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The Seder Plate in a Glass
This Passover-themed take on a vodka martini incorporates fresh horseradish and parsley. Photograph by Liza Schoenfein At one Passover Seder I attended, all the guests brought dishes to contribute to the meal. As each person entered the apartment, the words “Do you have a bowl for this?” were uttered. Since that day, I have thought…
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14 Brisket Quotations From a Braised-Meat Maven
Thinkstock Yes, it is meltingly tender, a hallowed tradition, the ultimate comfort food, the meat that people who don’t eat meat do eat. (Before I wrote “The Brisket Book,” I thought that was a little odd too.) And brisket — multitasker extraordinaire — is not only delicious, it is also deliciously quotable. Observations, opinions, advice,…
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Recipes VIDEO: How to Make the Best Boozy Brisket
Brisket video from the Jewish Daily Forward on Vimeo. Holiday food doesn’t have to be a huge production. The most beloved dishes are often the simplest, and if they can be made ahead, then all the better. Brisket is one of these. Long, slow cooking in flavorful liquid transforms a tough lump of protein into…
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Kosher Supermarket in Paris Reopens After Attack
Shopping carts in front of the Hyper Cacher on March 15 at the reopening. Photograph by Kenzo Tribouillard/Getty Images. Almost two months after the attack that killed four hostages in the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket in Paris on January 9, the store reopened its doors on Sunday. The market has a completely new staff and…
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Doughnut Meets Babka in Latest Pastry Mashup
Three flavors of doughka (for now…), left to right: lemon and olive oil, Mexican chocolate and sticky banana. Photographs by David A.M. Wilensky. Get that stale hamantaschen flavor out of your mouth. Get some delectable risen dessert carbs in before Passover arrives. Just get yourself over to the Chelsea location of Dough and pick up…
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The Weekly Dish
Mile End Deli’s Manhattan location will serve Passover dinner April 3 and 4. Photograph courtesy of Mile End. Here’s everything you need to know about restaurant openings and closings, chefs on the move and tasty events happening in the world of Jewish food. It seems like every restaurant in the Big Apple is hosting a…
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Matzo Balls
Thinkstock My mother had been dead not quite twenty-three months when I was told I would not be making the matzo ball soup. I can’t quite remember what I said next, but I remember the feeling clearly, viscerally: like lead in the gut, a slight dizziness; a fuzziness around the edges of my brain. It…
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The Only Kosher Deli in Denver
Joshua Horowitz, left, bought the East Side Kosher Deli in February 2015 from Michael and Marcy Schreiber, who had owned it for 17 years. Photograph by Uriel Heilman. (JTA) – Dena Ivgi lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, but she does her kosher food shopping 500 miles away, at the East Side Kosher Deli in Denver,…
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Meet the ‘Jew-bano’ Sandwich
With pastrami from Katz’s, a pickle from Pickle Guys and a bialy from Kossar’s, this twist on the cubano is a reflection of its Lower East Side roots. Photograph courtesy of The Comfort. There’s a new tenant at 399 Grand Street. The onetime site of Noah’s Ark, the Lower East Side’s last full-service kosher restaurant,…
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Recipes A Yemenite Meal in NYC With an Israeli Food Star
The meal on offer includes a traditional Yemenite beef soup called marak basar Teimani (top left), and kubaneh, a yeast-risen bread (on the square plate). Photographs by Adeena Sussman. Gil Hovav, Israel’s biggest food celebrity and an unofficial ambassador of the country’s cuisine, will be in New York next week to host a series of…
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Hain Celestial Group Acquires Empire Kosher
Hain Celestial Group, a leading distributor of organic foods, has purchased Empire Kosher Poultry, the biggest kosher poultry producer in the United States. Kosher Today reports that Hain already owned 20 percent of Empire’s parent corporation, EK Holdings, so the $57.5 million deal gives Hain the remaining 80 percent. Industry experts report that the acquisition…
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