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A Rhubarb-Season Reminiscence — My Lunch With Miriam Rothschild
Over a spring lunch complete with fine wine, the author tells her illustrious hostess plucked from the garden. It was when we operated a back country farm on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia that I’d read an article about Miriam Rothschild’s interest in Israeli wildflowers. She grew them in her greenhouses and gardens and…
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Recipes Country Rhubarb Wine
If you would like to try making the country wine you’ll first have to locate a supply of rhubarb, an old-fashioned fruit, really a vegetable, once common in the countryside in old gardens and farms. Through the month of June, you’ll find it in farmer’s markets. In the city, it’s available through July from green…
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Kentucky Bourbon’s Blue Grass Mishpocheh
At a discussion on the history and heritage of Heaven Hill — owned by the Shapira family for 80 years — guests sampled four rare bourbons, including a vibrant whiskey produced by the company in 1936 and bottled in 1942. The whiskey business is booming down in Kentucky, with the largest brands selling millions of…
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Cool Jewish Cuisine at Street Fair This Sunday
We loved the Workmen’s Circle Taste of Jewish Culture](https://forward.com/food/202655/nouveau-jewish-food-hits-streets-of-manhattan/ “” “”) street fair last summer, and [this year’s edition looks even richer. Nouveau-Jewish food vendors will descend on New York’s Avenue of the Americas at 46th Street on June 21 — think cool kids like , Black Seed Bagels, Oddfellows Ice Cream, Shelsky’s of Brooklyn,…
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Books Taste Testing ‘Honey & Co.’
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 “Honey & Co: the Cookbook,” by Itamar Srulovich and Sarit Packer (Little, Brown and Company). Itamar…
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Recipes Honey & Co.’s Chicken Pastilla
Serve this with a big plate of orange slices and arugula drizzled in lemon juice and olive oil, and with great pride. Honey & Co.’s Read a review of the “Honey & Co.” cookbook To serve 4 shameless or 6 polite guests 6 chicken thighs with skin and bones (about 1¾ pound) 2 ½ teaspoons…
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Recipes Honey & Co.’s Cherry, Pistachio and Coconut Cake
This was the first cake I made for the restaurant. We wanted something that would sit on the bar counter and just make people stare. It has been with us from the first day and I have a feeling it will stay there until the end. We do vary the fruit on top, so we…
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Honey & Co.’s Cherry, Pistachio and Coconut Cake
This was the first cake I made for the restaurant. We wanted something that would sit on the bar counter and just make people stare. It has been with us from the first day and I have a feeling it will stay there until the end. We do vary the fruit on top, so we…
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Katz’s Deli May Come to Brooklyn and All the Dish
After more than a century on the Lower East Side, is contemplating adding a Brooklyn location? “As I’ve said before to others, this is not confirmed,” owner Jake Dell told the Forward after reports last week about a move across the bridge. “We are considering.” Real-estate bible The Commercial Observer reported that Katz’s had signed…
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Recipes Beyond the Bagel — Kibbutz Breakfast
A simply delicious morning meal consisting of (clockwise from top) a corn and eggplant pashtida thick yogurt with olive oil and za’atar and a fresh chopped salad. The summer after I graduated college, I spent a month pruning grape vines on an organic vineyard in Tuscany. Tough life, I know. Each morning we volunteers would…
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Recipes Leah’s Corn and Eggplant Pashtida
A close cousin of the quiche (though often made without a crust), the pashtida is perfect morning fare. A jumble of eggs, dairy and vegetables, it pulls the best flavors of into a hearty main dish. Serves 4-6 ¼ cup vegetable oil (e.g. sunflower or safflower), plus more for pan 1 large sweet onion, finely…
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