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5 Dishes. 5 Stories. So Jewish.
Ron Arazi’s hand-rolled couscous with tongue and chickpea stew.
The smell of schmaltz-popped corn greeted the noisy crowd filing up the stairs of the Henry Street Settlement on the Lower East Side last week. The draw? A Moth-like storytelling event, with food, called “Schmaltzy: 5 dishes. 5 stories. So Jewish.”
This Jewish Fairy Godmother Is Handing Out Surprise Shabbat Treats
A whimsical and mysterious package contained a note, a piece of art and a freshly made challah.
My doorbell rang one recent Friday, and when I answered the door a smiling stranger handed me a paper gift bag. Inside, there was a small, fragrant challah from Zucker Bakery and a hand-written note:
Meet the Founder of the Brand New Jewish Food Society
Jewish Food Society founder Naama Shefi.
On a recent morning, I met Naama Shefi for breakfast at Zucker Bakery, a petite Jewish café and bakery in New York’s East Village. Shefi is the founder of the Jewish Food Society, a new project dedicated to preserving and revitalizing Jewish food traditions. And Zucker, which is owned by an Israeli pastry chef and serves date jam rugelach and chocolate babka, among other sweets, has become for her both a satellite office and a home away from home.
New York Pop-Ups Deliver the Country's Most Exciting Jewish Fare
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L?Chaim! Diners sip cocktails and dig into rich creamy bowls of hummus and crunch salads at a pop-up hosted by EatWith.
In the late 1800s a saloon owner named Kate Hester purportedly defied Pittsburgh’s new licensing laws by running a secret establishment where locals in the know could drink and enjoy the company of friends and strangers. When the evening’s festivities got too loud — as the story goes — Hester would hush the crowd by saying “Speak easy, boys.” And from Hester’s saying, the term “speakeasy” was coined.
5 Jewish Tastemakers To Watch
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Healthy Cooking: White House assistant chef Sam Kass, doesn?t just spend his time in the kitchen. He works closely with Michelle Obama on her ?Let?s Move? campaign.
Whether they’re influencing policy, curing pastrami or turning out beautiful plates of kosher fare, these food professionals give us a peek into the hot topics for 2013 — which is shaping up to be a tasty year, and perhaps even a healthy one.
