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A Seder Dish Of Memory, Mourning And Renewal
Passover is a holiday that mixes celebration with mourning. And when Jewish food’s pre-eminent authority, Joan Nathan, sits down at the Seder table this year, she will be both celebrating and mourning in more ways than one. April marks the release of Nathan’s 12th cookbook, “King Solomon’s Table: A Culinary Exploration Of Jewish Food Around…
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Recipes Joan Nathan’s Long-Cooked Hard-Boiled Eggs With Spinach
One of the most ancient symbols of birth, rebirth and mourning is the incredible egg. Observant Jews eat them for breakfast or lunch on the Sabbath, cooked overnight in their Sabbath stew or boiled in water laced with onions or coffee for flavor and a dark color. The symbol of the round, smooth egg for…
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What’s With The Last-Minute Passover-Getaway Cancellations?
Passover travel programs are suddenly dropping like flies. First to be swatted was the Tenenbaum Family’s Pesach For Less, which was to be hosted at the Dolce Hotel & Conference Center in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. It was cancelled in February. Next, in mid-March, Prime Experience — a subsidiary of Joey Allaham’s Prime Hospitality Group,…
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Got Passover-Product Overload? You’re Not Alone
Passover, the weeklong holiday that celebrates the Israelites’ freedom from slavery in Egypt was simpler back in the day. There was just one recipe for charoset, the mixture that symbolized the mortar the Israelites used to make bricks for the pyramids. That recipe had apples and walnuts — not dates, pistachios and ginger. There was…
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Eleven Madison Park Named No. 1 Restaurant In The World
The ever-evolving, always exquisite Eleven Madison Park is the best restaurant in the entire world, according to World’s 50 Best Restaurants, a controversial list put out annually by British company William Reed Business Media. Restaurateur Danny Meyer, whose Union Square Hospitality Group includes Union Square Café, Gramercy Tavern and Shake Shack, among other eateries, opened…
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Mimi Sheraton Says Charoset Is Not Just For Pesach Anymore
Although it stands as a symbolic reminder of the mortar used by the Jewish slaves who built the pyramids in Egypt, the fragrant spread called charoset deserves more than a once-a-year ritual appearance at the Passover Seder table. Related The rich fruit spread is made in two lovely versions, delectable either for breakfast or tea-time…
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Chocolate At Passover? Not So Fast!
Editor’s Note: Since the publication of this article in April 2017, writer Deborah R. Prinz came across new information. She writes: “While researching updates for the second edition of “On the Chocolate Trail,” specifically about Fair Trade and direct-trade chocolate, I learned that Equal Exchange had suspended its formal Fair Trade certification for chocolate in…
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My Philly Food Fantasy: One Weekend, 5 Restaurants, No Problem
I’m writing this on the Amtrak, heading home to New York from an overnight in Philadelphia, sated and sleepy after fulfilling a food freak’s culinary fantasy: In under 36 hours, I ate at five out of six of Michael Solomonov and Steve Cook’s eateries: Zahav, Abe Fisher, Federal Donuts, Rooster Soup Company and the newest…
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The 10 Most Insane Charosets On Instagram
Charoset is one of the most fascinating, symbolic dishes of the Passover Seder. It represents the mortar that our ancestors were forced to spread between bricks to make majestic buildings for their Egyptian overlords, “embittering” their enslaved lives. But charoset, as it’s traditionally made, is far from bitter. Indeed, charoset is often as sweet as…
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Your Guide To Gluten-Free Matzo
(JTA) — Gluten-free matzah might sound like a bad joke — after all, regular unleavened bread tastes pretty cardboard-like already. But for Jews with celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder that can damage one’s intestinal lining, or gluten intolerance, which involves icky reactions to that pesky protein found in wheat, finding the right matzah — which,…
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WATCH! 7 Secrets to a Splendid Seder
7 Secrets to a Splendid Seder* from* the Jewish Daily Forward on Vimeo. From our archives, terrific secrets and tips that are as relevant today as they were when we produced them two years ago. Five years ago, I became the keeper of our family Seder. As the self-appointed repository of the recipes and traditions…
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