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Israeli Restaurant In Portland Hit By Anti-Semitic Hacker Campaign
“You have reached the Jewish restaurant. If you bitches want to eat our shitty food, just come here and fuck yourself.” That was the message callers heard this weekend if they dialed Shalom Y’All, a Portland, Oregon restaurant that serves Israeli food. The restaurant’s phone system had been hacked; its phone number was also used…
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How Shabbat And Holiday Meals Can Be Triggering For Jewish Women with Eating Disorders
When No’a, a 29-year-old Jewish woman in recovery from an eating disorder sits at the Shabbat table every week, she already knows what to expect. “Ritual is something that obviously has a huge place in religion, but it’s also very vital for a lot of people with eating disorders,” she says. From kiddush and motzi…
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Now Gingerbread? These Flavored Hummuses Are Getting Out of Hand
Not today, Satan. pic.twitter.com/3BbjGlurpm — Amy Mackinnon? (@ak_mack) November 16, 2019 We’ve tolerated dark-chocolate hummus. We abided – yech – pumpkin-spice flavored hummus. But gingerbread hummus, unleashed on the world this month by a brand called Limited Time Originals, may have pushed us over the edge. “It’s an abomination,” thundered the UK Independent. “It is…
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On The Thanksgiving Menu for “Sababa” Cookbook Author Adeena Sussman: Lots of Pie
Since the publication of her smash hit cookbook “Sababa” this fall, Adeena Sussman has become best known for her wildly popular Israeli-themed recipes like sumac grilled chicken and tahini-glazed carrots. But long-time Sussman fans also know her for an entirely different cuisine: Thanksgiving pie. For the past decade, Sussman and her sister Sharon Wieder of…
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Iconic UES Jewish Bakery Shares Its Recipes, Just in Time For Thanksgiving
When I was a child growing up on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, my mother and grandmother shopped at a little Jewish bakery on Madison Avenue called William Greenberg Desserts. I loved the babka and challah, but my favorite thing in the store was a simple butter cookie topped with slivered almonds. (As I wrote in…
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Apple Macaroon Cake, From UES’ William Greenberg Desserts
Rich, dense and almondy, with a layer of sweet apples crowning the top, this cake is a perfect fall dessert. You can arrange the apple slices haphazardly or, for a special occasion, take the time to arrange them in concentric circles. Do be sure to buy almond paste — marzipan is much sweeter and smoother…
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Kosher Eatery Denied From Manchester Christmas Market
So was it anti-Semitism, bureaucracy, or something else? That’s what the owners of a Manchester, UK kosher restaurant are wondering after the local city council denied their application for space at an annual Christmas Market. In a kerfuffle first shared by Dani Klein on his YeahThatsKosher Instagram, the kosher Taam Grill in Prestwich, England “was…
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This Israeli Chef Found Michelin Starred Restaurants ‘F*cking Boring’. So He Turned To Kosher.
“Gluten-free” and “kosher” often portends culinary tedium. But at Arba, a newish Upper West Side hotspot, Israeli chef Nir Zook has made magic with a vegetable-forward, brightly flavored menu that’s as virtuous as delicious. A star chef in Israel, Zook’s actually dialed back his restaurant operations there; the force behind nearly 20 restaurants over the…
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Tehina Shortbread Cookies
Makes about 30 cookies It may come as a surprise, but tehina is perfect in desserts because, in addition to adding nutty flavor, it helps modulate sweetness and leaves you wanting more. For me, there’s nothing as comforting as these shortbread cookies enriched with tehina. They are ridiculously easy to make and extremely satisfying. Because…
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Black Seed Is Bringing Back The ‘Appetizing Stores’ Of 19th-Century European Jews
Appetizing is having a moment. First, Russ & Daughters gets its own museum show at the Center for Jewish History. Now, hip bagel chain Black Seed is opening its own appetizing shop at Manhattan’s Chelsea Market. Black Seed Appetizing is part of Chelsea Local, a new section of the tourist-thronged market; the lower-level Local is…
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Chef Einat Admony: The Secret To Israeli Cuisine Lies In The Shuk
It was a celebration wholly representative of Chef Einat Admony’s new cookbook “Shuk.” Crammed into her intimate West Village restaurant Balaboosta, a hodgepodge of chefs, writers, influencers, and family gathered on Monday night in what felt like a loud family affair. The crowd could have easily been partying at a stall hidden deep in Jerusalem’s…
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