Food

Israel’s Humble Doughnut Glams Up for the Age of Instagram

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Roladin | רולדין ? (@roladin_il) on Nov 12, 2018 at 1:58am PST Sufganiyot, the humble Israeli doughnut eaten at Hanukkah, is humble no more. The traditional treat: a round spongy doughnut, not enough jelly, too much powdered sugar–has in recent years evolved into an extravagant pastry…

Oprah Chooses Kosher ‘Popinsanity’ Popcorn As One Of Her ‘Favorite Things’

One of the hardest things about creating a kosher food is the difficulty of it crossing over into the mainstream and achieving the national and not-just-Jewish appeal a food needs to remain on the market. But with Oprah’s help, that’s not kosher artisanal popcorn company Popinsanity’s problem anymore. The Airmont, New York-based company was founded…

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In Georgia, Life Is A Moveable Feast. Leave It To The Jews To Eat It Up.

At the Manhattan home of Jewish Joint Distribution Committee board member Shari Levy, a select group of humanitarian foodies sat down to have a supra, the Georgian word for feast, last night. No one in the room had Georgian heritage, and only three people in the room had ever been to Georgia. The Georgian feast…

Carnegie Deli Returns As Pop-Up For ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’

That Mrs. Maisel has got some chutzpah. First, she says things no 1950s housewife should utter. Now, she’s resurrecting the Carnegie Deli. To celebrate a new season of runaway hit The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Amazon Studios is bringing the Carnegie back as a weeklong popup, December 1-8 in Soho. “While it may be 2018 on…

New York Food Trucks Will Now Get Letter Grades Like Restaurants

The NYC Department of Health recently revealed that it would soon begin giving out letter grades for food trucks the way they do for restaurants. The letter grading system has been fraught in the restaurant business, as restaurants are often at the victim of a food inspector’s individual bias. It is often people of color,…

Anthony Bourdain Takes Swipe At Foodie Snobs — From The Grave

The real tragedy of the human condition is that often, adoration comes posthumously. Consider the legacies of people like Michael Jackson, Prince, and now Anthony Bourdain, and the way their reputations skyrocketed after their unexpected deaths. Glancing at the cover of the swiftly published re-release of the Les Halles cookbook, with its nearly-hagiographic innards and…