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10 Wackiest Jewish Food Posts on Pinterest
Have you ever wondered what would happen if hipster organic met bubbe’s cooking? Well, someone did — and they shared it on Pinterest. In the last couple of years, Jewish cookbooks (or rather, hastily scrawled index cards) have been dusted off and made-over. Celebrity chefs have taken up traditional food and given it a twist….
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Cooking Classes That Teach You To Cook Like a (Jewish) Pro
With Passover looming ever closer, now might be a good time to brush up on your kitchen skills. Luckily there are classes around the country that focus on Jewish and kosher cooking, many of which are taught by well-known restaurant chefs like Michael Solomonov of Zahav and cookbook authors like Joan Nathan. Here’s a round…
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A Taste for Keeping Kosher
Most of the time, I do what I want. It’s what’s so great about being an adult. I get to eat baked potatoes at midnight and watch terrible television by myself. I get to choose the music I listen to, the clothes I wear, the jobs I keep. I’ve kept kosher in my own way…
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5 Essential Jewish Cookbooks
The post originally appeared on What Is Your Food Worth. I am not a hoarder. I am constantly trying to simplify, to reduce my house of the “stuff” that has accumulated over my many moves. But the one thing that I keep adding to is my cookbook collection. On a recent trip to Las Vegas,…
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Building Gardens, Growing Communities
“Elizabeth, why does God make weeds?” “Well, that’s a really good question. What do all of you think?” “I think it’s so that the bugs have food to eat.” “It’s because weeds protect the dirt from getting too dry.” “Well, weeds are also plants and they deserve to grow too.” “We have weeds because it…
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Mixing Bowl: Best Hamantaschen; Brisket King
From the destruction of Sandy, a Far Rockaway bagel shop rises. [Eatocracy] A look at Katz’s through the years. [EV Grieve] It’s almost Purim. Check out this guide to hamantaschen in NYC. 10 beautiful and edible gifts to give Purim. [Food 52] Which brisket was crowned king? [Serious Eats] Head to Mile End when you…
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Pizza Da Solo: The Best Kosher Pizza in New York?
To say that New York City is the place to eat pizza is like saying New Orleans is the place to celebrate Mardi Gras — it simply goes without saying. But the pie that made New York famous for isn’t what it once was. Pizza lovers and pizzaioli (the men who make pizza) have moved…
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Kosher Meat at the Click of a Button
My late grandparents lived in a small city on the Canadian prairie when I was little. With no butcher anywhere close by, my grandfather took it upon himself to purchase kosher meat for the entire community. He would have the meat the meat flown in from Montreal, which was thousands of miles away. And, when…
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Cardamom-Fig Hamantaschen
“I stood willingly and gladly in the characters of everything – other people, trees, clouds. And this is what I learned, that the world’s otherness is antidote to confusion – that standing within this otherness – the beauty and the mystery of the world, out in the fields or deep inside books – can re-dignify…
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"Meat-Anot L’Evyonim"-How Meat Makes a Mitzvah
I love eating meat. While I am aware of how harmful conventional industrial meat production is to the environment and to our health, to say nothing of the issues of cruelty to animals and fair treatment of workers, I cannot imagine going without meat entirely. I even tried being vegetarian a couple of times, but…
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Horse Scandal Is Boon for Kosher Meat Industry
The recent discovery of horsemeat in products sold as beef in the UK has shocked many British consumers, turning them away from their local butcher counters, fast food restaurants and ready-meals. While the situation is alarming for the larger meat industry, kosher meat purveyors in Europe are thriving as consumers — Jewish and non —…
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