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Food Israel’s Somek Winery Is a Family Affair — With Deep Roots in the Land
Located on a small street in the picturesque village of Zichron Yaakov, a few blocks away from the town’s touristy promenade lined with cutesy stores and cafes, one finds Barak Dahan’s small house, with a sign for Somek Winery pointing toward the backyard. Behind the home, alongside the family’s cages for pet doves and children’s…
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Food New York Pop-Ups Deliver the Country’s Most Exciting Jewish Fare
In the late 1800s a saloon owner named Kate Hester purportedly defied Pittsburgh’s new licensing laws by running a secret establishment where locals in the know could drink and enjoy the company of friends and strangers. When the evening’s festivities got too loud — as the story goes — Hester would hush the crowd by…
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Food I Saw My Life in a Plate of Ukrainian Dumplings
The last time I had varenyky was in late June, at the curiously-named Cafe Restaurant Volna, in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach, a neighborhood often referred to as “Little Odessa by the Sea.” Cafe Volna, to be sure, is not known for its varenyky. There, the crescent-shaped dumplings aren’t made so much as they are assembled —…
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Recipes When Rosh Hashanah Dinner Travels to China
As rich as the Ashkenazi Jewish tradition is, twice each year I wish I had descended from Sephardim. The first time is, of course, on Passover, when Sephardic tradition allows for grains. I imagine Passover breakfasts of sweet corn pancakes, and big, filling dinners of fried rice with spring’s first peas and scallions, and Passover…
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Food The Next Generation of Challah
People tend to get cultish about challah. Ask a group of friends where to find the best ritual Sabbath bread, like I recently did on Facebook, and within minutes a torrent of impassioned odes to various bakeries will flow forth. The success of these bakeries — like The Challah Fairy and Silver Moon Bakery in…
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Food Our Virtual Bubbe Answers Your Rosh Hashanah Cooking Questions
We asked you, our readers, to send us your Rosh Hashanah cooking questions to our virtual bubbe, cookbook author and food writer Adeena Sussman. She shares her kitchen wisdom, tips for making your first brisket, which new fruits to serve and how to get your holiday cooking done ahead of time. For more questions and…
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Food The Holiday Pour
Picking out wines to pair with holiday feasts can be tricky — especially when there are so many dishes on the table. We asked five wine and food experts what wines they serve for Rosh Hashanah and which classic dishes to pair them with. The bottles they highlighted are diverse by various measures, but there…
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Food The New Challahs on the Block
With Rosh Hashanah comes the eternal question: Which challah can do justice to your holiday table? Living in New York, one has no lack of options. In fact, there may be too many choices. There are, of course, the beautiful, glossy loaves from traditional bakeries that have stood the test of time, but there are…
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