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Easy Chocolate Cake For The 4th From The First Jewish-American Cookbook
Chocolate was a Jewish immigrant food to the American Colonies, so you can build on those chocolatey Jewish roots when planning your 4th of July menu — starting with the Colonial Jewish-American Chocolate Cake recipe below. In many cases, the resilience of Sephardi immigrants was interwoven with that of chocolate, a New World food. Readily…
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Recipes 7 Vegan Recipes For Your Fourth Of July Barbecue
Hey, meat eaters! Is there a vegan in your life who’s got you muddled as you attempt to plan a holiday barbecue? Someone, perhaps, who preaches about tikkun olam and compassion for animals? You love them, but maybe not enough to give up your juicy, oil-dripping-from-your-mouth hamburger. And that’s okay — because you can have…
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Recipes A Gal’s Gotta Eat — 4 Top Chefs On Feeding Wonder Woman
The gorgeous and arresting Israeli actress Gal Gadot, who proved her mettle as a hand-to-hand combat instructor in the IDF, immediately establishes a commanding presence as the star of Wonder Woman. But we never see our superhero sit down for some sustenance — there’s just no time. But at some point, a gal’s gotta eat….
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Potato Salad And Pool-Side Picnics
In May I introduced my new column, the goal being to share exactly how I cook with Forward readers. Each month I share a piece of my work-in-progress memoir along with a few kitchen-tested, five-ingredient recipes. (Salt, pepper, oil and water are freebies.) My memoir jumps around through time and space, which can be hard…
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Recipes Jamie Geller’s Israeli Potato Salad
I love this potato salad that my “real” Israeli sister-in-law Chanie is always whipping up for family get-togethers. It reminds me so much of the Romanian salad I grew up with, a chicken-based take on salata de boeuf. Made from leftover chicken-soup chicken, it was mixed up with everything you see below. Here I’m sharing…
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Recipes 5-Ingredient Potato Salad With Arugula And Tomato
Classic potato salad can be so heavy, and in the summer months I love to lighten things up. Peppery arugula, sweet cherry tomatoes and bright lemon say “summer potato salad” to me. How ‘bout you? 1½ pound small red potatoes, scrubbed and halved 4 tablespoon champagne vinegar or white wine vinegar 4 tablespoon olive oil…
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Recipes WATCH: Jamie Geller’s Warm Potato Salad With Horseradish Sauce
It’s kinda hard to describe how obsessed I am with these twice-cooked baby bliss potatoes, tossed warm with pungent horseradish sauce. Watch: See also: Jamie Geller is the only best-selling cookbook author who wants to get you out of the kitchen – not because she doesn’t love food – but because she has tons to…
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Recipes Shakshuka Worthy Of A Superhero
Chef Zachary Engel, chef de cuisine at Shaya restaurant in New Orleans, has said that he lacks “a-grandma-taught-me-everything story.” No matter. He was this year’s winner of the James Beard Rising Star award. The most important meal of the day for Wonder Woman, he said, is breakfast. “You can’t stress enough the importance of breakfast.”…
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A Sweet Cake For A Strong Wonder Woman
Israeli chef Nir Mesika, of the highly acclaimed East Village restaurant Timna in New York City, said that his meal for Gal Gadot would draw on the sights, smells and memories of his home and the streets in Israel. “My first dish for her would be smoked eggplant with roasted tahini, lemon preserve with Greek…
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Recipes A Sustaining Super Stew For An Amazon
We asked four-time James Beard-award-winning Israeli-American chef and restaurateur Michael Solomonov what he would serve Wonderwoman. For the main dish, he settled on a modernized version of siniya, an Arab main dish. His version uses barbecued beef cheeks cooked with tomatoes, cinnamon and tahini. “It’s usually braised meat or kabob stewed in tahini, which is…
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Yes, You Can Buy Independence Day-Themed Babka
With July 4th approaching, we’ve been pondering the question of how exactly to put a tasty Jewish touch on our Independence Day celebrations. What could we serve that would marry the symbols of America’s freedom with Jewish culinary tradition? The answer came in the form of an iconic Jewish dessert that’s been given a decidedly…
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