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Josh Ozersky, Award-Winning Food Writer, Died After Seizure
Josh Ozersky, an award-winning Jewish food writer, drowned in a Chicago hotel room shower after suffering a seizure, authorities reportedly said Wednesday. The James Beard Award winner drowned May 4 in his room at the Conrad Hotel, the Cook County medical examiner’s office told the Chicago Sun-Times. An autopsy revealed the cause of death and…
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Breads Bakery Spawning New Locations
has a bun in the oven. The hugely popular Union Square bakery — whose new kiosk in midtown’s Bryant Square Park opens today — will open an Upper West Side location later this year, owner Gadi Peleg told the Forward. Peleg and Israeli-born partner Uri Scheft have signed a lease at 1890 Broadway at 63rd…
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Chef Couple Shares Joy of Cooking Middle Eastern Cuisine
Itamar Srulovich and Sarit Packer, authors of “Honey & Co.: The Cookbook.” Reuters – Traditional Middle Eastern home cooking is the shared passion of Israeli-born chefs Itamar Srulovich and Sarit Packer, the husband and wife team behind “Honey & Co.: The Cookbook.” All 107 recipes stem from the couple’s restaurant Honey & Co in London,…
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Recipes It’s Asparagus Season!
On April 27 I picked the first asparagus of the season. It was tender and it was sweet. Even more important, it was the sign that spring had finally arrived in my town of Worcester, Massachusetts, whose bragging rights include being named more than once the snowiest city in the U.S. There is nothing quite…
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The Kosher Cheese Guy and All the Dish
Kosher artisan cheesemaker Brent Delman. Sounds Cheesy This sounds so cheesy, in the best possible way. Kosher artisan cheese maven , aka The Cheese Guy, will host a June 10 pairing event at Maille, the new “specialty Dijon-mustard boutique” on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Look for Delman’s acclaimed kosher artisanal cheeses — Vermont Bloom Brie,…
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Marijuana-Smoked Salmon
Smoked salmon gets… elevated… Pot-smoked salmon has nothing to do with pan-seared fish. Rosenberg’s Bagels & Delicatessen](https://rosenbergsbagels.com/ “”) in Denver is infusing its “top-notch salmon” with marijuana, and [TheSmokersClub.com went behind the scenes to see how it’s done. Handy if you get the munchies, we guess. Watch here. And of course, it’s 100% legal in…
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A Freaky Fungus Called ‘Jew’s Ear’
What do Judas Iscariot and hot and sour soup have in common? A rubbery mushroom known as . The term “Jew’s ear” might make you feel funny, but it was not intended to be anti-Semitic. It’s more about the fact that these tasty mushrooms look a lot like wrinkly ears and are most often found…
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Lunch With Ruth and Boaz
The Book of Ruth is read on Shavuot because, like the holiday, it takes place during the wheat harvest (first barley, then wheat) and because its heroine, Ruth, also accepts the Torah, Shavuot’s historical theme. It is one of the most universally beloved of all Bible stories, a romance that culminates in the unlikely joining…
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Recipes Putting the Dairy Back in Dessert
For Shavuot (or any dairy meal), a dessert that gets its pleasantly tangy taste from sour cream. Here’s the recipe: It seems to be an unwritten rule in New York City that every supermarket must exist in its own little cell-service dead zone. Perhaps it’s intentional, to discourage comparison shopping — maybe I’ll walk out…
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Recipes Russian Sour Cream Coffee Cake
At Shavout, the author celebrates the break from pareve baking with dairy desserts like this cake, which gets its tang from sour cream. Read her story: . Related Batter: 2 cups sugar 1 cup butter 4 eggs 3 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 3 teaspoons baking powder 2 cups sour cream 2 teaspoons lemon…
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Recipes Taste Testing ‘Yogurt Culture’ for Shavuot
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. For Shavuot, she cooked her way through “Yogurt Culture: A Global Look at How to Make, Bake, Sip, and Chill the World’s…
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