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How Crisco Overtook Schmaltz In American Jewish Cooking
“Crisco Recipes For The Jewish Housewife” was a slim, 77-paged piece of marketing material slash cookbook, manufactured by Proctor and Gamble and copyrighted in 1933. Crisco, the first brand of shortening to be made entirely of vegetable oil, happened to be neither dairy nor meat, making it the perfect product to hawk to Yiddish speaking…
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This Israeli Startup Promises To Keep Pizza Fresh For 8 Weeks
Vacuum packing is ideal for some food products but other items are too delicate to survive the process without being squashed, says Michel Habib, founder and chairman of Israel-based Timeless Foods Technologies Ltd. Founded in 2012 and based in Ramat Gan, a town in the Tel Aviv area, Timeless Foods develops a firm disposable plastic…
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Yes, A Poppyseed Bagel Can Make You Fail A Drug Test
Who doesn’t enjoy a nice, warm chewy bagel first thing in the morning? Well, if you’re about to take a drug test, as the Washington Post reported, you might want to opt out. The poppies on poppyseed bagels are gleaned from opium poppies, which contain trace amounts of morphine that may wreak havoc on drug…
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Recipes Summer Caprese Salad With Nectarines
Stone Fruit Caprese I am a huge fan on Caprese salads. It’s pretty hard to beat tomatoes, basil and good mozzarella cheese. During the hotter months I lean towards simple, fresh salads. At the moment the markets are bursting with summer fruit, so I decided to mix up an old Italian classic. Instead of tomatoes…
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Anthony Bourdain’s Beloved ‘Pastrami Queen’ Expands To Times Square
Pastrami Queen’s been open for 60 years and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. This deli, known for its signature oversized pastrami on rye, stuffed with mounds of the meat, was Anthony Bourdain’s New York deli go to. It is now expanding to a location inside the Pearl Hotel, in Times Square. The menu…
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Before Hummus, There Was Arbes
The ownership of hummus, that mashed chickpea puree whose ascendance to the higher echelons of trendiness might have come as a surprise to those who’ve been eating it for years, has always been a sticky question. Does it belong to the Jews, seeing as it is one of the tentpole foods of Israel? Does it…
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‘Foodzilla’ Melissa Mayo Opens An International Cooking School
Who is Foodzilla, otherwise known as Chef Melissa Mayo? Melissa Mayo has cooked for Hollywood notables like Hans Zimmer (the man behind every movie soundtrack you’ve ever loved) and Jeffrey Katzenberg (who, in his time at Disney and Dreamworks, oversaw the production of some of the most iconic films of all time, like Shrek and…
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Celebrity Chef Michael Solomonov Just Opened A Jewish-Inspired Deli In Philadelphia
The bad news: Steve Cook and Michael Solomonov have closed one of their restaurants. The good news: The Philadelphia super-restaurateurs have already reopened it – as their first Jewish deli. The best news: The Rooster deli will have the same mission as the restaurant it replaced, with all proceeds benefiting a local non-profit. “The Rooster…
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Which Ultra-Orthodox Jews Are Paying 23K To Go To Antarctica?
When you keep kosher, your travel options are limited. Either you pack suitcases of food that customs may or may not confiscate at the airport, or you resign yourself to traveling with a three mile radius of certain kosher restaurants or grocery stores. You certainly can’t jump on a ship bound for Antarctica, that magnificent…
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The World’s Largest Hummus Factory Is Open
Sabra Dipping Company, LLC, is making Chesterfield, Virginia, its home and expanding it a whopping 40,000 feet (its fourth expansion to date), all to get hummus into the hands of consumers faster. “When Sabra joined our community in 2010, we were so pleased that the brand synonymous with hummus chose Chesterfield County as a place…
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You Can Now Buy A Ruth Bader Ginsburg-Flavored Tea
Fun facts about Ruth Bader Ginsburg: She fell asleep during Obama’s 2015 State Of The Union speech because she wasn’t exactly sober. You definitely can’t handle her workout. Oh, and she’s protected the rights of oppressed people everywhere for pretty much her entire life. Fun facts about steaming hot or ice cold cups of tea:…
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