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Manischewitz CEO Receives Anti-Defamation League Award
The Manischewitz Company’s president and CEO, David Sugarman, was honored last week by the Anti-Defamation League, which gave him its Americanism award. The award, which has previously gone to recipients including tennis star Venus Williams and former New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, honors “exceptional individuals who exemplify the noble ideals and democratic values…
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Is This The Fall Of The Prime Grill Empire?
It was a bizarre evening, to say the least. Last Monday night, I made a reservation at the Manhattan kosher steakhouse Prime at the Bentley, for a Thursday night dinner for 22 people — a family surprise birthday dinner for my husband. “Of course,” the hostess chirped into the phone, taking down my information. I…
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With ‘Fresh Families,’ Jamie Geller Introduces Easy, Healthy Recipes
I often get comments like, “You’re so much thinner in person.” Or (after a particularly long holiday season), “Mazel tov, you’re expecting” — when I’m not. You may know my story, having seen it played out on TV. To be honest, it’s been hard to gain the baby weight and not lose the baby weight,…
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Recipes Spinach Pesto, Whole Wheat Pasta and Salmon From Jamie Geller
This meal is pure brain food with tons of Omega-3’s from the walnuts and the salmon. Putting spinach in the pesto will ensure everyone eats it. Prep: 10 minutes Cook: 20 minutes Servings: 4 Notes: Start by bringing water to a boil for pasta and make the pesto while pasta is cooking. At the same…
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Recipes Jamie Geller’s Green Quinoa Bowl
This bowl is the best way to use up leftovers. Take all the bits and pieces from leftover meals, like your roasted broccoli or cauliflower, pesto and cooked quinoa, then toss it together — and lunch is served. Prep: 15 minutes Cook: 20 minutes Servings: 1 Quinoa and veggie ingredients 3/4 cup cooked quinoa Kosher…
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Russ & Daughters Makes Twitter Top 10 List
Twitter just released a list of the New York City restaurants that were most tweeted about in 2017 — and Jewish appetizing icon Russ & Daughters (@LoxPopuli) is No. 3. That the 103-year-old stalwart has been embraced so thoroughly by social media is not entirely surprising. Owners Josh Russ Tupper and Niki Russ Federman, first…
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12 Most Gorgeous Israeli Vegan Dishes You Must Try
So you’ve heard Tel Aviv is the world’s vegan capital. Just about every travel and food magazine is raving about it. And we happen to agree. There’s nothing quite like Israel’s colorful culinary concoctions, a harmony of Western and Eastern cuisines combined. Why not give it a try yourself? Here are our favorite vegan recipes,…
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Recipes 12 Most Gorgeous Israeli Vegan Dishes You Must Try
So you’ve heard Tel Aviv is the world’s vegan capital. Just about every travel and food magazine is raving about it. And we happen to agree. There’s nothing quite like Israel’s colorful culinary concoctions, a harmony of Western and Eastern cuisines combined. Why not give it a try yourself? Here are our favorite vegan recipes,…
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Is Making Perfect Challah Worth The $625 For New Cookbook?
Sometimes we top challah with sesame seeds, other times with poppy seeds. Sometimes we add raisins or, at Rosh Hashanah, form it into a round. What we — and I’m going to go ahead and speak for the majority of Jews here — haven’t done is add kiwi juice to our dough. “Modernist Bread,” a…
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Is Trader Joe’s ‘Bamba’ The Real Thing — Or A Brilliant Rip-Off?
News broke recently that discount and prepared-food emporium Trader Joe’s is now carrying Bamba, Israel’s most iconic snack food. There was so much excitement across the internet about the news that I envisioned my local Trader Joe’s having to add a weekday bouncer. (Yes, they often have a weekend bouncer. Yes, this is Brooklyn.) For…
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Recipes 7 Perfect Suppers For Marathon Sunday
On this chilly and gray Marathon Sunday I sat warm and cozy in front of my TV, awed by the incredible athleticism of the world’s top runners — and in particular, of the women’s 1st-place finisher, the 36-year-old American Shalane Flanagan. Because food is always on my mind, I started thinking about what would make…
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