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With New Cookbook, Gefilteria Duo Spreads Gospel of Ashkenazi Food
Just before Passover 2012, The Gefilteria launched its artisanal line of gefilte fish. Co-founders Jeffrey Yoskowitz and Liz Alpern wanted to take gefilte fish out of the jars in the kosher aisle and gently place it on the table in a fresh and meaningful way. But the fish was just a symbol of the Ashkenazi…
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Standing Room Only for Tasting the ‘Manifesto’
As a standing-room-only crowd of over 170 gefilte enthusiasts sat at tables listening to Liz Alpern and Jeffrey Yoskowitz dish about their their new book, “The Gefilte Manifesto: New Recipes for Old World Jewish Foods,” we heard a recognizable hiss from behind a black curtain. Fittingly, seltzer gas was being released as nibbles were plated…
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The Secret to Cuneiform Cookies Revealed!
Katy Blanchard of the University of Pennsylvania was kind enough to share the recipe she uses in order to make cuneiform cookies. 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1 teaspoon ground allspice 1 teaspoon ground cloves ½ teaspoon salt ½ cup unsalted butter ½ cup…
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Behold, Bullfrog Bagels’ Sit-Down Sibling
Pastrami soup dumplings. Pizza bagels. Jewish ramen. Oh, and fresh pasta. They’re all on the menu at Bullfrog Bagels in Washington, DC — the new sit-down sibling to a hugely popular bagel shop. About that pasta: Washingtonian reports that Bullfrog covers its bagels in an egg white wash before they’re baked, which leaves a lot…
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How About Them Star-of-David Imprinted Apples?
If you’re looking to add some flair to your Rosh Hashanah table, these apples, which are imprinted with Stars of David and Rosh Hashanah greetings, might do the trick. Fun to Eat Fruit, a company specializing in imprinted fruits, is selling the holiday-themed apples in time for the Jewish New Year, when Jews traditionally dip…
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Dreaming of Doughnuts
I may have to skip my usual yogurt-and-fruit breakfast tomorrow morning and head to Nolita, where James Beard award-winning chef Michael Solomonov and company are setting up a pop-up Federal Donuts at Chef’s Club on Mulberry Street. Federal Donuts is part the Philadelphia-based Cook N Solo group, which includes Zahav, Abe Fisher and Dizengoff —…
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Honoring My Father With a ‘Bastard’ Scotch
Drinking in Scotland relieved me of some of my aversion to peaty whiskeys. It changed my associations of that smoky flavor from cadavers to Scottish glens. We were on vacation, staying at the Balmoral Hotel (where J.K. Rowling finished writing Harry Potter) and I was paging through the massive binder detailing their whiskies in the…
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A Reader’s ‘Religious’ Experience of Schwartz’s Deli
To the Editor: I was thrilled to read Worshipping at Montreal’s Temple of Smoked Meat, by Michael Kaminer, Wednesday, September 7, 2016. I have visited that mecca many times and it is a religious experience in the best sense. My uncle was a cantor at one of the synagogues in Montreal. Every time I would…
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Classic Knishes
Fannie Stahl’s granddaughters summoned recovered memories to bring this recipe to life. Toby Engelberg, who sold her knishes in the Bay Area for a while, enlisted the help of her elder cousin from New York, Sara Spatz, who, as a young woman, worked in her grandmother’s shop in Brighton Beach. I was there to learn….
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Scottish Cons ‘Convert’ for Kosher Food
They don’t have the option of requesting kosher meals on flights. But more than 100 prisoners at a Scottish jail said they have converted to Judaism, just to get kosher meals, which they think are “nicer,” according to prison spokesman Tom Fox of Glenochil Prison in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Fox told Israel Hayom that he warned…
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Worshipping at Montreal’s Temple of Smoked Meat
One of the highlights of the Forward’s recent Canada Then and Now tour (guided by yours truly) was a visit to Schwartz’s Deli with our special guest Bill Brownstein, the Montreal Gazette columnist who literally wrote the book on Schwartz’s. Now, USA Today is calling the deli “The most Montreal-esque of Montreal eateries” and “the…
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