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5 Terrific Takes on Traditional Ashkenazi Dishes
1) Duck blintzes with duck confit, barley, foie gras, celery and sour cherry at in Philadelphia 2) Matzo brei with salami and maple syrup at Mile End Deli in New York 3) Pickled herring trio on pumpernickel at Russ & Daughters Cafe in New York 4) Matzo-ball soup with herbs, vegetables, schmaltz at The General…
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Heinz Ain’t Tomato-y Enough to Be Ketchup in Israel
(JTA) — In the United States, Heinz is nearly synonymous with ketchup, but Israel has kicked the brand out of that category of condiments all together. Israel’s Health Ministry recently ruled that the Heinz brand product does not contain enough “tomato solids” to be labeled as ketchup in Israeli stores. It will now be relegated…
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Zaro’s Ham and Cheese, Revisited
On Tuesday, the Forward reported that a Jewish website called OnlySimchas had posted an item about ham-and-cheese sandwiches sold at in New York’s Penn Station. OnlySimchas raised concerns that a kosher certification on Zaro’s wall could confuse passers-by about whether the bakery and its wares were, in fact, kosher. “It is still unclear whether the…
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At Tuscany’s Only Kosher Winery, Owners Can’t Touch the Chianti
Terra di Seta is the only fully kosher winery in the Tuscan wine-making region of Chianti. Its goal is to produce kosher wines that match the quality of local wines produced there for centuries. JTA – Up a windy road in the tranquil Tuscan hills, down a gravel path and past acres of grapevines, a…
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Why is it wrong for Jewish People to be Mixing Milk and Meat?
This is the fourth in a series of pseudonymous essays by The Treyfster. The pieces explore the forbidden milk and meat foods from the point of view of a person who used to keep traditionally kosher. I once spent an hour or so meditating on the biblical verse from Exodus 23:19 “You shall not boil…
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Zaro’s ‘Kosher’ Ham and Cheese and All the Weekly Dish
They are so busted. A quote-unquote “kosher” deli in New York’s Penn Station has been selling ham-and-cheese and other “blatantly non-kosher” sandwiches, according to the web site . In photos posted on the site a kosher certification sign from New York’s Orthodox Kashruth Certification Services hangs in Zaro’s window. The certification “was for a different…
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B&H Dairy’s Triumphant Return
The Lower East Side Dairy restaurant, closed in the 2nd Avenue fire, lives to see another day. Here, B&H’s delicious blintzes, photographed by . These days, the typical tale of mom & pop restaurants, small scale bookstores, indie art supply shops, dive bars and many other historical landmarks in New York City goes something like…
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Revisiting ‘A Treasure For My Daughter’
A Canadian classic, now in its 14th printing, offers basic information about Judaism, along with . What do you do when you’re stranded on a desert island and one day you remember you’re Jewish? It’s been so long since you observed anything Jewish that you have only a vague idea how to organize, or re-organize,…
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Recipes Cooking the Classics From ‘A Treasure For My Daughter’
Classic cold beet borscht is one of the traditional Ashkenazi recipes featured in “A Treasure For My Daughter.” Read Jo Ann Gardner’s review of “A Treasure for My Daughter” . Make all of these dishes ahead of time, chill and serve. Schav, or sour grass, is a Russian recipe based on sorrel, a perennial green…
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Hunger, You’ve Been Chopped!
Forward food editor Liza Schoenfein just fulfilled her dream of becoming a judge on Chopped — or in this case, Chop-Hunger, a competition that served as a benefit for Masbia, a kosher soup kitchen that delivers nutritious kosher meals with a hearty side of dignity. (That’s her, lower right.) I never get tired of the…
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New Jewish Eatery in Toronto Earns Praise — But Few Customers
A Toronto Life captured the quandary facing Leor Zimerman, chef/owner of an eatery called Essen. “For some reason, the newish Jewish restaurant is always empty,” the magazine observed in its three-star writeup. “It’s hard to know why, because [Zimerman] is doing everything right.” Zimerman’s not disputing the appraisal of his nine-month-old eatery, which features artisanal…
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