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Curious Cook Prefers Roadmaps to Recipes
For someone who spends most of her waking hours thinking about food and cooking, Adina Steiman has a surprising confession: “I kind of hate recipes,” she said. Of course, that isn’t entirely true. Steiman is special projects editor at Epicurious, one of the country’s leading food websites that houses new recipes and the recipe archives…
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Michael Solomonov’s Dizengoff Restaurant Opens in New York
It’s rare for New Yorkers to have restaurant envy. Isn’t everything we could possibly want to eat right here? But ever since I became aware of what Chef Michael Solomonov is cooking up in Philadelphia — at Zahav, Dizengoff, Percy Street Barbecue, Abe Fisher and Federal Donuts — I’ve been reckoning with an ugly tinge…
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Kosher ‘Shrimp’ — and More Hot Dish
Coming soon to a kosher restaurant near you: shrimp. The U.K. Daily Mail reports that a San Francisco outfit called New Wave Foods has grown fake shrimp in a lab using red algae — which the crustaceans feed on — and baking it with a plant-based protein powder. Its very realness may become a problem….
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Spicing It Up at Abe Fisher
This is turning into an exciting year for guest-chef events and one-off dinners. Next on our radar: a four-course feast at Philly’s terrific Abe Fisher, which is part of the Cook N Solo group owned by star chef Michael Solomonov and his business partner Steve Cook. Chef Yehuda Sichel will team with Lior Lev Sercarz…
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Pommes Frites Reopens in New Neighborhood After LES Blast
More than a year after a devastating explosion destroyed its Second Avenue block, Pommes Frites reopened today in a shiny — albeit smaller — space near NYU in New York’s West Village. Two employees died in the 2015 blast, which displaced Pommes Frites after 18 years. “I don’t want it to be an opening with…
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Photographer Sinks His Teeth Into Israeli Food Scene
Steven Rothfeld flips through his new book and stops on a page showing a focaccia with pieces of charred cauliflower dappling its surface. “This is one of the best things I’ve ever eaten in my life,” he says. Then he stops on a page showing a deep-orange kumquat marmalade. “This is one of the best…
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Recipes Date Honey and Tahini Semifreddi With Cashew Brittle
The inventive use of tahini in Israeli cuisine fascinates me. I stayed a few nights at Smadar and Yossi Yardeni’s B+B in Clil, where Smadar finished off the meal with this pleasing balance of sweet, nutty, and frozen sensations. Silan is often called date honey and is a brown syrup extracted from dates. It can…
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Teen Brothers On a Roll With Kosher Startup
As the interview drew to a close, the founder of the Bay Area’s latest kosher food startup checked notes on his cellphone to make sure he’d covered everything he wanted to discuss. At one point, he paused to take a call. A delivery of rice paper was late, stalling his operation. For a business owner,…
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A Whole Wide World of Whisky
God bless Eric Asimov and Blair Bowman. Two lions stand In front of Japanese temples one with mouth open, one with mouth closed. Tradition has it that one is modeling the start of the Om chant, the great exhalation and opening of self to universe. The other lion, it is said, is ending the chant…
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Cheesecake for Breakfast — and Soon, for Shavuot
Where I live in Brooklyn, there is no shortage of worthy bakeries, from old-school Jewish joints like Isaac’s Bake Shop and Ostrovitsky to artisanal spots like Ovenly and Bien Cuit. Like with most things, I have found that getting my hands on a perfectly flaky breakfast croissant or satisfying an afternoon cookie craving doesn’t require…
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Iconic Deli’s Secret Gay History — and More Hot Dish
Is there a secret gay history behind Montreal’s iconic Schwartz’s Deli? Sure sounds like it, according to one local historian. Eiran Harris, archivist emeritus of the city’s Jewish Public Library tells MTLBlog that “we can’t rule out a romantic edge to Reuben [Schwartz, the founder] and [owner Maurice] Zbriger’s relationship. This was the 1930s after…
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