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Brilliant Za’atar Twists From Breads
A savory babka? And why not? I got the idea to make a za’atar babka when I was making a za’atar-seasoned bread. To fill the babka, I use labne, which is ultra-rich strained yogurt that has a wonderfully creamy texture and tangy flavor — not unlike sour cream. Chiles, feta cheese and pine nuts add…
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How a Star Israeli Baker Keeps It Classic and Fresh at the Same Time
Over smoked fish and coffee at Russ & Daughters Café on a recent morning, I asked Uri Scheft to tell me his favorite bread. “The last one that came out of the oven,” he said, without missing a beat. He was teasing, of course — but those words might as well be his professional mantra….
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Stealing the Ultimate Pickle Recipe
I laughed so hard last night while screening “The Pickle Recipe,” a new film that opens Friday, November 4. Starring the brilliant Lynn Cohen, who played Golda Meir in Munich and Magda on Sex and the City, the movie centers around a dysfunctional Jewish family whose matriarch, Rose, owns a deli in Detroit, where she…
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Cozy — and Kosher — in New Hampshire
What’s being billed as the first “luxury, year-round” kosher resort has opened in New Hampshire, of all places. The Arlington Hotel also boasts the “five-star” Birch Bistro, whose offerings even include “a decadent kosher continental breakfast.” Birch’s menu looks pretty middle-of-the-road, but beef tongue crustini [sic] and a pastrami on rye sub sound intriguing. More…
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The Demise of the Jewish Deli, Again
Lots of hand-wringing in Los Angeles over the closing of another Jerry’s Famous Deli, this one in suburban Woodland Hills. More Hot Dish It’s the fifth Jerry’s Famous to close in the last few years; three remain, in Marina del Rey, Encino and Studio City. Woodland Hills had been open 43 years. “Are we witnessing…
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2 Chefs to Create Sensational Fusion Feast
A Jew and a Parsi walk into a restaurant… That’s not a setup for a punchline; it’s the premise of a very cool-sounding dinner next month in Decatur, Georgia, near Atlanta. Chef Todd Ginsberg of The General Muir, Atlanta’s terrific Jewish resto, will pair will Chef Meherwan Irani of local fave Chai Pani on a…
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Recipes Break The Fast With A Savory Sephardic Pastry
On Shabbat morning, after synagogue, Sephardic Jews traditionally sit down to a meal called a desayuno (Spanish and Ladino for “breakfast”). The meal is relaxed and casual, a brunchy spread of savory pastries, frittata-like egg dishes, fried eggplant, rice pudding, cheeses, olives, and shots of the anise-flavored apéritif ouzo (known as arak in Arabic). This…
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Rye Project Is Toast
San Francisco deli The Rye Project has folded, JWeekly reports. Owner Adam Mesnick is blaming real-estate issues. When it opened on a gritty block in 2014, the “Newish Deli” drew raves for trad favorites like overstuffed sandwiches, bagels and lox and matzo-ball soup. Mesnick still operates Deli Board, another deli reboot in SF. More Hot…
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Recipes Breads Bakery’s Cheese Burekas
When I was living in a moshav (a farming cooperative) near Netanya in Israel, everyone talked about one little bureka stand. People said the owner made the best burekas. His shop always had a line of people waiting, and in Israel this is a big deal because nobody likes to wait in line for anything….
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Recipes New Book Breaks Code for Making Breads Bakery’s Babka, Challah and Burekas at Home
Breads Bakery is perhaps most well known known for its babka, earning New York Magazine’s Best Chocolate Babka award just a few months after opening in 2013 in Union Square, and holding the No. 1 spot ever since. Breads’ challah, particularly the seed-covered, braided wreaths that were initially introduced to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, has also…
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Recipes This Sukkot, Go Vegetarian
These vegetarian crostini will make a beautiful appetizer for you Sukkot meal Some of my fondest memories as a little girl were the special weekend mornings that my Bubbe, mother and I spent together going to the farmer’s market. It was always such a dizzying array of colors, smells and flavors, and a special time…
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