This is the Forward’s coverage of Jewish food, which draws influence from Israeli, Middle Eastern, Ashkenazi, Sephardic, Mizrahi, and Palestinian traditions, among others.
Food
The Latest
-
Food Bubbe’s Kitchen Versus the Kiddush Hall
I recently conducted some research to explore how Jews define their own cultural identity through food. I analyzed interviews done in Europe -mainly in Germany- and in America -mainly Chile- and the results were somehow surprising. Both samples were very similar: mainly middle age, secular, and Ashkenazi women. Their answers were also relatively close in…
-
Food $6 For a Knish? Welcome to the Super Bowl
If you have tickets for the Super Bowl at the MetLife Stadium this Sunday, and you’re planning to munch on some kosher snacks while watching the battle between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos, you’d better bring some extra cash: This stuff’s not cheap. As the Forward reported, this year’s event is likely to…
-
Food Chef Micah Wexler Brings Deli Revolution to Los Angeles
Outside the kitchen, Micah Wexler is friendly, funny and never without a 5 o’clock shadow. He’s the Seth Rogen of chefs — the kind of guy you wish you could grab a beer with. But in the kitchen he’s all business. Music during dinner prep? That’s fine. But come dinner service, it’s time for him…
-
Food Sherryl Betesh’s Syrian Kibbe Nabelsieh: Recipe
Sherryl Betesh’s Kibbe Nabelsieh: Meat-Filled Bulgur Shells Filling: 1 medium onion, chopped 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 1/2 pounds ground beef 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons ground allspice 1 teaspoon kosher salt Dough: 3 cups fine bulgur wheat 11/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon paprika 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/4…
-
Food Learning Syrian Jewish Kitchen Classics
All good Jewish kids know that nothing beats your bubbe’s brisket. That heartwarming philosophy is basically the premise of Mo Rocca’s cooking show, “My Grandmother’s Ravioli, ” which pays tribute to the culinary wizards behind each family’s recipes. Sherryl Betesh’s Kibbe Nabelsieh // Courtesy of The Cooking Channel. It all started, he says, with guilt….
-
Opinion Forward on Film
What do Hasidic hats, the Borscht Belt, the king of competitive dreidel-ing and a tiny row house shul have in common? They all played starring roles in the Forward best videos of 2013 — along with a poignant portrait of the Jewish mother who lost her son in the Newtown school massacre. This year saw…
-
Food Celebrating Jewish Food in the Sunshine State
My most pungent memories of annual childhood trips to Miami Beach involve food. There were free bowls of pickles at Rascal House, matzo ball soup at Pumpernik’s, danish at Wolfie’s. But as a new exhibition at the Jewish Museum of Florida – FIU reveals, there’s much more to Jewish food in the Sunshine State than…
-
Food 125 Years of Katz’s Deli
There are a handful of New York City landmarks that most people recognize: Lady Liberty. The Chrysler Building. And Katz’s Delicatessen. Opened on the Lower East Side in 1888 and purchased by the Russian Katz family in 1903, the delicatessen famous for its orgasmic pastrami sandwiches, its Friday evening frankfurters ‘n’ beans and its Cel-Ray…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
News What We Know About Jeffrey Epstein’s Childhood
- 2
News This Jewish Olympian prays with her mom before every race
- 3
News An audiobook narrator told Zionists to kill themselves. A popular romance novelist hired him anyway.
- 4
Opinion The dark message behind Tucker Carlson’s attempt to drum up drama in Israel
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward In JFNA’s first ‘State of the Jewish Union’ address, security and antisemitism loom large
-
Antisemitism Decoded Trump and Biden officials clash over campus antisemitism actions as federal investigation kicks off
-
News Trump’s Board of Peace met. But can it follow through?
-
Fast Forward Israel’s High Court sides with egalitarian prayer advocates in long-running Western Wall dispute
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
