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A Tribute to Grandma’s Sweets for the New Year
Honey cake (above) and teiglach were the highlight of visits to an otherwise distant grandmother. Recipes are below. It would be dishonest to claim for myself those warm memories so rich in Yiddishkeit that are prominently featured in the familiar genre known as Jewish nostalgia. Like the writers of those stories and memoirs, I, too,…
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Recipes Fig Sorbet for Rosh Hashanah
Biting into a fresh fig in Sicily, the author found herself mumbling a shehecheyanu — and was inspired to create this refreshing dessert. Until recently, what little I knew about Sicily came from Sophia Petrillo’s stories on “The Golden Girls.” Spending a week at the Anna Tasca Lanza cooking school last June, though, gave me…
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Carnegie Deli Heiress and ‘Smoked Meat Shyster’ Shlep to Splitsville
The Carnegie Deli heiress and her “shyster of smoked meat” hubby have agreed to shlep to Splitsville. It’s not exactly a kiss-and-make-up ending, but Carnegie Deli owner Marian Levine and estranged husband Sanford have reached a settlement that will keep their acrimonious divorce from heading to trial, the New York Daily News reports. Financial terms…
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Hip Holiday Brisket, Japanese Style
Ivan Orkin’s dashi-braised brisket is served with a Tokyo-style teriyaki sauce, scallions and an apple-ginger-honey chutney. My friend Ivan Orkin is a culinary alchemist; a cultural mishmash artist in the kitchen; a man with one foot planted firmly in New York’s hip downtown food scene and another, as firmly, in Tokyo. (If you’ve read our…
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A South Indian Inspired New Year
Tea smoked salmon and sweet potato curry. Jews living in India experienced peace, tolerance and respect for millennia. The subgroups of Jews living there were quite distinct from one another in their practices, folkways and food. The Jews of Kerala, around the city of Cochin, are often seen as a single unit — but they…
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Recipes Chilled Tea-Smoked Salmon
This salmon is soft and tender, unctuously rich on the inside — like “buttaah ”— and the outside is a little bit sweet and a little bit salty and a whole lotta delicious. The tea gives it a gentle but noticeable taste that makes a little bit of cooking and a whole lot of waiting…
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Recipes Sweet Potato, Carrot, Pineapple and Coconut Curry
Creamy and mild, this is Indian food that everyone—and I mean everyone—will love. One small warning—you should try to get fresh curry leaves and I know, it can be no mean feat. Indian and Asian stores often carry them in the refrigerator section. Dry curry leaves can be found at spice shops, specialty shops, in…
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Recipes Spicy Caramelized Shallot, Mango and Cilantro Chutney
This traditional cooked chutney is a versatile template. I’ve made it with pineapple, pears, apples and even apricots and peaches. In addition to salmon, this sauce is great with grilled chicken and any firm-fleshed white fish. For a fun appetizer, put a small piece of smoked salmon, a spoonful of the chutney and a small…
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6 Things Hillary Clinton Was Really Asking About Gefilte Fish
In the haystack of emails from then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that were dumped yesterday, one cryptic needle poked through. The subject line was simply “Gefilte fish” — and the entire body of the message held one mysterious question: “Where are we on this?” and other news organizations quickly asked, “Where are we on what?”…
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Have I Got a Poppy Seed Bagel for You, Barack!
Turns out there’s hope for the president’s bagel predicament. When Forward Editor-in-Chief Jane Eisner what type of bagel he liked best, he waxed nostalgic over the poppy-with-a-schmear he used to pick up at the original H&H Bagels on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. He expressed shock that the iconic establishment had bitten the dust — it…
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High Holiday Happenings and All the Weekly Dish
Holidays come early to Breads Bakery, which is offering its festive challah (above) and other Rosh Hashanah items starting Friday. You don’t have to wait until Rosh Hashanah to sink your teeth into High Holidays goodies at Israeli-owned in Manhattan. Starting September 4, watch for festive round challahs with poppy, sesame, flax, pumpkin, sunflower and…
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