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Water Challah From New Jersey’s Great Big Challah Bake
A couple of the 1,400 finished products at New Jersey’s Great Big Challah Bake. Related Makes 2 loaves Yeast mixture 1 and 2/3 cup warm water 1 tablespoon sugar 1 tablespoon dry yeast Dough 4½ cups high-gluten flour ½ cup sugar 1/3 cup canola oil 2 teaspoon salt 1 egg and 1 tablespoon sugar for…
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Pastrami and Our Jewish Identity
Ted Merwin (above) writes that the roots of secular Jewish culture in America were, to a large extent, in the deli. The title of Ted Merwin’s new book isn’t completely accurate. is billed as “An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli.” But the book’s so packed with insights on American Jewish identity, assimilation and mobility…
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Mark Bittman at JCC
I’m heading to the this evening for what sounds like a pretty fab event — it’s the season launch of Person Place Thing, a series hosted by former New York Times Ethicist Randy Cohen that’s described as “an interview show in which one amazing guest tells three insightful and often hilarious stories.” Tonight’s amazing guest…
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Michael Solomonov Bringing Israeli Cuisine to New York’s Chelsea Market
I’ve been fantasizing about the idea of planning a weekend trip to Philadelphia. Forget the Liberty Bell — my dream is to eat every meal at a different . (CookNSolo is the group of Michael Solomonov/Steven Cook joints that includes Zahav, Abe Fisher, Dizengoff, Percy Street Barbecue and Federal Donuts.) That would be some weekend….
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20-Foot Challah Loaf Sets New World Record
Now immortalized in the Guinness Book of World Records, the loaf above measured in at 20 feet. Did you smell bread baking last week? You weren’t hallucinating: The 3rd-annual Great Big Challah Bake brought thousands of women out around the world to collaborate on giant loaves. How big was it? Here’s the shopping list from…
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Jewish Delis Everywhere and All the Weekly Dish
New in Toronto: , a tiny downtown spot serving latkes, matzo-ball soup, chopped liver, knishes and kilometer-high sandwiches — this is Canada, after all. According to BlogTO, the place is named for Sid Starkman — the late president of Chicago 58 Foods, “a Toronto institution famous for its Jewish style salami, hot dogs and cured…
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Recipes Talking ‘Toast’ and All Its Toppings
If you’ve dined out recently, you’ve probably encountered fancy toast — the du jour of piling artisanal ingredients (think house made ricotta and seasonal jam or poached eggs and shaved truffles) on top of warmed bread. Or perhaps you, like just about everyone else in America, have made some version of avocado toast at home….
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Recipes Almond-Orange Flower Toast
Do you know bostock? It’s an almond and orange flower syrup–soaked slice of brioche, topped with almond cream, and baked until browned, puffed, and gorgeous. If you like almond croissants, you’ll go crazy for bostock. The softly floral tone comes from a syrup made using orange flower water, a little almond extract, and fresh orange…
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Recipes Chef to Stars Shares Vegan Recipes With the Rest of Us
Israeli-born Tal Ronnen orchestrated Oprah Winfrey’s highly publicized 21-day vegan cleanse in 2013. He catered Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi’s 2008 wedding after years as their private chef. But these days, he’s more concerned with spreading the gospel of veg to the masses. And in the new Mediterranean-themed cookbook (Artisan), named for his white-hot…
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Recipes Vegan Grilled Garden Vegetable Lasagna With Puttanesca Sauce
Serves 8-12 Zucchini can be watery and lacking in flavor or texture, so when Scot proposed putting a vegetable lasagna that featured zucchini on the menu, I was skeptical. But the flavors he builds into this lasagna are extraordinary. It’s an Italian flag on a plate — green pesto, white almond ricotta and rich red…
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Whisky and the 1%
At New York’s Marriot Marquis hotel in late September, middle-aged white American men sipped high-end scotch and bourbon as their republic splintered. To be fair — as the reconstruction of George Washington’s distillery has amply shown — plenty of middle-aged white founding fathers were sipping on the golden nectar as the republic was being built….
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