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This Restaurant Serves Authentic Vietnamese Pho To Hasids
Every day throngs of Lubavitch Hasidim pass by Pho-Men in Crown Heights and stare. A Japanese place that doesn’t serve sushi nestled in the middle of Hasidic Crown Heights is bound to raise some eyebrows. The man (or “visionary,” as one of his staffers called him) behind those raised eyebrows is Levi Jurkowicz. “I never…
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How I Cracked the Shakshuka Code — and Made Some Awesome Eggs
‘I could really go for some tomato-egg right now,” my 15-year-old son, Teddy, said to me. “You what now?” I asked, confused but intrigued. “Tomato-egg,” he repeated. “I give up,” I said. “You know, Mom!” he mewled in mock exasperation. (I’m not sure I’ve ever seen Teddy reach real exasperation.) Tomato-egg? In retrospect, of course,…
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If Natalie Portman Ruled The World, Everyone Would Eat ‘Jewshi’
Natalie Portman wants to know why sushi has never been made with gefilte fish. “You have horseradish on the side,” she told Vox Lux co-star Jude Law in a WIRED autocomplete interview. “It’s kind of the same thing as wasabi, right? Jew-shi. No one’s made it. Why don’t they make sushi with gefilte fish? It’s…
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Marijuana-Based CBD Oil Is The Next Big Thing On Jewish Restaurant Menus
A quick foray into the world of Jewish cooking reveals a surprising amount of CBD and marijuana products, from Orthodox Union certified edibles like the ones Mitzvah Herbals offers to Jeff the 420 Chef’s ouvre to kosher-certified industrial hemp producer GenCanna, all created with this trending non-psychoactive form of weed. While the world waits for…
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How Real Housewife Bethenny Frankel ‘Leaned In’ On Shark Tank
This might be the first time you’ve heard the word Yumble, but it probably won’t be the last, now that Bethenny Frankel is on board. On a recent episode of ABC show “Shark Tank” the Real Housewife-turned-entrepreneur, who sold her Skinnygirl cocktail line for a rumored $120 million, played hardball with her fellow sharks and…
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Baking Giant Drops Kosher Certification For Almost All Of Its Bread
NEW YORK (JTA) — The largest baking company in the United States will be removing kosher certification from nearly all of its bread and rolls. Bimbo Bakeries USA confirmed to JTA that it will be removing the certification. The company produces brands including Arnold, Sara Lee, Stroehmann, Freihofer’s and others. Two of its major brands,…
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Shelsky’s Bagels Serves An Artisanal Jewish Breakfast In Brooklyn
In the dark ages, otherwise known as 2017, visiting an appetizing store from Park Slope involved some finesse, some planning, and some knowledge of the precarious subway system. And what was an appetizing store? Just the spunky younger sister of the deli. As per Jewish law, milk and meat cannot be eaten together. This meant…
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Kim Kushner’s ‘I Heart Kosher’ Aspires To Be The New Bible For Entertaining While Jewish
Do what you want. It’s not exactly what you’d expect to read in a cookbook – especially one that’s kosher. But that’s the angle in I Heart Kosher, the bright, beautifully photographed new collection of recipes from kosher-food maven Kim Kushner. The book breaks down Kushner’s favorite recipes into easy-to-organize categories like Ready to Go…
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Borscht Belt Hotel Food Gets Star Turn In ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
There was a time when to any Jew in the know, “the mountains” meant the Catskills, and “the Catskills” meant the Borscht Belt, the site of orgiastic meals, frenzied sexual activity and cutting edge comedy. (A sampling: “Did you hear about the bum who walked up to a Jewish mother on the street and said,…
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The Israeli-Owned Los Angeles Restaurant With A 5-Month Wait List
Getting a reservation at Bestia, one of the busiest restaurants in Los Angeles, is a little like scoring tickets to Hamilton; not impossible, but nowhere near likely, and something you’re definitely going to brag to your friends about. The Italian hotspot hosts at least 500 diners nightly, with the wise making their reservations months in…
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Recipes Bestia’s Roasted Cauliflower With Paprika Aioli And Soft Herbs
SERVES 4 AS A SIDE I love cooking with cauliflower because it can handle anything: anchovies, chiles, olives—pretty much any strong, forceful flavors. Cauliflower is on every single menu in Israel, always roasted or fried, and whenever we put it on our menu, it’s the most popular vegetable we serve. Nothing else comes close. Which…
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