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Breads Bakery Of Calgary? Israelis Introduce Western Canada To Babka, Shakshuka
They still have trouble pronouncing “shakshuka.” But Calgary locals have gone wild for an Israeli bakery and its exotic wares — think babka, labneh and even chopped liver. Sidewalk Citizen launched as a one-man bread-delivery service. Outgrowing its tiny rented kitchen, the bakery rehabbed a cavernous former mattress factory into a commercial cookery and dining…
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Recipes How To BBQ The Best 5-Ingredient Summer Skewers
This is the third column in the new series I’m writing exclusively for the Forward, my goal being to share with YOU exactly how I cook. My most popular cookbook, “Quick & Kosher: Recipes From The Bride Who Knew Nothing” (now in its 7th printing), features glimpses into the story that is my life and…
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Recipes Honey-Glazed Skewered Beef
Nothing says family fun like skewering beef for the “barbie” — Daddy just loved Crocodile Dundee and so an extra bite of beef goes to anyone that gets that reference. ½ cup honey ¼ cup steak sauce 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice ¼ teaspoon cinnamon (optional) 2 pounds cubed Grow…
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Recipes Easy, Awesome Greek Chicken Kabobs
A pretty and palette-pleasing way to make your chicken look as good as your beef at your next barbecue. 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut into ½-inch chunks 1 tablespoon olive oil Zest and juice of 1 lemon 1 teaspoon dried oregano 10 grape or cherry tomatoes 1 small red onion, cut into 10½-inch chunks…
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Recipes Best BBQ’d Beef Satay
Food on a stick is fun for the whole fam. Both kid-friendly and adult-friendly, there’s nothin’ better than pleasing the entire crowd at once. Yield: 32 skewers, 8 servings Cooking spray 1 pound boneless rib-eye steak, cut into 32 (¼-inch) slices 1 teaspoon Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper ½ cup spicy brown mustard 1…
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How A Korean-Jewish Entrepreneur Uses Food To Empower Immigrants
(JTA) — Several times a month Jeanette Chawki welcomes a handful of strangers into her Brooklyn home. There, the visitors learn about life in her native Lebanon, talk about their own backgrounds, and eat food — lots of it. Among the dishes visitors tried on a recent Saturday include freshly baked cheese-stuffed bread, tangy labneh…
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The New Gourmet Chocolate — Everything You Need To Know
Wandering the aisles of the Specialty Food Association’s Summer Fancy Food Show at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City, I visited as many chocolate vendors as possible — close to 30. Making my way from one delicious booth to the next, I noticed a trend of companies displaying multiple certifications and claims…
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How A Chinese-Jewish Chef In North Dakota Became A National Cooking Sensation
(JTA) — Not much could have prepared Molly Yeh for moving from New York City to Grand Forks, North Dakota — a city of a little over 50,000 residents near the state’s eastern border with Minnesota. At the time of her move in 2013, Yeh (pronounced “yay,” as her website explains with several exclamation points)…
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5 Sneaky Ways To Traffic Candy To Your Child In Camp
Sleepaway camps are great: The kids get to run around and be one with nature; while you, the parent, get to enjoy your summer free of kvetchy heat-stroke-afflicted children. But then, the Jewish guilt creeps in, and you begin to get anxious: Are they feeding my child enough? That feeling grows, especially as the letters…
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Trailblazing Kosher Chef Makes Meal Replacement New Mission
If anyone can make meal-replacement powders not only nutritious but also delicious, it is the pioneering celebrity kosher chef, cooking teacher and cookbook author Levana Kirschenbaum. The ebullient Moroccan-born Kirschenbaum, who co-owned Levana Restaurant on New York’s Upper West Side for over 30 years, has just released a new line of meal-replacement products that is…
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Facebook War Erupts After Popular Pizzeria Loses Kosher Certification
Last Sunday, the OK Kosher Certification agency removed certification from a Crown Heights gourmet pizza restaurant — one that had recently been involved in a separate drama. The restaurant, Basil, which sued a neighboring pizza restaurant in the local beit din, or rabbinical court, last winter, allegedly violated the terms of its certification agreement when a…
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