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After Fire, Wise Sons Works to Rebuild
While the deli remains intact, Wise Sons lost its commercial kitchen in the fire. Photograph: Flickr Beloved San Francisco deli Wise Sons is scrambling to rebuild its catering and wholesale businesses after a devastating fire in early February destroyed the building that housed its commercial kitchen. The fire — which killed one person and injured…
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My Spicy Valentine
Spice Up Your Valentine’s* is a video from the* Jewish Daily Forward on Vimeo. Valentine’s Day comes with high expectations. Oh, the pressure to create romance. Add to that an expensive dinner in a restaurant overburdened by so many romance-seeking customers, and the evening often ends in disappointment. I remember one Valentine’s Day dinner, at…
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The Weekly Dish
Black Seed bagel sandwich. Photograph by Daniel Krieger 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. Black Seed bills itself as a “modern-day bagel shop steeped in old-world tradition.” Now, the New York chainlet is taking that literally….
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The First Foray Into Forbidden Food
Illustration by Kurt Hoffman This is the second in a series of pseudonymous essays by The Treyfster. The pieces explore forbidden foods from the point of view of a person who used to keep traditionally kosher. Before, when I was frum, we all used to have those conversations about “if you did, what would you?”…
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Manischewitz and the Non-GMO Project
Manischewitz, a leading name in kosher foods since 1888, has announced that it’s become the first major kosher brand to receive non-GMO certification. This certification, which the company received for 12 of its products, comes from the Non-GMO Project, created in 2008 by a group of food retailers who wanted their customers to know exactly…
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Recipes Why Sachlav Is Really Israeli — and Arab Too
Photograph by Michael Kaminer. Cultural appropriation is a white hot topic in today’s internet-rage culture. Sometimes, the rage is really important and other times it sort of misses the point. Israel has gotten a lot of that beef from those who say it’s unfairly staked claims to foods that are really the cultural property of…
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‘City of Gold’ Captures Flavor of L.A.
L.A. Times restaurant critic Jonathan Gold shown in “City of Gold” digging into a Poseidon Tostada from the Mariscos Jalisco taco truck in Los Angeles. (JTA) — If you live in Los Angeles and care about food, you already know Jonathan Gold, the Pulitzer Prize-winning restaurant critic for the Los Angeles Times. You may have…
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Recipes Israel’s Answer to Hot Chocolate Hits New York
Sachlav, a hot drink that is to Israel what hot chocolate is here. Photograph courtesy of Mighty Pie. Israel’s most popular winter drink has become a hit with New Yorkers — thanks to an Ecuadorian chef and a little love from The New York Times. Mighty Pie, a tiny stall in Union Square Park that…
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Recipes Tu B’Shvat Chocolate Bark
Photograph by Mark Hurvitz Tu B’Shvat brings the opportunity, and the excuse, to create a chocolate bark using fruits and nuts connected to the land of Israel. Stay with the fruits of the traditional Sheva Minim, the Seven Species of fruits and grains mentioned as special to the land of Israel in the Bible, such…
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Cooking From ‘The Seven Fruits’
This is a sporadic column by Bay Area personal chef Alix Wall, in which she evaluates a cookbook by making some of its recipes, sharing them with friends and asking what they think of the results. Just in time for Tu B’Shvat (“The New Year of the Trees”), she cooks her way through “The Seven…
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Recipes Green Fruity Carrot Salad
A creative healthful green alternative to the traditional carrot raisin salad. Photograph by Alix Wall. 4 cups grated carrots ¾ cup raisins ¼ cup fresh minced basil ¼ cup finely chopped chicory leaves or other greens ¼ cup sunflower seeds Juice of 1-2 oranges 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1) Grate the carrots. 2) Add remaining ingredients….
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