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Almonds (and Marzipan) for Tu B’Shvat
The almond tree is blooming And the golden sun is shining. Birds atop each roof Bless the arrival of the festival. Tu B’Shvat has arrived The festival of trees. —Levin Kipnis Long before anybody had heard of National Arbor Day, Jews had Tu B’Shvat, the New Year for Trees. The holiday is but one of…
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Wheat, Whiskey and Women
Whiskey doesn’t seem like an agricultural product. But as we celebrate (or pray for) the rebirth of nature on Tu B’Shvat it’s good to bear in mind that what the Irish call “the brown” comes from fields of waving grain. Or maybe we had made that link, but just forgot because, you know, too much…
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Recipes A Thoughtful Loaf From ‘Yeast of Eden’
Freshly baked loaves of vegan challah cooling on racks at the Hazon Food Conference. On a chilly December morning, dozens of people gathered around bowls of dough, ready to bake. What brought us there was the at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in Connecticut, and more specifically, a workshop entitled “Yeast of Eden: Baking…
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Recipes Spicy Coconut-Chickpea Stew
If I ask you think about chickpeas, what’s the first dish that pops into your mind? I bet it’s either hummus or falafel. Am I right? Well, when I think about chickpeas, what I imagine — and immediately crave — is my warming, spicy, savory, coconut-milk-based stew. Related I don’t always make it exactly the…
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Recipes Vegan Enchilada Casserole
wants you and your family to follow a simple, delicious plant-based diet that consists of whole foods. “I’m starting the revolution and I want you to join me and start a revolution where you live,” Nadel told workshop attendees at the Hazon Food Conference at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in late December. “I’m…
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A Technicolor Brunch Demo
Leah Koenig showing a New Jersey congregation how to make her smoked-salmon hash with lemon-mint vinaigrette — and we have the recipe. It wasn’t my birthday yesterday morning, but if I hadn’t looked at the calendar I easily could have been fooled. The morning started out early (thanks to a 5:15 a.m. wakeup call from…
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Noshing With the Pfeffermans From ‘Transparent’
The Pfeffermans know how to nosh. Westword writes that Amazon’s hit show has nailed it when it comes to Jewish food. “Transparent’s focus on food squares with its painfully honest portrayal of a contemporary Jewish family living in Los Angeles — and if you’ve ever been a part of such a family, or eaten with…
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NYC’s Best Pastrami and All the Weekly Dish
The original Ida and Harry (Pops) circa 1960. The august has weighed in on where to get New York City’s best pastrami sandwiches. The roll call will sound familiar to Forward readers, with 2nd Avenue Deli, Katz’s, Pastrami Queen and Ben’s Best heading up the list. Organic butcher shop Dickson’s Farmstand Meats and nouveau-deli extraordinaire…
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A Southern Jew Tastes Another Country in New York
The author shooting cupcakes in Texas, before moving to New York and discovering, to her amazement, that there are bakeries devoted to traditional Jewish desserts. They had poppyseed. They had apricot. And prune, almond paste, chocolate and chocolate chip. I’m not in Texas anymore, I thought, quickly telling the lady at that yes, I’d take…
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Recipes ‘Spiritual Kneading’ Rose-Shaped Challah
Dahlia Abraham-Klein, the author of showed us how to make her gorgeous rose-shaped challah for the month of Adar at the Forward’s Eat, Drink + Think event last December. Rose-Shaped Challah With Raisins and Rosewater Makes 8-10 challahs 4 tablespoons active dry yeast 4½ cups warm water ¾ cup organic sugar plus 2 tablespoons organic…
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Carnegie Deli Giving People Gas Again
Tenants of the building owned by the Carnegie Deli should have their cooking gas restored this week — a hopeful sign that the iconic eatery, which has been closed since its gas line was after an illegal hookup was discovered in April, will soon reopen its doors. People living in the deli’s building in midtown…
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