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4 Hot Chefs to Reveal What Modern Israeli Food Is All About
Of all the scrumptious-sounding events on the roster for this year’s New York City Wine & Food Festival (NYCWFF), which runs October 13-16, the dinner that immediately caught my eye was — surprise! — . Okay, that’s probably not such a surprise. Hosted by Eden Grinshpan of the Food Network’s Chopped Canada and the Cooking…
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Meet Harlem’s African-American Rugelach King
JTA — With a JCC down the block and a Chabad on the next street corner over, it’s not surprising that this New York City bakery sells rugelach. But look around the small one-room shop, and you won’t see the usual Jewish kitsch or stylized Hebrew writing adorning the walls. Two certifications from the City…
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Recipes Eggplant Offers Surprisingly Savory (and Kosher) Bacon Alternative
“I’ll give you 22 ways to love eggplant,” cookbook author exclaimed when the publisher of Short Stack Editions admitted it was his least favorite vegetable. And so, Pelzel developed, tested and perfected nearly two-dozen eggplant recipes for her most recent cookbook titled, simply, “Eggplant.” This hand-sewn booklet packs snacking, family dining and entertaining ideas into…
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Severed Thumb at Kosher Processing Plant Prompts Huge OSHA Fine
A kosher-chicken processing plant with the bucolic-sounding name of Birdsboro Kosher Farms is facing Federal charges after a horrific workplace accident. The plant was slammed with a $317,000 fine from the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) after a worker lost part of a thumb in a nightmarish mixing-machine mishap. OSHA’s report…
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4 Surprising Facts About Molly Yeh
For two years now I’ve been chatting on the phone and conversing via email with our extraordinarily talented contributor, the uber-blogger and cookbook author Molly Yeh. We’ve discussed story ideas and deadlines, talked about her new book, “Molly on the Range,” and bonded over both having dads who cooked Chinese food. (Molly’s father is Chinese;…
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New Year, New Delis
It took 111 years, but Indianapolis’ beloved Shapiro’s is about to open its first location outside its hometown. The deli, whose three current sites include a mall and the Indianapolis airport, will debut in early 2017 in Blue Ash, a heavily Jewish suburb of Cincinnati, reports Cincinnati.com. Shapiro’s signatures include house-cured brisket, homemade cakes and…
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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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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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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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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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