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Holier Than Thou: Donuts vs. Bagels
To the untrained eye, bagels and donuts can seem virtually identical. Take, for example, their common circular shape, or the hole in the middle, or the way they’re both sold by the dozen. But beneath these superficial similarities, donuts and bagels are actually quite different. Take it from us – we’re donut experts. And now,…
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Brooklyn BBQ King Set To Conquer NY-Style Deli
“I’m a kid from Brooklyn. I grew up around every deli you can imagine,” says Billy Durney, the pitmaster of New York’s most acclaimed barbecue restaurant Hometown Bar-B-Q. Among those delis, some Polish, others Italian or Russian, were Jewish spots like the Mill Basin Deli, and across the bridge in Manhattan, Carnegie, Second Avenue and…
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Recipes Here’s The (Gorgeous) Recipe Book You Wish Your Bubbe Had Written
When Sarah Rich and Wendy MacNaughton were browsing at an antiquarian book fair in San Francisco four years ago, they couldn’t believe what they found tucked into a display case: an unpublished 1945 sketchbook filled with hand-lettered recipes for everything from borscht to brisket, accompanied by hand-painted gouache paintings. They soon learned that “Leave Me…
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Recipes Brisket Of Beef From ‘Leave Me Alone With The Recipes’
Brisket is a Jewish classic and, when done right, one of the most delicious ways to eat a piece of beef. This recipe hews close to Cipe’s original, with the addition of caraway seeds, which she uses elsewhere in the book, and which stays true to the Eastern European flavor palette. Be sure to start…
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Recipes Cipe Pineles’s Caraway Soup With Dumplings
Cipe’s recipe for caraway soup with dumplings may make you wonder what kind of strange dish it will yield. The broth consists only of caraway-steeped water — essentially a tea — combined with a flour-and-butter roux, finished with spoonfuls of dumpling dough. It’s a traditional Hungarian dish called Köménymagleves, and, like the painting Cipe created…
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Too Much Turkey? Alka Seltzer Ad From 1936 Forverts To The Rescue.
The long-running slogan “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing” and the jingle “Pop pop, fizz fizz, oh what a relief it is,” secured the Alka Selzer brand into the consciousness of millions of Americans. But before “Plop plop, fizz fizz” there was a rabbi talking to a glass of the heartburn and hangover…
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Pumpkin Spice Pops Up In 1947 Yiddish Forverts Pie Recipe
I would have sworn that the pumpkin-spice megatrend was started by Starbucks. But I would have been wrong. In an ad for condensed milk that appeared in the November 17, 1947 issue of the Forverts, alongside a recipe for coconut pumpkin chiffon pie, is ad copy says, “If you like pumpkin spice flavored pie…” The…
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Tainted Hummus Is Being Recalled
Asmar’s Original Hummus, which is sold in Whole Foods Markets in several states, may have been tainted with Listeria monocytogenes, a bacteria that can cause catastrophic infection in pregnant women and those with weak immune systems. The product, made by Asmar’s Mediterranean Food, of Alexandria, VIrginia, and sold in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland and Washington D.C.,…
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Recipes 9 Cozy Winter Brunch Ideas For Your Weekend Guests
As Thanksgiving nears, most of us are laser-focused on preparing (or procuring) the big turkey dinner. But once the feast is finished, we can look forward to catching up with family and friends in a more leisurely fashion. Since brunch is the most leisurely meal of all, we’ve compiled our favorite breakfast recipes for you…
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Kosher Turkey Donations Address Sharp Rise In Poverty Among NY Jews
A recent email from food-rescue organization City Harvest about kosher-turkey distribution at Thanksgiving revealed a staggering figure: There are more than half a million food-insecure poor or near-poor Jews in New York City. Hard as it is to fathom, the number is correct: One in four Jewish households in the five boroughs is in poverty…
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Eight Whiskies For Eight Nights Of Hanukkah, 2017
Christmas reputedly has 12 nights, with calling birds, milking maids and leaping lords. Hanukkah has only eight, but during those nights we get straight to the heart of what gets those lords a-leaping. Here’s a whiskey guide to the eight nights. Remember, imbibe responsibly and don’t drink and fry. 1st Candle: Tuesday. This year, Hanukkah…
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