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Bens Deli Gets Montreal Museum Show
It may not have built a brand as big as Schwartz’s, but Bens Delicatessen looms large in the history of Jewish Montreal — and in the city’s cultural lore. Once a working-class hangout, Bens grew to serve smoked meat and soups to celebs from Michael Jackson to Leonard Cohen to Catherine Deneuve in its ‘60s-‘70s…
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Michelle Bernstein’s Watermelon Salad
Michelle Bernstein’s Watermelon Salad Adapted from ‘Fried & True’ by Lee Schrager With Adeena Sussman Ingredients 1 1-3/4-pound wedge watermelon, rind removed and cut into medium dice (about 4 cups) 2 large beefsteak tomatoes (1 1/4 pounds), seeded and cut into small dice (about 2 cups) 1 large English hothouse cucumber (3/4 pound), peeled and…
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Yotam Ottolenghi’s Seeded Chicken Schnitzel
Yotam Ottolenghi’s Seeded Chicken Schnitzel with Parsley-Caper Mayonnaise Adapted from ‘Fried & True’ by Lee Schrager With Adeena Sussman For the parsley and caper mayonnaise 1 large egg yolk 1 tablespoon dijon mustard 3 garlic cloves, crushed 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice 3/4 cup sunflower oil 1/2 teaspoon sugar 2 cups loosely packed parsley leaves,…
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Does Vegan Mean Healthy?
When I decided to go vegan this past February, I expected to feel healthier and to have a clearer conscience regarding my dietary and shopping choices. I found that while it was easier to eat food that technically fit the requirements of being vegan than I had imagined, it did not always mean more healthful…
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My First Real Fourth of July — and Plum Cobbler
I am 23 years old but this year marks my first real Fourth of July. You may be wondering what ‘real’ means. Well, in 2000 my family emigrated from my home country Venezuela to the United States. Fourteen years of paper work later, I am proud to say that I am celebrating my first Independence…
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Travel Channel Cancels Adam Richman’s New Show
Jewish Brooklynite and TV foodie, Adam Richman of “Man v. Food” may need to find a new network. His new show, Man Finds Food, was supposed to start July 2, but has since been indefinitely postponed by the Travel Channel in the wake of an instragram controversy over body image. Earlier this month, Richman lost…
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Adam Fleischman’s Chocolate Fried Chicken
ChocoChicken’s chocolate fried chicken and duckfat fries. // Twitter/KristieHang Looking for a new way to eat all-American food on Independence Day? Try any of Adam Fleischman’s restaurants. Who is he, you ask? Why, the founder of the famous Umami Burger, of course! In 2009, Umami Burger was a single burger joint on La Brea Avenue,…
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Deer in the (Jewish) Headlights
Thinkstock Countless anxieties attended the planning for my first season farming. Losing my entire crop to deer was not among them. Neither of the Northeastern farms where I had worked previously worried much about these herbivores. One farm was large and could keep losses from deer to a minimum with a shotgun. The other was…
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Greens and God: Finding Judaism in a CSA
White Russian kale, Swiss chard, bok choy, mustard greens, Chinese cabbage, cherriette radishes, and garlic chives fill my grocery bags. Delivered from the Northern Catskills to Lower Manhattan, this vegetable share is the beginning of my CSA experience in the city. I begin washing the bunches of greens, excited for the first flavors of the…
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Injured Fan Says Stadium Hot Dog Toss Not Kosher
(Reuters) — This lawsuit may cut the mustard. A longtime baseball fan has persuaded the Missouri Supreme Court to revive his negligence lawsuit against the Kansas City Royals over a detached retina he claimed to suffer when a hot dog tossed by the baseball team’s mascot struck him in the face. The court said the…
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Israel’s 12 Sweetest Treats — And Where To Find Them
Photo by David Silverman (Haaretz)— Israel has made great strides in the numbers of patisseries and boulangeries that have opened here, and many of the top pastry chefs have honed their craft abroad, but is there such a thing as a real Israeli dessert? We asked chefs from 12 leading restaurants to describe their most…
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