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Fast Forward Kathy Goldman, NYC’s ‘most important food activist,’ dies at 92
She founded the Community Food Resource Center in 1980 — which provided food to hundreds of thousands of low-income New York City residents — and was its executive director for its 23 years of existence
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Food How to make your grandma’s brisket — and make it vegan
Micah Siva talks 'Nosh,' her new cookbook on veggie-centric Jewish food
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Forverts in English Video: Top Jewish chefs praise roast goose as an authentic Ashkenazi delicacy
During the discussion, restaurateur Jeremy Umansky invited the other panelists to Cleveland to meet a local goose farmers
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Culture A Palestinian restaurant faced a flood of online abuse — so its owners hosted Shabbat for 1,300 guests
At Ayat, a Brooklyn mainstay of Palestinian cuisine, there is such a thing as a free dinner
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Fast Forward Michael Solomonov’s famous — and controversial — Zahav hummus now available at Whole Foods
The award-winning chef's famous hummus hits shelves a month after his restaurant was targeted by pro-Palestinian activists
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Fast Forward Eyal Shani’s fast-casual Times Square restaurant is going kosher
A midtown branch of the celebrity chef’s pita chain Miznon will become certified kosher
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Fast Forward Food fight in a Yale dining hall: couscous or ‘Israeli couscous’?
A stew over naming rights for Middle Eastern food bubbles up on campus — and leads to expressions of real pain and anger online
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Culture In a new war over Middle Eastern food, eating hummus and shawarma has become a political act
For some, calling a chopped salad 'Israeli' or 'Palestinian' says a lot about where you stand on the Israel-Hamas war
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