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Canter’s Is Gambling on Reno
Continuing its conquest of the West, Canter’s is gambling on Reno. The legendary Los Angeles deli will open a branch at the Silver Legacy, a kitschy resort and casino with a Victorian theme. The Reno Gazette-Journal predicts an opening “soon.” More Dish: Michael Kaminer is a contributing editor at the Forward.
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Save the Chickens; Save the Carnegie
Readers of Monday’s New York Times may have noticed a full-page ad with the headline, “The Illegal Slaughter of Chickens on Our Streets Must Stop.” In an open letter to Mayor Bill De Blasio, the Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos and Concerned Citizens of the City of New York demanded that the city “stop…
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Meet New York’s Reigning (Kosher) Brisket King
After 18 years in New York, Ari White still calls himself a tourist. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that his cooking is true to his roots. He was raised in a conservative Jewish family in barbecue-loving El Paso. Combine those two elements of his background and you get Texas kosher barbecue. Following an…
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Recipes Easy Apple-Preserving Ideas — Sauce, Butter, Cider and Leather
The custom of dipping apples in honey on Rosh Hashanah is so well-established as a symbol of our hopes for a sweet New Year that no matter how we celebrate the holiday this year, whatever foods we serve on this festive occasion, apples are sure to be featured. Why apples? According to Jewish sources, the…
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Remembering My First Time at the Carnegie Deli — and Praying It Doesn’t Close for Good
The first time I ate at the Carnegie Deli, I was already in high school. Growing up in Manhattan, I’d passed the place a thousand times, but its iconic-slash-tourist-attraction status had always kept me away. (When I was in the West 50s and wanted corned beef on rye and matzo ball soup, I went to…
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Recipes Honey Cookies for Rosh Hashanah
Everybody likes the idea of honey cake for Rosh Hashanah. I have a recipe from my great grandmother that fills me with nostalgic fondness, and several friends have sent me similar recipes from their own, mostly Russian-Jewish families. I have tried at least six honey cake recipes over the years, and everyone agrees that it’s…
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TBT From Bubbe’s Kitchen — Honey Balls and Ginger Candy
Teiglach (Honey Balls) 4 eggs 1/3 cup sugar 1/3 cup oil 1 teaspoon baking powder 3 cup flour plus a bit more as needed 2 cups sugar 1½ cups honey ½ cup sugar ½ cup toasted walnuts 1) Beat the eggs with the sugar and oil. Sift the flour with the baking powder and a…
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Artisanal Bagels Arrive in Richmond
On a recent visit to Richmond, Virginia, I overheard a couple of locals carping about the lack of good bagels. A third person butted in — that’s not just a New York thing — to let them know that Nate’s Bagels had launched. Nate Mathews, a New England transplant, hand-rolls and kettle-boils his bagels, which…
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Recipes Rosh Hashanah Recipe Roundup
From traditional recipes to modern classics to innovative, unexpected holiday meals — it’s all here in one place.
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Hot L.A. Chef Inspired by Rosh Foods From Childhood in Israel
Bestia, the Los Angeles hotspot that books up months in advance, doesn’t offer High Holidays menus. But chef Ori Menashe is all about the New Year. His Italian-inspired cuisine is heavily influenced by childhood erev Rosh Hashanah meals prepared by his Georgian-Jewish father in Israel, he tells the Jewish Journal. On the table during these…
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Last-Minute Rosh Hashanah Dinner Rescue
There’s still time to plan this year’s Rosh Hashanah meals, whether or not you’re the one at the stove. Offerings from restaurants and purveyors seem especially imaginative this time around — both mindful of tradition and completely fresh. Take the October 2 and 3 Rosh Hashanah dinner at Joe and MissesDoe in New York, where…
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