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Schmaltz Is Chic — And All the Week’s Hot Dish
Schmaltz is a key ingredient in the base for Ivan Orkin’s shio ramen. Schmaltz is hot, says hip mag. At Ivan Ramen, the Lower East Side spot from the New York chef who took Tokyo, Ivan Orkin, schmaltz is a key ingredient in the base for his shio ramen. Chef David Santos, who operates a…
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Gifts to Feed Israel’s Hungry
Funny how things happen: Forward Editor-in-Chief Jane Eisner sent me an email last spring, asking if I had any interest in covering an Israeli not-for-profit called , the country’s largest food bank and food-rescue network. She had gotten word that its founder, Joseph Gitler, was in town that week for a series of meetings. Related…
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Recipes How to Make Breads Bakery Hamantaschen at Home
An assortment of Breads Bakery hamantaschen, with the poppy-seed version at the top. And we have the recipe. New York’s is known for its beautiful babka and stunning seed-studded challahs, which are available year round. Its equally exceptional hamantaschen, however, are only available at Purim. Happily, the bakery just shared its coveted recipe with us,…
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A Challah Connection to Broadway
Tony Award nominee Danny Burstein, who plays Tevye in “Fiddler,” with challah supplied by Challah Connection. The same challah that’s been included in kosher gift baskets and delivered to homes across the country by Challah Connection of Fairfield County, Connecticut, is now feeding Tevye, Golde and the rest of the “Fiddler on the Roof” cast…
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Recipes Nacho Hamantaschen? Why Not!
A crisp, savory take on the traditional triangular treat, these hamantaschen are filled with veggie crumbles and topped with salsa and creamy nacho sauce. My first kitchen memories are of baking hamantaschen with my sisters. All nine of us would gather around the table and cut out circles of pastry dough, stuff them with jam…
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Eizenshtein Is the New Baker On the Block
Chocolate babka (above) is one of the specialties at the new Eizenshtein’s Bakery. I was thrilled to hear a couple of weeks ago that a chef friend of mine was about to open his own bakery. Naturally, I had to get the inside scoop. Israeli-born Johnny Eizenshtein moved to the States two years ago, when…
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Wine vs. Beer at Purim? A Historical Perspective May Help
Biblical ethnobotanist Jon Greenberg (above) says that beer and wine both have a very significant background in Jewish tradition. It may not have quite the same drama as the crisis Queen Esther faced centuries ago, but for many of us, Purim raises a major conflict. Call it the battle of the booze. On the festival…
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Recipes Grandma Beauty’s Hamantaschen
In her recently published memoir (Berkley Books, September 2015), New York Times wellness blogger and nutritionist Dawn Lerman shares her food journey and that of her father, a copywriter from the “Mad Men” era of advertising at the Leo Burnett and McCann Erickson firms. Lerman spent her early childhood in Chicago constantly hungry as her…
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5 Fun Hamantaschen Recipes for Maximum Purim Deliciousness
We got a behind-the-scenes peek at the making of Breads Bakery’s Purim treats. Watched our video of Breads Bakery making its famously delicious hamantaschen? Want to make your own? We have a collection of 5 of our favorite, most interesting hamantaschen recipes to help you impress all your Purim guests: 1) Classy, With an Asian…
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Recipes Fig Cocktail, Complete With Survival Story
Merrymaking and over-indulgence are encouraged in Purim celebrations. Esther’s good looks, luck and wherewithal saved the Jews in the Persian Empire from being annihilated. What followed, on the 14th of Adar, was the world’s first Purim party, an occasion of great levity. Purim is an occasion to be loose, relaxed and happy, and, perhaps, to…
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Recipes Prune-Poppy Scones for Purim
This Purim, let’s move beyond the cookie, bringing a touch of the holiday to the breakfast table with a delectable, easy-to-make breakfast pastry. Last weekend, at a friend’s potluck, Max pointed emphatically to a plate on the table and said “cookie.” The fact that the object of his desire was actually a plate of biscuits…
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