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Zucker’s Bagels Is Expanding Its Empire And Opening Its Biggest Location Yet
There’s nothing stopping Zucker’s from taking over New York City, the Bagel Capital of America. According to a report by the New York Post, Zucker’s Bagels & Smoked Fish is opening a flagship in Flatiron, which will be Zucker’s fourth and largest eatery. The eatery, which is 1,800-square-feet, will be located at 40 East 23rd…
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NYC’s Oldest Seltzer Man Passes The Bottle To New Generation
If you live in Brooklyn long enough, you will invariably cross paths with one of the very few remaining seltzer delivery men left in New York. You might see an older gentlemen shuffling up a brownstone’s steps carrying a wooden crate filled with jostling glass seltzer siphons in clear and blue hues with silver-colored nozzles…
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Don’t Be The ‘Odd Mom Out’! 4 Fab Foods To Bring For Parents’ Weekend
Odd Mom Out, which premiered last week on Bravo, is a show about a “normal” woman named Jill living amongst a sea of prissy and perfect Upper East Side moms. Jill functions not only as comedy relief, but also as the Greek Chorus, directing our attention toward the absurdity of excessive lifestyles. In the premiere…
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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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