Food

Mixing Bowl: Kosher Slaughter in Poland, Gaza’s KFC Craving

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By Susan Armitage May 17, 2013

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New York diners are mourning the layoff of longtime restaurant critic Robert Sietsema from the Village Voice. [Eater]

Gaza residents craving KFC can order delivery, but with the meals smuggled by underground tunnel, it’s not exactly fast food. [The New York Times]

Lawmakers in Poland may lift a recent ban on kosher slaughter. [Times of Israel]

A Cambridge microbrewery is honoring Sean Collier, the MIT police officer allegedly killed by the Boston bombing suspects, with a new beer. [The Boston Globe]

A new deli in Atlanta, The General Muir, is bringing New York tastes to the South.

Recipes for apricot-almond coffee cake, strawberry focaccia and spanakopita pie show that your oven loves spring produce, too. [Huffington Post]

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