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A Stirring Memoir, With Recipes
The that inspired Jessica Fechtor’s blog, Sweet Amandine, next to a copy of her new memoir, “Stir.” For a while, Jessica Fechtor — author of the just-published memoir “Stir: My Broken Brain and Meals That Brought Me Home” — was two people to me. The first was the unnamed graduate student, part of the Jewish…
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Recipes Marcella’s Butter Almond Cake
The inspiration for Jessica Fechtor’s blog Sweet Amandine, this exquisite cake is also featured in her Read about the book “Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home,” Five-Fold Challah Related This cake was created by Marcella Sarne, who entered it in a baking context sponsored by C&H Sugar and won, to…
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Recipes Five-Fold Challah
A fabulous challah recipe from Jessica Fechtor’s Read about the book “Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home,” Marcella’s Butter Almond Cake Based on a tip from Andew Janjigian, a baker and editor at Cook’s Illustrated magazine, Jess folds the dough instead of kneading it, and lets it rise in the…
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Small-Batch Vodka, Made in Brooklyn U.S.A.
Making vodka is a family affair for Gary Shokin and his daughters Kary Laskin (left) and Samantha Shokin (right). One day in 2009 Gary Shokin and his daughter Kary Laskin were driving down the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn when Gary blurted out, “We should make vodka.” “Oh,” thought Kary. “My dad’s having another idea.” But…
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Taste Testing ‘The Silver Platter’
This is an occasional column in which the writer evaluates a cookbook by making some of its recipes, sharing the dishes with friends and asking her guests what they think of the results. She recently cooked her way through “The Silver Platter: Simple to Spectacular Wholesome, Family-Friendly Recipes” by Daniella Silver With Tips & Techniques…
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Recipes Snap Pea Salad With Basil-Mint Dressing
This gorgeous salad from “The Silver Platter” is refreshing, clean and simple. As an almost-all-green salad with very few ingredients, the unique cut on the sweet snap peas exposing the tiny green treasures hidden within makes it so elegant to present. Read the cookbook review: Taste Testing “The Silver Platter” “Silver Platter” Wild Rice With…
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Recipes Wild Rice With Roasted Peppers & Candied Almonds
This dish, from cookbook, is elegant, eye-catching and, most importantly, simple to make. When topped with crunchy candied almonds, this delicious side goes from ordinary to extraordinary. Read the cookbook review: Taste Testing “The Silver Platter” “Silver Platter” Snap Pea Salad With Basil-Mint Dressing pareve | gluten-free | freezes well | yields 8 servings 4…
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Katz’s Deli Wins Top Dog
The venerable Lower East Side deli proves it’s about more than just pastrami, with its hot dog being voted No. 1 in the U.S. As if we needed another excuse to run to on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the legendary eatery just won the top spot in The Daily Meal’s ranking of America’s…
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Recipes Tomato-Basil Cousous Is Picnic Perfection
The classic pairing of tomato and basil is always great over grilled bread, but mix it with Israeli couscous and it becomes a splendid summer salad. One of my favorite signs that summer has arrived is biting into a tomato that’s been sprinkled with some fresh basil, and realizing that it actually is fresh! Every…
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Seamless Goes ‘Kosher Style’ (Bacon Included)
JTA — Kosher users of the popular food-delivery website may have noticed a subtle but significant change in recent weeks: The website’s category for kosher eateries has shifted from “kosher” to “kosher style.” In New York, that means seekers of kosher food will find not only mainstays like hummus, pastrami sandwiches and matzo-ball soup on…
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Cake Pops in D.C. and All the Week’s Hot Dish
Washington’s cake (pop) boss made these. Here’s one to watch: Haley Raphael is the 23-year-old founder of , which specializes in push-up cake pops inspired by classic ice-cream pops. Washington Jewish Week reports she’s already receiving franchise requests from around the world; at the moment, she’s a very busy one-woman show out of an incubator…
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