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Food Jews Try Pork For The First Time, Despite Taboo. So How Did That Go?
As every Jew knows, trying pork for the first time is a loaded experience, filled with guilt, shame and the fear of betraying your ancestors. Pork is seen as more non-kosher than any other non-kosher food, from octopus to lobster to caviar, so no matter what kind of Jew you are, and whether you eat…
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Food All The European Countries Where Kosher and Halal Meat Production Are Now Forbidden
A ban on the Jewish and Muslim methods of ritual slaughter of animals in Belgium’s northern Flemish region went into effect on January 1. The region’s capital is Antwerp, home to approximately 20,000 Jews. This is just another step in a larger trend across Europe — which we’ve mapped out below, with individual restrictions and…
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Food A Bagel With Shmear And Lox In NYC Can Cost You Anywhere From $7 To $24
From budget-friendly to big-ticket bagels, tapping into the Jewish ancestral tradition of chowing down on a circular carb can get a little complicated. But we’re here to help. This chart takes a look at the top bagel shops in New York and examines how much a good old-fashioned bagel with lox and a schmear will…
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Food Chef Andrew Zimmern Is Really, Really Sorry For Appropriating Chinese Food
Andrew Zimmern is one of the many, many men who have catapulted themselves into culinary figures of legend while being alive. Like Anthony Bourdain, Zimmern used his shady past as fuel for his narrative while achieving small screen success. Zimmern seemed like he had it made, with his Bizarre Foods show and books about culinary…
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Food Why Did NYC Lose 15 Kosher Restaurants In 2018?
Everyone knows opening a restaurant is a tricky business. Only 21% of restaurant start-ups survive past 15 years, the average restaurant lifetime is 4.5 years, and 17% of restaurants fail within their first year of business. In the kosher community, all of those percentages are a whole lot higher. 2018 was a particularly terrible year,…
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Food Bringing The Israeli Shuk To Los Angeles
At Charcoal Bar and Grill in Los Angeles’ Beverly Grove, Israeli shuks (marketplaces) are the inspiration for executive chef (and partner) Lenny Nour. According to Eater LA, Nour was sent at age fourteen to Israel, where he worked on a farm and served in the military. He got his cooking credentials at East Coast kosher…
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Food He Ate A Poppyseed Bagel, Failed A Drug Test — And Lost His Job
When New York City jail guard Eleazar Paz had eggs, a poppy seed bagel and a coffee for breakfast in January of 2016, he had no idea it would cost him his $82,000 job. A random urine test revealed 522 nanograms of morphine and 358 nanograms of codeine in his system, and he was subsequently…
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Food Controversial Rabbi Planning Kosher Food For World Cup In Qatar
During the eagerly anticipated 2022 World Cup, which will be held in Qatar, thousands of Jewish fans are expected to be at the games — and now there will be kosher options to feed them. According to Bloomberg, Rabbi Marc Schneier, who previously had a hand in bringing kosher hot dogs to New York stadiums,…
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