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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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10 Israeli Restaurants Make The Cut For International ‘Ethical Dining’ Guidebook
Not one Jewish or kosher eatery in the US made the cut for a new global guidebook that ranks restaurants by “truth, love and care” along with food. But in Israel, ten restos qualified for Truth, Love, & Clean Cutlery, whose criteria include organic, sustainable, and ethical considerations. Among them: Gems like Tel Aviv vegan…
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Climate Change Is Affecting Olive Oil Production. Will There Be Another Hanukkah Miracle?
According to tradition, a small olive oil jar was used to light the menorah in the Second Temple in Jerusalem for eight whole days, after the Jews had successfully risen against their Greek-Syrian oppressors. Even today, many people still light their Hanukkah menorahs with olive oil candles. It is no coincidence that the tradition of…
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Recipes Dorie Greenspan’s World Peace Cookies – That You Can’t Mess Up
World Peace Cookies A little bit French chocolate sablé and a little bit American chocolate chip, World Peace Cookies are a force of their own: fine and sandy, but with a friendly, soft chew and generous pockets and wisps of chocolate. As the story goes, Dorie Greenspan’s neighbor told her that a daily dose of…
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The History of the Latke-Hamentash Debate – Alive And Well Since 1946
For 72 years running, some of the country’s foremost scholars have gathered in one of the University of Chicago’s most Gothic halls to debate one of the most challenging questions of our time: what is superior, latkes, the Hanukkah fried potato special, or hamentashen, the triangular Purim pastries? To paraphrase 2018 debate moderator Joshua Feigelson,…
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At Brooklyn’s Latkefest, A Short Rib Latke Wins 1st Place
At the 10th annual Latkefest, taking place at the Brooklyn Museum, 26 different versions of the latke, from deconstructed to overstuffed, were being studiously examined by judges and over 500 participants, in a continuation of a decade-old New York tradition. All proceeds went to benefit the Sylvia Center, a non-profit dedicated to teaching children nutrition…
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