We’ve seen films about Africa, like “Blood Diamond”, which show some grim realities of postcolonial life. There have been countless movies about genocides and their consequences, with heart-wrenching stories of survival, guilt and trauma. And there have been movies about delicious food – just think of “Chocolat” – leaving viewers in the paradoxical position in…
“Meals can, and often do, tell stories,” says Elizabeth Bard, a 39 year-old writer, of the huge Seders her mother once hosted at her childhood home in Teaneck, New Jersey. “When I first arrived in France almost everything I learned about the culture I learned “autour de la table,” around the table. Now settled in…
Earlier this week Timothy D. Lytton wrote about a recent scandal at a kosher meat market in L.A. and organized crime and kosher food certification. His blog posts are featured on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish Book Council and My Jewish Learning’s Author Blog Series. For more information on the series, please visit:…
A Brooklyn mother’s crusade to keep her daughter’s beloved banana and Nutella-flavored ice cream on the menu at her local parlor fell just short. The Nanatella flavor that Jocelyn Bogdan campaigned for finished in third place, just two votes behind an upstart flavor called Cookie Au Lait in the online poll at Ample Hills Creamery…
New Israeli food is taking over New York. [New York Magazine] Planning a swanky wedding in London? Harrods is now catering kosher simchas! [Jewish Chronicle] Three words: Smores Ice Cream. [Food52] Incase that doesn’t suit you, here are 20 other desserts, perfect for Memorial Day celebrations. [Serious Eats] Smithsonian Magazine just released it’s annual food…
Many years ago, while I was working as a counselor at Beth Tfiloh day camp in the Baltimore suburbs, my favorite camper took a trip to Israel. She came back with the best present a 15-year-old counselor could ever ask for: a jar of chocolate spread. At the time, I’d never encountered such a thing….
Hundreds of curious customers flocked over the weekend to Glida Metudela, the Jerusalem ice-cream parlor recently outed as the beneficiary of a generous government contract. Many demanded the shop’s pistachio flavor, known to be the favorite of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, causing it to sell out. The PM’s other favorite, plain vanilla, did not benefit…
I scream, you scream… In Israel, it was the Israeli business daily Calcalist screaming this week about just how much ice cream Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been licking on the people’s dime (sorry, shekel). The paper reported that Bibi had asked for and received a NIS 10,000 ($2,700) budget from the government to keep…
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