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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Yiddish World WATCH: The REAL Gefilte Fish
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. The gefilte fish you’ve been eating is nothing but a glorified fish patty. When making real gefilte fish, minced-fish stuffing is spooned into slices of carp, between the skin and the bone. Forverts editor Rukhl Schaechter and Polish-born gefilte fish maven Sabina Barszap show how it’s done.
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Food WeWork Goes Vegetarian, Banning Meat From Its Offices
WeWork, the company owned by Shabbat-keeping billionaire Adam Neumann, is going vegetarian in an effort to reduce its carbon footprint. WeWork is a company selling access to shared workspaces, that has been honored as a traditional workspace disruptor, that is now effectively banning meat at all company-wide events, refusing to reimburse employees for lunches that…
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Food American Deli Culture Is All The Rage In London
Beer and bagels may not sound like an obvious pairing. But for Joel Braham, co-founder of London eatery, The Good Egg, they’ve proved the perfect vehicle for bringing a flavor of US deli and restaurant culture to a London audience. Each Monday until 13th August, The Good Egg’s Soho outlet will be serving up their…
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Food In The Kosher Market, Artisanal Cheese Is A Hard Sell
From camembert to cotija to chèvre, fancy artisanal cheeses are universally acclaimed and adored — and are becoming increasingly available for kosher-keeping consumers. Outside the United States, Israelis and French Jews live in cultures that value artisanal cheese more than Americans might. The shuk in Israel is full of cheese vendors and kosher certified cheese…
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Food Tel Aviv’s Best Ice Cream: A Walking Tour
My 21-year old kibbutznik niece values ice cream above rubies. When it comes to ice cream, she is a purist. No add ins. No whipped cream. No toppings. Just the ice cream. In her opinion, ice cream is always worth the money and the calories. When she tipped me off to the “best” ice cream…
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Food Why Some Jews Won’t Eat Meat This Week
This week may not be the best week to fire up the grill for your Jewish friends, as some Jews won’t be eating meat this week. On the Jewish calendar, it’s the Hebrew month of Av — and when Av enters, we ‘decrease our joy,’ as per the Talmud (Mishnah, Taanis 26b). As any carnivore…
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Recipes Rye Flour Kimchi Latkes
This recipe, a signature of new Jewish deli Rye Society, is an exciting twist on the classic Jewish dish. Makes approx. 20 Latkes Ingredients: 2-pounds potatoes 1 yellow onion 2 eggs 1/2 cup rye flour 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 3 teaspoon kosher salt 1 cup kimchi 1 tablespoon lemon juice Dead Sea salt to taste…
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Food Starbucks Deemed Non-Kosher By Rabbis
Starbucks has never been 100% kosher, per se (and we’re not talking about its illusions of third-wave coffee grandeur). For years, it has been functionally kosher, with certification groups like STAR-K providing customers with information about what they can comfortably drink – and what they can’t. That just ended. The STAR-K kosher information program, which…
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