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This Controversial Rabbi Is Making Vegan Restaurants Kosher, One Hotspot At A Time
Around 10 years ago, Rabbi Zev Schwarcz was walking the streets of the West Village when he noticed an inconspicuous storefront: There was no awning, only a simple red flag adorned with a meditating cartoon cow that flapped lightly in the wind above the hand-painted plate glass windows. The storefront — a vegan restaurant called…
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The 10 Best Jewish Vegan Restaurants
Has there ever been a better time to eat vegan? You can now find dazzling meat-free menus from star chefs in sexy settings. It’s a far cry from the sprouts/tofu/macrame days of yore. Here’s a roundup of our favorite next-gen meat-free eateries, many kosher or Jewish-inspired: By Chloe New York, Boston, Los Angeles Chloe Coscarelli’s…
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Recipes Why 30,000 Orthodox Women Belong To This Recipe-Sharing Facebook Group
JTA — Getting dinner on the table is a challenge for any busy, modern family. With larger-than-average family sizes and religiously mandated dietary restrictions, however, mealtimes can be even more complex at Orthodox Jewish homes. On the one hand, there’s a limited number of kosher restaurants in any given area. On the other, home-cooked Shabbat…
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‘In Search Of Israeli Cuisine’? Now You Can Find It On Netflix
With this week’s Netflix release of award-winning filmmaker Roger Sherman’s documentary “In Search of Israeli Cuisine,” interest in Israeli food — already trending in the U.S. — can only increase. The film just hit Netflix in the U.S. and Israel, as well as Amazon and iTunes. “In Search of Israeli Cuisine” is a food-lover’s tour…
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Absolute Bagels Reopens After Revolting Health Reports — But Can It Recover?
If there’s one day of the year when New Yorkers have a high tolerance for all things gross and unappetizing it’s Halloween. So it’s fitting that Absolute Bagels reopened that day, after being cited by the Department of Health and temporarily closed October 26 for a number of revolting violations. These included “evidence of mice…
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Recipes How To Make Easy, Delicious Za’atar Chicken — When You Don’t Have Any Za’atar In The House
It’s true. I made one of my favorite easy dinners — chicken with the Middle Eastern spice blend za’atar — even after discovering that I didn’t have any za’atar left. And even with the added time it took to make my own mixture (of course I’m going to tell you how), the chicken pictured above…
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South Philly’s Hippest Bakery Has A Yiddish Name
JTA — Opening a Jewish bakery with a Yiddish name in an Italian neighborhood sounds crazy, but it didn’t take long before Essen had a crowd of regular customers lining up for its fresh-baked challah on Fridays. Tova du Plessis opened Essen, which means “to eat,” in South Philadelphia in April 2016 after stints as…
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Pork-Belly Bagel? Indeed. Meet The ‘Baogel’
First came the bacon-wrapped matzo ball. Now, get ready for the latest treyf twist on a trad Jewish treat: The pork-filled bagel, courtesy of artisan bagel purveyor Black Seed Bagels and hip Nom Wah Kuai, which hawks Chinese to-go from a Chinatown Market stall in Manhattan. The love child of a bagel and bao bun,…
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My Whirlwind Love Affair With Garlic Za’atar Challah Cured Me Of My Baking Phobia
Baking and I have a complicated relationship. It was certainly the first thing I was allowed to do in the kitchen — I was a pro at whipping up brownies, cookies and cakes of the boxed variety (until the oven became involved) as early as age three. But it was also the source of a…
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Israeli Who Spices Up New York Kitchens Will Open Unique Culinary School In Israel
JTA — For many home cooks, spices are an afterthought, sprinkled on a dish lacking in flavor. Israeli-born, French-educated chef Lior Lev Sercarz wants to change that. “If you want to make good food and beverages you need to know about spices, and I would like to help you know more about it, whether you’re…
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5 Halloween-Candy Alternatives Kids Will Hate More Than Raisins
They may have been a hit when the kiddies were still in strollers — when they picked them out of those little red boxes with sticky fingers. If raisins are received while trick-or-treating, however, they will most likely be used as tiny projectiles — ones that are more likely to be thrown at you than…
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