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Streit’s Matzo Comes to the Silver Screen
The iconic Streit’s Matzo company is getting a documentary, and the film promises to look anything but flat. Streit’s, which opened its doors in 1925 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan is in its fifth generation, still using their original machinery to bake and pack matzo today. It’s the last family-operated matzo factory in…
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Mixing Bowl: Shabbat Dessert, Falafel Secrets
If you’re looking to spice up your Shabbat dinner routine, try these tomato jalepeno matzo balls. [Boston.com] Some handy kosher travel advice — if you’re luck enough to be going to South Africa anytime soon. [Yeah That’s Kosher] The secrets of New York’s King of Falafel. [Serious Eats] There’s something so delightfully springy about honey….
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Hank Greenberg’s Homers and Gefilte Fish
In 1938, with 58 home runs for the Tigers, Hank Greenberg’s mother made him a promise. “There’s a rumor that if Hank had hit 60 home runs, which would either tie or beat Babe Ruth’s record, my mother-in-law would do whatever one does with gefilte fish. Cook it, bake it, stuff it,” Marilyn Greenberg, Hank’s…
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Matzo Soldier: A Temple of Hungarian Jewish Cuisine
On a corner in the heart of the former Jewish ghetto, David Popovits sits down for some matzo ball soup and supersized dumplings at his newly-opened kosher style restaurant. A burly, 40-year-old Hungarian Jewish businessman, Popovits used to eat here as a boy, when the restaurant’s former owners ran a “dirty little place that smelled…
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Maftoul Recipe from ‘The Gaza Kitchen’
Maftoul is traditionally a celebratory dish and takes a good amount of time and dedication to make properly — but the result is well worth the effort. To save time, make the spice mix in advance. All recipes are reprinted with permission from “The Gaza Kitchen.” How to Steam Maftoul Maftoul (fresh or dried)* Olive…
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The Bison Burger Incident
“BISON?!?” I exclaimed to my dad who had just told me to try a new type of burger. I was ten years old, standing in my kitchen, eating what I thought was a typical dinner. I was actually halfway through with the patty when my dad informed me this wasn’t from a typical cow; rather,…
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Is Sephardic Food Finally Getting Its Due?
For those of us who weren’t lucky enough to attend Brooklyn’s uber food fair Smorgasburg last weekend — or anyone who just couldn’t take the crowds, we don’t blame you — allow me to introduce you to New York’s newest Jewish food artisan: NYShuk. The husband-and-wife kitchen team debuted their menu of Middle Eastern specialties…
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Recipes Kibbutz Kinneret’s Teigelach Recipe
Read the story behind these cookies and the cookbook “Chadar Ochel” here Reprinted with permission from ‘Chadar Ochel’ by Assi Haim and Ofer Vardi. for 60 cookies 450 grams flour (approximately 3 2⁄3 cups) 5 eggs ¼ cup oil Syrup: 1 cup water 3 cups sugar 5 cups honey For decoration: 1½ cups sugar ½ teaspoon…
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Where’s Your Next Dinner Party? Try Feastly
After living in Israel for several years, Noah Karesh, 30, returned to live at the Moishe House in Washington D.C. It was there that he helped cook regular dinners for 50, and realized the power that the dinner table can have on forming relationships. His business partner, Danny Harris, 33, grew up in a mixed…
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Mixing Bowl: Spring Teases Us
Though spring officially started more than two weeks ago, it’s been a little slow coming, despite a furtive but memorable appearance this week. Celebrate the arrival of warmer weather with a caramelized fennel, leek and orange salad. Food 52 This dish of peas with baked ricotta and breadcrumbs is the perfect crossover. Sufficiently warm for…
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The Universal Language of Food
I grew up in Toledo, Ohio, land of the constant restaurant. I once heard that Toledo was a pilot city for new restaurant ventures. Mind you, I’m not talking the latest in gastronomy or raw food, I’m talking Applebee’s, Carraba’s Italian Grill, or BW3 (now known as Buffalo Wild Wings). Meat, potatoes and, of course,…
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