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Food Chabad Rabbi Is ‘Chopped’ in Final Round of Food Network Showdown With Fellow Clerics
“Judges, no joke: A nun, a priest, a pastor and a rabbi have walked into the Chopped kitchen!” That’s how Ted Allen, host of the Food Network’s Chopped, kicked off the competition on Tuesday night’s show. Called “Leap of Faith,” the hour-long episode pitted four foodie spiritual leaders against one another to see who could…
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Food The 9 Best Jewish Food Trucks in the U.S.
JTA — Summer is upon us. And that means swimsuits, summer camps, sticky temperatures — and food trucks. True, many of these trendy restaurants-on-wheels are known to ply their wares in the depths of winter. But as the weather warms, everyone from office workers to tourists find themselves beckoned outside for lunch. Sadly, kosher options…
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Food Tonight: The Art of Smoking and Curing
As Jews, we have perfected the art of smoking, salting and curing meat and fish. To enhance your personal knowledge, you can attend Smoke & Salt: Cure-ated Tastes and Candid Conversation, tonight at 7 pm at Shelsky’s of Brooklyn, part of the Workmen’s Circle Taste of Jewish Culture series. While noshing on a special menu…
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Food Shuka Truck Really Gets Around!
We’ll leave it to you to judge whether this is good use of taxpayer shekels. But the Israeli embassy in Bogota reportedly flew down New York’s Shuka Truck — yes, the whole truck — to serve shakshuka on Yom Haaztmaut. The truck normally roams Big Apple streets. More of This Week’s Food News Four Season’s…
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Food Hungary Is Hungry for Jewish Food — and All the Dish
Anti-Semitism may be running rampant in Budapest, but so is a Jewish-food craze. At least that’s what Travel + Leisure discovers in its latest issue: “Jewish food — whether descended from the Mediterranean or the shtetl — is hugely popular right now… Food trucks serve knishes stuffed, oddly, with lamb, and serious restaurants, like Macesz…
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Food An Urban Kibbutz Kitchen — On the Upper West Side
Outside, the Bayit looks unassuming. Inside, you’ll find a boisterous urban kibbutz centered around a kitchen shared by 28 people. I try to pour myself a bowl of Cocoa Puffs… I’m excited about this rare and special breakfast. The box is empty. I’m quite disappointed — and surprised that we’ve finished one large box after…
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Food Artisanal Matzo From Brooklyn — and All the Dish
You could say matzo’s always been artisanal; it’s a labor-intensive product that usually bears the maker’s stamp. But Brooklyn’s is upping the ante with “small-batch” matzo in buttercrunch and salted varieties. A handful of retailers across NYC now carry it; more roll out on April 15. The box alone makes The Matzo Project worth seeking…
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Food ‘In the Night Kitchen’ at a Brooklyn Breakfast Table
Every morning at my house, two things are bound to happen. The first, of course, is breakfast. On the days that I take on early-morning toddler duty, that means splitting a banana-yogurt-strawberry-tahini smoothie with Max. Sometimes I throw in frozen spinach or a spoonful of pumpkin puree to sneak some vitamins into my vegetable-avoidant child’s…
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