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New Boston Deli Serves Up Haimish Eats and Yiddish Vocab
Don’t look for fusion kreplach or molecular matzo balls at Mamaleh’s, which opened in Boston last week. The menu’s a mix of straight-up deli classics, from borscht and blintzes to latkes and noodle kugel. A pastrami knish is as experimental as the lineup gets; if anyone’s tried it, we want to hear from you. Do…
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Taste Testing ‘A Taste of Rome’
This is an occasional column in which the writer evaluates a new cookbook by making some of its recipes, sharing the dishes with friends and asking her guests what they think of the results. She recently cooked her way through “Tasting Rome: Fresh Flavors & Forgotten Recipes from an Ancient City,” by Katie Parla and…
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Recipes Roman Fried and Marinated Zucchini
Related Taste Testing ‘Tasting Rome: Fresh Flavors and Forgotten Recipes from an Ancient City’ Spaghetti With Dandelion Greens and Cured Fish Roe Serves 4–6 as a side dish or makes 3–4 sandwiches 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced ¼ cup fresh mint or basil leaves, finely chopped, plus more for garnish 2/3 cup white wine vinegar…
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Recipes Spaghetti With Dandelion Greens and Cured Fish Roe
Related Taste Testing ‘Tasting Rome: Fresh Flavors and Forgotten Recipes from an Ancient City’ Roman Fried and Marinated Zucchini Spaghetti con Cicoria e Bottarga Serves 4–6 Sea salt 1 pound dandelion greens 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more to taste 3 garlic cloves, smashed 2 teaspoons peperoncino or red pepper flakes 1 pound spaghetti…
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Peru’s National Cocktail Debuts in Israel
Peru’s flagship drink will be sold for the first time in Israel, according to the South American country’s foreign trade officials. The pisco will be available in bars and restaurants initially only in Tel Aviv. “The pisco will compete with drinks already positioned in this market. We are confident that Israelis will get more familiar…
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Tippling Through the Torah
In every Torah portion, there’s an alcoholic drink just waiting to be discovered. So says amateur bartender Andrea Frazier and her fellow Kiddush Club devotees on Chicago’s South Side. Frazier has created a boozy, parsha-themed blog, “Tippling Through The Torah,” whose premise is that the weekly Torah portion can best be appreciated when accompanied by…
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Recipes Clouds and Fire (Num 9:16)
Be sure all ingredients are as cold as possible before you begin. We hear that one of the kosher companies makes mock Kahlua, but that has not made it to the South Side of Chicago. Related Article Tippling Through the Torah 2 scoops chocolate ice cream 2 scoops vanilla ice cream ¼ cup chocolate sauce…
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Recipes That Time Jews Smuggled Chocolate to France — and a Recipe for Basque Chocolate Cake
I happened into a chocolate shop, L’Atelier du Chocolat de Bayonne in Paris in 2016 with my husband. As we were tasting and browsing, I randomly picked up a company brochure. In my high school French, I slowly deciphered this astonishing statement: À Bayonne l’origine de la fabrication et de la consommation du chocolat semble…
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10 Bagel Sandwiches Go Gourmet at Zucker’s
Zucker’s Bagels & Smoked Fish in New York is taking the haute couture approach to bagels for its 10th anniversary. The Tribeca shop has unveiled 10 signature sandwiches from fancy Big Apple chefs. Think whitefish salad with jalapeño cream cheese from Marc Forgione or pistachio pesto with mortadella, taleggio and arugula on an everything bagel…
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Israeli Star Chef Meir Adoni to Open ‘Modern Middle Eastern’ Spot in NYC
Chef Meir Adoni, a star in Israel, will open his first restaurant outside the country this fall with Breads Bakery honcho Gadi Peleg as a partner. The yet-unnamed “modern Middle Eastern” eatery already has a home in Manhattan’s Flatiron district. In Israel, Adoni hosts The Chef Games, a TV cooking competition that pairs amateurs and…
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Kosher Steak House Prime for Meaty Month
It’s a busy month at New York kosher steakhouse Le Marais, with a Bastille Day party on July 14 and the launch of its meat-focused cookbook, “Le Marais: A Rare Steakhouse – Well-Done” (Gefen) on July 18. Chef Jose Meirelles co-authored with Mark Hennessey. In the book’s forward, former Senator Joe Lieberman and his wife…
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