Shira Feder
By Shira Feder
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Food There’s A Kosher Cheese Pop-Up In SoHo Now
There are two kinds of people in the world: Those that like cheese and those that should barely be classified as human, because they don’t like cheese. If you’re a food adventurer, tantalized by the notion of chasing cheese to the far ends of the SoHo area, aroused by the concept of a fresh pecorino…
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Food The Woman Who Made Microwave Cooking Into An Art
At one point, James Beard Lifetime Award winner, cookbook author and culinary pioneer Barbara Kafka owned 13 microwaves. She even gifted her daughter with a microwave when she was headed off to medical school. In 1987, Kafka became a household name with her book “Microwave Gourmet,” the result of years spent puttering with her microwaves,…
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Food Celebrate Pride Month With Rainbow Food, With A Jewish Twist
It’s June, the most magical month of the year. Happy Pride to all the Ls and Gs and Bs and Ts out there, and a very happy Ikea summer sale to the straights! Here are some Jewish pride recipes that any one of you allies or friends beyond the binary can cook. It’s time to…
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Food Get Ready For The $16.50 Bagel, New York
If you’ve never heard of Eleven Madison Park, all you need to know is that it’s a Michelin starred, multiple award-winning super expensive restaurant. And now its own Daniel Humm is getting in the bagel game, as Eaterrevealed. Black Seed (a New York artisanal bagel bakery) continues its monthly bagel partnership series, and this time…
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The Schmooze Woody Allen Wants To Be The Face Of The #MeToo Movement
The #MeToo movement is about justice. It’s about taking down men who abuse women. It’s about solidarity in the face of overwhelming sexual harassment. Oh, and it’s also about Woody Allen, according to Woody Allen. In an interview with Argentinian news program Periodismo Para Todos Allen opened up about being a fan of the #MeToo…
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Food Here’s How To Pronounce ‘Hummus’ Because You’re Probably Doing It Wrong
Sorry to break it to you, but you’ve probably been mispronouncing the name of this Levantine dip made of mashed chickpeas and tahini all wrong. Insider released a food dictionary of the 30 most commonly mispronounced foods, and hummus made the list. Apparently, “many people mistakenly pronounce it as “HUHM-uhs.” In reality, it should be…
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The Schmooze Trump Doesn’t Give A Damn About The C-Word, Jon Stewart Says
After Samantha Bee angered the White House and a considerable segment of America by calling Ivanka Trump a “feckless” c-word — Bee found herself some celebrity defenders, including Kathy Griffin and Billy Eichner. Now Jon Stewart has added himself to that list. According to The Daily Beast, Stewart recently called all the outrage part of…
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The Schmooze What Is ‘Roseanne’ Without Roseanne?
Now that Roseanne is kaput, eliminated by the power of cultural backlash against Ambien-fueled racism, network ABC is considering if there’s any money left to squeeze out of the franchise. Could a spinoff dedicated to Darlene, played by Sara Gilbert, ever capture the same working-class spirit as the original? Or the remake, which inspired mixed…
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