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 Worried About Chicken Welfare? This Surprising Ally Is Too
Animal rights advocates across the country, rejoice! Perdue, one of the largest producers of chickens for eating in the United States, has announced a four-part plan to move the company towards humane practices. Though Purdue is not a kosher poultry company, its new plan is surprisingly aligned with many Jewish values. The kosher meat industry…
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Community Discover 10 Farm Candy Delights in NYC’s South Street Seaport
Picking my ten favorite products at Farm Candy is like asking a kid to pick out only one piece of candy at It’s Sugar. When children read our sign and come running excitedly into the store, they quickly learn we are not a “candy store,’ but a store that creates candy from the earth, products…
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Food College Freshman Rolls Out Kosher Food Truck in D.C.
A 19-year-old George Washington University freshman with zero culinary experience is the brains behind Brooklyn Sandwich Company, a new Glatt kosher food truck in DC. A generous donor and a crowdfunding campaign helped get Carly Meisel’s new business off – or on – the ground. There’s a pastrami sandwich, beef brisket and cholent. But the…
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Food Taste Testing ‘A Taste of Rome’
This is an occasional column in which the writer evaluates a new cookbook by making some of its recipes, sharing the dishes with friends and asking her guests what they think of the results. She recently cooked her way through “Tasting Rome: Fresh Flavors & Forgotten Recipes from an Ancient City,” by Katie Parla and…
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Recipes Clouds and Fire (Num 9:16)
Be sure all ingredients are as cold as possible before you begin. We hear that one of the kosher companies makes mock Kahlua, but that has not made it to the South Side of Chicago. Related Article Tippling Through the Torah 2 scoops chocolate ice cream 2 scoops vanilla ice cream ¼ cup chocolate sauce…
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Fast Forward Israeli Food Startup Aims to Make Meat — Minus the Animal
The founders of an Israeli food tech startup want you to enjoy your meat without the guilt — in fact, without the animal. SuperMeat, which launched in December and began an online crowdfunding campaign Monday, is developing a method for bioengineering “cultured meat” from animal cells. Its tagline: “Real meat, without harming animals.” Imagine a…
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Food Pita Is Hot, Hot, Hot at New San Francisco Falafel Spot
The first thing that caught my eye when I entered the new Sababa restaurant in San Francisco was an old advertising poster for Jaffa oranges — showing an Arab orange vendor sitting on a blanket smoking a hookah with a fellow Arab who has ridden up on a donkey. It harkened back to a different…
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Food Ashkenazi Cooking Classes With a View
Author and foodie Suzanne Parker, who splits her time between Queens and Woodstock, New York, is offering Cooking Classes with a View at her upstate home. Lessons focus on Ashkenazi staples like potato knishes and cheese blintzes. Classes take place “on a mountainside in Shady, just outside Woodstock, in a house blessed with a spectacular…
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