Seanan Forbes
By Seanan Forbes
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Food Desperately Seeking a New York Bagel in London
The now sadly shuttered H&H Bagels. Credit: Wikicommons There are many things I can live without — New York bagels is not one of them. They are my desert island food. I’m a sixth generation New Yorker who moved to London in 1996. My plan was to stay three years. One man and a few…
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Food How To Make a New York Bagel — Outside of New York
Seanan Forbes missed New York City bagels so desperately that she spent weeks and pounds of flour developing a recipe to sate her craving. Read her story here. For the dough 2 teaspoons yeast 1 tablespoon light brown sugar (or honey, agave nectar, maple syrup, malt syrup) 1½ teaspoons sea salt 1½ cups warm water…
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Food How To Cook Like a Rich Victorian ‘Lady’
One Tuesday in February, a small group of people gathered in JW3, a Jewish community center in North West London, and slipped into something a little more respectable: 1846. They were there to enjoy good Jewish food straight out of a mid-nineteenth-century upper class cookbook — thoroughly upper. The author was Lady Judith Montefiore. That…
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