This is the Forward’s coverage of Jewish food, which draws influence from Israeli, Middle Eastern, Ashkenazi, Sephardic, Mizrahi, and Palestinian traditions, among others.
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Food Putting Kosher Restaurants On The Map — Literally
How long does it take to build a map of all the kosher restaurants in NYC? For Yossi Hoffman, creator of koshermap.nyc, a compendium of all vegan, vegetarian and kosher restaurants in the New York City area, the answer was a lifetime of preparation, and two weeks of intensive work. “I want it to be…
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Food Do You Dare To Try And Finish This Monster Deli Sandwich?
Kenny and Ziggy’s Deli of Houston, Texas presents a challenge to all their customers. It arrives in the form of the Zellegebetsky, touted as the sandwich that’s bigger than its name. It’s a colossal 8-decker sandwich on rye bread, corned beef, pastrami, turkey, roast beef, salami, tongue & Swiss cheese with cole slaw, Russian dressing…
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Food Your Rosh Hashanah Honey Might Cost More This Year Than Ever Before
Honey is one of the few foods in the world that can never go bad, but still qualifies as real food your grandmother would recognize. Since ancient times, honey has been a major part of many cultures, and Judaism is no exemption. On Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, apples and honey are traditionally eaten,…
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Yiddish World WATCH: How To Make Tzimmes To Celebrate The New Year
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. Watch Rukhl Schaechter and Eve Jochnowitz prepare this holiday treat in a video in Yiddish with English subtitles.
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Food Oliver Zabar Expands His Father’s Empire
The name Zabar looms over the New York food world, cornering the market on food markets, bakeries and wine shops. Eighty years and three generations of Zabars later, Zabar’s is still a family business. But Oliver Zabar, the son of patriarch Eli Zabar, is seeking to spread his own wings. The New York Times revealed…
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Food Animal Crackers Are Freed From Cages — But Don’t Forget The Jewish Immigrant Artist Behind The Original Art
After 116 years, Nabisco is letting its animals roam free…on its animal cracker boxes. After facing pressure from the permanently disgruntled PETA, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Mondelez International, Nabisco’s parent company, relented and decided to redesign the box. In the process, they dismissed the Jewish-American immigrant packaging art of one Sydney…
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Food Taim Has Come To FiDi — And The Forward Staff Is Thrilled
Einat Admony’s fast-casual kosher Taim (tagline: “It’s a vegetarian mecca”) has made good on its promise to get New Yorkers feasting on chickpeas and pitas with the opening of its newest Financial District location, which happens to be dangerously close to the Forward’s own offices. Taim is a Hebrew word meaning tasty or delicious. After…
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Food “Anne & Frank” Amsterdam Bakery Changes Its Name After Sparking Outcry
The unfortunately named and recently opened “Anne & Frank” Bakery has elected to change its name after an outcry on Twitter deemed it insensitive. The bakery is located around the corner from the Anne Frank House, which has become a popular tourist attraction. The media backlash was immediate, as Twitter lambasted owner Robert Barsoum for…
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