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Eating In For 31 Days
At the dawn of the new year, I found myself with a stocked kitchen, a few reusable sandwich wrappers, and a giant knot in my stomach. I had resolved to spend the first 31 days of 2013 eating in. That meant for the month of January, I would eat only food made at home or…
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Are Turkish Simits the New Bagel?
Last week, a new bagelry made a bold move. A few doors east of the Frank Bruni-approved 72nd Street Bagel on New York’s Upper West Side, Simit and Smith, a shop offering thin Turkish-style bagels called simits, opened its doors. The company launched its first of 20 stores the same week as a popular article…
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The Politics of Healthy Food
With the Israeli elections imminent, it is well to consider the issue of public policy and food. For instance, the Green Movement, as Israel’s green party has recently joined Tzipi Livni’s HaTnuah party and considers regulation of food production to be a significant componet in improving the country’s environmental policies. Livni, herself a vegetarian since…
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Recipes New Year’s Resolution Recipes
I did the most stereotypical thing one can do after the New Year. I went on a juice cleanse. Three full days existing on nothing but sludgy, vitamin and mineral-laden juice. I’ve experienced a variety of feelings: cleansed (yes, seriously), hungry, exhausted, slightly delusional, energetic, sated and, did I mention hungry? My one constant was…
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Recipes Mixing Bowl: Giving Matzo Balls a Rest; Resolution Recipes
Bubbes around the world share pictures of themselves cooking in their kitchens. So cute, we almost want to pinch someone’s cheeks. [The Kitchn] Give the old matzo ball soup a rest and try carrot soup with tahini and crisped chickpeas. [Smitten Kitchen] Things are getting real! Here are 20 unspoken truths about the food world….
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On the Move: Prime Grill Heads West
The Prime Grill, the fine dining kosher steakhouse New York Magazine calls “the go-to spot for the city’s kosher-observant movers and groovers,” is pulling up stakes on East 49th St. and moving to the west side of Midtown Manhattan. Owner Joey Allaham promises that the new space, which will seat 360, boasts a wood burning…
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Turning The Tables: Food Resolutions for the New Year
If you’re like me, January prompts you to reexamine a few bothersome behaviors — and make a few (or more) resolutions for the coming year. Making resolutions is a dangerous proposition, of course. A strictly goal-oriented approach gives us a flat, “all or nothing” mandate that can lead to failure. By February, our resolution has…
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Holy Cow! Bill Averts Dairy Cliff
A deal approved by the U.S. Congress late on Tuesday to avoid the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts known as the “fiscal cliff” also includes measures to avert the “dairy cliff” – a steep increase in milk prices. The tax agreement contains a nine-month fix for expiring farm subsidy programs by extending a 2008…
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Recipes Shabbat Meals: Grown-Up Macaroni and Cheese
Last week, I impulsively decided to host my first Shabbat diner. Like buying a far too expensive pair of black patent leather pumps, I had hastily decided to embark on this meal on a gutsy whim with little foresight into the physical and emotional ramifications. One cab ride after being defeated by four bags of…
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5 Books To Munch on in 2013
While the book publishing industry at large struggles in the digital era, cookbooks have been blessedly exempt from the decline. That is to say, good cookbooks have been doing better than ever, with publishers turning out books whose photographs, storytelling, design and whole-package impressiveness leave us with no desire to set them aside in favor…
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Life Beyond Tahini
Charred eggplant sashimi resting on a bed of local desert tomatoes? Crispy calamari that “dances” with yogurt and preserved lemons? Seared veal sweetbreads with Ethiopian tahini? No, thanks. Bring on the dim sum! While Israeli food has come into its own as a delicious and distinct cuisine in the past decade, even the most patriotic…
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