlife strip. “The two-level supper club is stylishly decorated (think reclaimed wood, plastic hanger chandeliers over the bar and a basement level that includes a private back entrance), with a…
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Food Pastrami Ice Cream, Anyone?
Pastrami, cream cheese and latke-applesauce are among the Jewish-deli flavors available at the Coolhaus ice cream shop in L.A. Seeing is believing, so watch the video! Ice cream flavors like pastrami and latke-applesauce sound insane — until you see the rest of the roster at L.A.’s . Think Cuban cigar (liquid “smoke” and coffee), Peking…
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