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Food 7-Species Pomegranate-Shaped Challah
Yields 6 loaves 4 tablespoons dry yeast 2 tablespoons organic sugar 4 cups (1 liter) warm water 5 pounds (2.25 kg) organic white flour One 12-ounce (350 g) container of date honey (silan) 1½ tablespoons sea salt 1 cup (230 ml) olive oil 1 cup (150 g) finely-diced dried figs 1 cup (150 g) raisins…
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Food The Secrets of the 7-Species Challah
The Tu B’Shvat Seder placed special emphasis on Shivat Haminim — the Seven Species of produce native to the Land of Israel, which are mentioned in the Torah: wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives and honey. Although in many parts of the world it is still winter, Tu B’Shvat — the 15th of Shvat, the…
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Food Meet the Jewish Punk Bands That Throw Gefilte Fish, Bagels and Hummus
Bagels, gefilte fish, Manischewitz, and other Jewish foods were used — and thrown — at Jewish punk concerts. In the early 1990s, Gefilte F*ck singer Howard Hallis would take the stage clutching a bottle of Manischewitz wine. The Los Angeles band threw matzo, chocolate gelt and even its eponym at concertgoers. At one raucous show,…
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Recipes Celebrate Chinese New Year Jewish Style With Molly Yeh
Chinese New Year celebrations are in full swing this week. And we can’t help but notice how similar the Chinese New Year is to the Jewish one. Take, for instance, the fact that the Chinese and Jewish calendars both follow the same Metonic cycle (lunar and solar), which allows holidays to fall out roughly the…
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Food Don’t Ignore the Food at My Shabbat — It Makes the Magic Happen
It happened again last week. The food at my Shabbat table, which was, in fact, the co-star of the evening (alongside energetic and intelligent conversation) was given only passing mention by the people who ate and enjoyed it. Ha! Little did they know how wrong they were to disregard it. The day started early, with…
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Food How to Taste 300 Kosher Wines in a Day
Time to pick a designated driver: More than 300 kosher wines and spirits will be on hand for sampling at this year’s Kosher Food & Wine Experience, the annual extravaganza hosted by distributor Royal Wine. Among wines making their debut at KWFE 2017, February 13 at Chelsea Piers in Manhattan, are Terra di Seta Assai,…
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Life 2016: The Year the Food Movement Died
For a good few years, I felt guilty whenever I bought an out of season vegetable. I’d look on packages of dumpling wrappers to see which ones didn’t have preservatives. And I find myself… not really doing any of this anymore. In the Baffler, Heather Havrilesky takes on upscale foodie preciousness. It’s a great piece,…
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Life ‘Ivanka’s Salad’ Gets Panned in Brutal Vanity Fair Review of Trump Grill
When is a restaurant review not a restaurant review? Tina Nguyen’s Vanity Fair story, “Trump Grill Could Be the Worst Restaurant in America,” is a masterpiece, down to the last detail. (Note the caption on the photo of the wall art.) Yes, it’s a description of an aggressively mediocre-sounding restaurant. But not in the manner…
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