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Jewish Gala Food Is Terrible. This Israeli Chef Is Trying To Change That.
A gala used to be an occasion where you would put on your most uncomfortable shoes, totter over to the refurbished lunchroom of your child’s school and sit at a table with ten other people you hated while waiters glumly brought you dishes of overcooked salmon with lethargic sprigs of thyme perched indelicately on top….
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Hummus Milkshakes Are Now A Thing
Hummus milkshakes are the newest blight on the ever-changing landscape of Jewish food. Everywhere I turn, new horrors lurk, and new opportunities to make trendy, inedible abominations out of what was once a tasteful, carefully plated delight. I speak, of course, about hummus, and about dessert, and never the twain shall meet. But they have….
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The Over-The-Top Cauliflower Dish That Was Made For Instagram
Not that they cared, but fans of the most insane, over-the-top Jewish vegetable dish in the galaxy can breathe easy. The whole roast cauliflower at Toronto’s Fat Pasha, embellished with tahini, skhug, pine nuts, pomegranate and halloumi, got a passing grade today from the Toronto Star. The breakdown: The dish – a constant sellout and…
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Recipes New Bistro Has Jewish, Persian and British Eats On The Menu
Do califlower latkes spiced with green chile and ginger, and accompanied by a cranberry chutney, sound tantalizing to you? If so, you might want to head down to Saar Indian Bistro, a new 57-seat Indian food eatery, inspired by Hemant Mathur’s hometown of Jaipur, according to Eater. Mathur has done more than his fair share…
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British Airways Serves Kosher Meal — With Shellfish
On a flight from Tokyo, Jewish News reported, a Jewish passenger was shocked to find shellfish listed as an ingredient in his Beth Din certified kosher meal. Jewish law requires marine life to have fins and scales in order to be considered kosher. Shellfish is a big no, yet that (and mollusks) were listed as…
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Recipes This Is The Perfect Artichoke-Inspired Tahini Vinaigrette For Summer
This flavor matrix, created by James Briscione and Watson, an IBM supercomputer, shows which unlikely flavor pairings are most likely to go with artichoke. Using that, the recipe listed below was created. Check it out for the perfect summery vinaigrette. Tahini Vinaigrette Makes about 1 cup Inspired by the artichoke’s unique chemical makeup, this dressing…
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How To Create Weird But Brilliant Food Pairings
How does flavor work, exactly? Why does our tongue like what it likes? James Briscione was the Director of Culinary Research at the Institute of Culinary Education and two-time winner of when he was approached by IBM with the offer of an unlikely collaboration. The opportunity to collaborate with a supercomputer chef named Watson to…
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Recipes Introducing Chicken And Mushroom Burgers With Strawberry “Ketchup”
This flavor matrix, created by James Briscione and Watson, an IBM supercomputer, shows which unlikely flavor pairings are most likely to go with berries. Using that, the recipe below, which has traveled the world and was the subject of a TED talk, was created: Chicken and Mushroom Burgers with Strawberry “Ketchup” Makes 5 burgers This…
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Recipes Surprise Your Guests With A Chocolate Mousse And Crisp Beet Meringue
This flavor matrix, created by James Briscione and Watson, an IBM supercomputer, shows which unlikely flavor pairings are most likely to go with cocoa. Using that, the recipe listed below was created. Check it out for a surprise flavor pairing that will impress your guests: Chocolate Mousse with Crisp Beet Meringue Serves 6 This recipe…
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Shakshuka For When You Feel Absolutely Alone In The World
Everyone has those recipes. Those break-the-emergency-glass, cook in times of extreme darkness and desperation, use your tears as a seasoning kind of recipes. When it feels like you’ve fallen down and can’t get up, cooking can be cathartic. You’re feeding yourself and you’re reminding yourself that you matter and that you are important and that…
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This Bagel Shop Is So Hot You Can Only Buy 3 At A Time
At one of the country’s hottest new bagel shops, the big influence isn’t Montreal or New York. It’s Pizza Hut. “In high school, that’s where I learned the assembly-line approach to making sandwiches!”, laughed Nate Mathews, the Richmond, VA artisan-bagel sensation who just opened his first brick-and-mortar location after years of selling at farmers’ markets…
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