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5 (Actually 6) Jewish Cookbooks for the Breakfast Fanatic
Breakfast is a sadly underrepresented category in the field of Jewish cookbooks. Scanning through the table of contents in most of them, you’d be hard pressed to find a category devoted to the morning meal. Even foods that theoretically belong in a breakfast chapter, such as blintzes, bourekas and matzo brei, tend to be assigned…
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Bacon Star of David — and All the Dish
Dish spent part of the weekend at NADA Art Fair, the younger, looser sibling of New York’s massive Frieze New York. Among the works on display: This bacon Star of David by New York artist Chloe Wise at the booth of Geneva’s Galerie S. Bertrand. Don’t panic; no pork was used in the creation of…
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Kenny & Ziggy’s Opens New Houston Deli
The Deli Man’s got something new to kvell about. Houston deli Kenny & Ziggy’s has opened a second location — a 2,500-square-foot space “about the size of the original Second Avenue Deli or the Stage,” according to owner Ziggy Gruber. “It’s an intimate space, and completely haimish.” The new Kenny & Ziggy’s is located in…
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Hummus in 70% of Israeli Refrigerators
(JTA) — The approach of International Hummus Day) — The approach of [International Hummus Day”) (Friday, May 13) coincides with the release of a study showing that more than 90 percent of Israelis say they eat hummus at least once a week — and nearly 70 percent currently have some in their refrigerator. A survey…
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Kosher Pop-Up Fills Void on the Bowery
On a recent Tuesday night at the Chabad House Bowery on the Lower East Side, a crowd began to form. Tables covered in craft paper filled the room, tea lights flickering in mason jars. At a long table at one end, servers set up paper plates and jugs of ice tea — but no food….
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The Falafel Wars Come to London — and Israel Loses to Egypt!
Egypt was declared Sunday to have the most delicious falafel, beating its Israeli, Palestinian and Middle Eastern-fusion competitors at a London festival. Falafel is popular throughout the Middle East, although its origins have been hotly debated. Israeli chef Uri Dinay, who came in second place, and whose falafel the Guardian described as “crisp but slightly…
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Recipes Chocolate-Babka French Toast for Mom
It is hard to think of something more fitting to serve for Mother’s Day than babka. Named after the bubbes who baked them in Eastern Europe (babka translates to “grandmother’s loaf”), the brioche-tender, bread-cake hybrid, which comes swirled with chocolate or cinnamon, is the edible equivalent of maternal affection. Meanwhile, Mother’s Day celebrations tend to…
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Recipes Chocolate Cake From the Mother of Jewish Chocolatiers
When we slather our mothers with chocolaty tributes on Mother’s Day, we will be stepping onto a chocolate trail pioneered by Jewish mothers before us, notably Rebecca Gomez of the 18th-Century Colonial Period. Related Gomez, along with her husband and son, had an appetite for the chocolate business in Manhattan. After the death of her…
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Hungary Is Hungry for Jewish Food — and All the Dish
Anti-Semitism may be running rampant in Budapest, but so is a Jewish-food craze. At least that’s what Travel + Leisure discovers in its latest issue: “Jewish food — whether descended from the Mediterranean or the shtetl — is hugely popular right now… Food trucks serve knishes stuffed, oddly, with lamb, and serious restaurants, like Macesz…
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Exploring Israel Through Food, Film & Photography
Cooking is a creative outlet for me— as much about developing beautiful flavors, aromas, colors and textures as about getting dinner on the table. While I know it’s not like that for everyone, it seems to me that there’s a strong connection between art and food in general. Certainly many of my friends who are…
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Celebrate Chametz With These Mind-Blowing Bagels
Passover ends at sundown this Saturday, which means the feasting on chametz is almost upon us. Which is why we decided to put together a list of delicious yeasty bagels for you to potentially stuff your face with once the chametz ban is over. 1) The Rainbow Bagel: The invention of Brooklyn bagel maven Scott…
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