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How Wildfires Tested Kosher Winemakers’ Craft — And Faith
On Sukkot, Jews build huts to recall their voyage through the desert, to remember how vulnerable they were, and still are — though we may try to pretend otherwise. For the only two kosher vintners of Northern California wine country, there is no denying the frightening reality. They received a horrific, present-day reminder of our…
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Experience Crown Heights’ Vibrant Kosher Food Scene At This Sunday’s Food Crawl
Food crawls are a great way for tourists and locals alike to experience a city or neighborhood’s unique subculture in all its gastronomic glory, especially in a vibrant foodie community like Chinatown or Little Italy. Crown Heights has had a kosher-food revolution in recent years — with gourmet restaurants representing all kinds of flavors and…
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‘Kosher Pizza Wars’ Restaurant Regroups With New Chef And Improved Menu
Yesterday, Basil Pizza and Wine Bar — a Crown Heights-based kosher dairy hotspot — was closed for business. But only temporarily. According to a report from hyperlocal news site, COLlive, Basil is undergoing a remodel of sorts. It will reopen on Wednesday, October 18, with both a new chef and a new menu. The owners…
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Books Everything You Need To Know About Jews And Chocolate Is In This Book
When one of my sons (I won’t say which, to protect his anonymity) was small, if asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, his answer was always the same: an astronaut, a chef and a daddy. I wonder how many people, asked that very question, would answer “a rabbi and a chocolate…
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Beloved East Village Café Closes After 36 Years
Café Orlin, a beloved eatery in Manhattan’s East Village that served hummus and other Israeli/Middle Eastern dishes — along with popular, inexpensive breakfasts and other classic American fare — is closing its doors today after 36 years in business. Once one of the only places in New York to offer the flavors of North Africa…
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New Yorkers Experience The Ultimate Israeli Brunch
A day after attending James Beard Award-winning chef Michael Solomonov’s Israeli brunch, part of the New York City Wine & Food Festival (NYCWFF), I’m still too full to type much — so my pictures will have to tell most of the story. First, there was a basket of beautiful little bourekas, flaky pastries filled with…
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Finding The Best Bourekas On The Planet
It’s an unforsaken hour and I’m flying over the Atlantic Ocean towards Tel Aviv in August. The dinner cart is making its way down the aisle, knocking elbows and dispensing hot mini pitas. I order the chicken. The answer to any question about what you’d like to eat on a plane should always include the…
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Score A Seat At Star Chef Solomonov’s Israeli Brunch
The New York City Wine & Food Festival (NYCWFF), which runs October 12–15, is packed with every kind of culinary happening: dinners, demos, tastings, classes, parties and more. But the event that caught my eye (go figure) is an Israeli brunch on Saturday at noon hosted by James Beard Award-winning chef Michael Solomonov. The Israeli-born,…
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Santa Cruz Is Introduced To Kosher Food — And It’s Unlike Any You’ve Ever Eaten
What do you get when you mix a kosher food wasteland, a Nigerian convert to Judaism and vegan cuisine? No, that isn’t the set-up to a bad joke: Nigerian-born Akindele Bankole just opened the only kosher restaurant in Santa Cruz, California, a vegan eatery called Veg on the Edge. According to an article by Alix…
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Toronto Food Fest Shows Can-Jew Attitude
Pickles and pastramis. Borscht and bourekas. Latkes and lox. Toronto’s rocking Jewish food scene was the star of the second-annual Noshfest, which took place on an unseasonably warm Canadian Thanksgiving, Monday, October 9. More than 1,500 locals packed a midtown arts center to meet the machers and mavens of Can-Jew cuisine. “We wanted a fun…
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Kosher Winery And Vineyards Scorched By Raging California Wildfires
The raging wildfires that have left a trail of destruction across northern California’s wine country have been fickle when it came to kosher wineries. One vineyard, Hagafen Cellars, sustained serious damage. The other, Covenant Winery, was largely spared by the devastating blazes that have killed at least 15 people and driven thousands from their homes….
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