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Halibut Stuffed With Kale & Feta Pesto
A fast and easy fish recipe to make for company from “The New Kosher” by Kim Kushner. Related Serves 6 1 teaspoon grapeseed oil 6 skinless halibut fillets, about 6 ounces each Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper 2 scallions, white and pale green parts, each cut crosswise into 4 equal pieces 2 cups (4½…
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Jewish Food Goes Global and All the Weekly Dish
Israeli Mezze Meets NY Deli in London. When opens in London on October 15, look for house-smoked fish, hand-rolled bagels and a menu “somewhere between a Tel Aviv mezze and a New York deli,” according to owner Joel Braham, who’s taking inspiration from “fantastic places like the Mile End Deli and Russ and Daughters in…
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Hummus for Breakfast — a Philadelphia Story
Hummus topped with kale pesto is part of a splendidly satisfying Israeli-style breakfast at Dizengoff, one of Michael Solomonov’s five popular Philadelphia eateries. Michael Solomonov is having one heck of a year. Scratch that — he is having one heck of a decade. The Israel-born, Pittsburgh-raised chef now has five successful restaurants in Philadelphia. Thanks…
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Russia’s Kosher Food Giant Aims for Halal Empire
Pinhas Slobodkin, center, with staff at a Moscow event serving kosher food in 2014. (JTA) — At Russia’s largest kosher food factory, owner Pinhas Slobodnik welcomes his Muslim workers with a greeting in Arabic that he pronounces in a thick Russian accent. Some 120 workers, most from the predominantly Muslim republics of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, are…
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Recipes Roast Chicken and Corn in Jigs’ Sukkah
When I was growing up in the 1950s, none of my friends had a sukkah in the backyard and I do not recall one at our synagogue. In fact, I do not recall a single thing about the holiday of Sukkot from my childhood. Like many families of my generation with a token association to…
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Sunday Is Pickle Day!
This Sunday, October 4th, New York City’s Lower East Side will be a pickle-lover’s paradise. will take place on Orchard Street, paying homage to the days when pickle shops thrived in the neighborhood. It’s going to be a celebration of all things pickled, with sixteen different pickle vendors in attendance, including Brooklyn Brine, Guss’ and…
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Recipes Arthur Schwartz’s Stuffed Cabbage
When Forward food editor Liza Schoenfein made this delicious dish (featured in ), she used leftover cooked rice for the filling, reduced the amount of brown sugar to 3 tablespoons for a less sweet sauce, opted for currants instead of raisins and left out the ginger snaps. The results were fantastic. Related Stuffed Cabbage, Revisited…
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Jewish Food With a Southern Drawl and All the Weekly Dish
Matzo-meal-fried chicken at the Lower East Side has become so popular that it’s spawning its own take-out spot. Owner Richard Kimmel tells the New York Times that Kitty’s A Go Go will feature an edited selection of the “Jewish food with a Southern drawl” inspired by his grandmother, who worked for a talent agency in…
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Rapper Drake to Open Restaurant in Hometown of Toronto
Onetime Drake is going into the restaurant business. The rapper has teamed with star chef Susur Lee to open Fring’s on Toronto’s hopping King West nightlife strip. “The two-level supper club is stylishly decorated (think reclaimed wood, plastic hanger chandeliers over the bar and a basement level that includes a private back entrance), with a…
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Recipes Giving Jewish Breakfast Its Due
(Egyptian Beans and Eggs) is one of the many Jewish morning meals worth celebrating. “What is your favorite Jewish food?” I ask this question often — at Shabbat dinner with friends, when I interview someone for a story and whenever I lead a cooking demonstration. I ask it because the query tends to elicit smiles…
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Pastrami Ice Cream, Anyone?
Pastrami, cream cheese and latke-applesauce are among the Jewish-deli flavors available at the Coolhaus ice cream shop in L.A. Seeing is believing, so watch the video! Ice cream flavors like pastrami and latke-applesauce sound insane — until you see the rest of the roster at L.A.’s . Think Cuban cigar (liquid “smoke” and coffee), Peking…
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