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Endangered Yiddish Sign Is Saved
It looks like Toronto’s now-famous Yiddish window sign will survive after all. As on Friday, the last vestige of Yiddish in the Kensington Market neighborhood was papered over by a new tenant. Furious neighbors, who thought workers had scraped the letters off the storefront window, relentlessly pursued the owners of the bubble-tea shop set to…
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Stoner Breakfast and All the Week’s Hottest Dish
Best Restaurant Name of the Week Blintz and a Bong — “home of the all-day stoner breakfast special” — will open in Toronto’s Kensington Market neighborhood this month. Jewish Leftovers in South Beach Joe’s Stone Crab is one of the spots on a new walking tour of South Beach’s Jewish (if decidedly unkosher) restaurants. Long…
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L’Chaim Sushi Serves It Up Kosher — and Sustainable
A freshly prepared batch of kosher, sustainable sushi rolls. Kosher. Sustainable. Sushi? Not three words you see together often. But , creator of L’Chaim Sushi, a San Francisco-based catering company, wants to change that. Today, L’Chaim Sushi bills itself as the only kosher, sustainable sushi producer in the world. Seems like a niche market, but…
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Recipes Russian Black Tea and Cherry Jam
In the library at my childhood synagogue in suburban Chicago, there was a book that I dearly loved. I don’t remember the title. Truthfully, I don’t even remember what it was about. What I do vividly remember is that the book had a passage describing the Russian custom of drinking black tea with cherry jam….
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Saving the World With Slow Food
Sarah Weiner (far left) with fellow foodies (left to right) Nell Newman of Newman’s Own Organic, Alice Waters of Chez Panisse and food writer Ruth Reichl. A child biting a classmate for trying to steal her cookie doesn’t sound that unusual — until you learn that the child in question is Sarah Weiner. Weiner, founder…
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Peanuts, Crackerjack and Sushi — Finding America’s Best Ballpark Food
Former librarian Bennett Jacobstein has an encyclopedic knowledge of ballpark food. Bennett Jacobstein has a ballpark idea of where you can find great stadium food. In fact, he wrote the book on it. Inspired by Jacobstein’s post-retirement gig working concession stands at San Jose, California’s Municipal Stadium, surveys culinary offerings at all 30 major-league ballparks,…
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Shutting a Window on Toronto’s Yiddish Past?
When an Italian eatery took over the old Mandel’s storefront, it kept the painted Yiddish sign in its window — but a new owner threatens to destroy it. It is, literally, one of the last windows into Toronto’s Yiddish past. It has survived waves of construction, immigration and gentrification. Now, it may disappear. Led by…
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Recipes Vegetarian Barbecue
Whenever I’m invited to a summer barbecue, for a few seconds, I panic: What am I going to eat? As a pescatarian, I know I’m going to be one of the few people, if not the only person, not partaking of the traditional hamburgers and hotdogs. I also know that it’s unlikely, especially if it’s…
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Recipes Garlic Tofu Kebabs With Tahini Dipping Sauce
Kebabs are fantastic for the grill because the skewers hold all the ingredients in place. These are great to make in advance and bring to a grilling party. All the master griller has to do is slap them on! More Vegetarian Barbecue Recipes Grilled Portobello Mushrooms Makes 10 kebabs Skewers ½ package firm tofu, cut…
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Recipes Grilled Portobello Mushrooms
I find that the mushrooms have enough flavor to stand on their own, without a marinade. But a splash of balsamic vinegar after grilling makes them even more delicious. More Vegetarian Barbecue Recipes Garlic Tofu Kebabs With Tahini Dipping Sauce Serves 3 3 medium sized portobello mushrooms 1 tablespoon olive oil Salt Black pepper Balsamic…
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Izzy’s Finally Opens for Kosher Barbecue
The sign going up at Izzy’s Brooklyn Smokehouse way back in January. He could have grown his own cow in the time it took to open, but Sruly Eidelman has finally cut the ribbon on , Brooklyn’s first stand-alone kosher barbecue joint. Back in October, the Forward reported that the restaurant — then called Izzy’s…
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