When Chanie Apfelbaum, founder of the Busy in Brooklyn kosher food blog, returned from a trip she made to Italy this summer, she brought back a new mantra: “Scale it back,” she said. “Tone it down.” Apfelbaum, an observant Jew, lives in Brooklyn, has five children, a cookbook, “Millennial Kosher,” under her belt, another kosher…
I’m not ashamed to admit that outside our kosher home, I don’t just eat kosher food. But admitting I don’t really like popular Jewish foods— that’s kind of embarrassing. Here’s my short list of the foods of my People that I’d be fine living without: pickled herring, chopped liver, matzo brei, sweet kugel and honey…
Chickpea gnocchetti — gnocchetti di ceci— little knuckles of garbanzo beans and flour— combine two of my favorite things: the Middle East and Italy. This recipe is inspired by one I found in an old issue of La Cucina Italianathat I fished out of a neighbor’s recycling. (Who throws away La Cucina Italiana?) I’ve made…
Remember the play “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish, and I’m in Therapy”? Matt Saccaro’s living a version of it. But instead of therapy, he’s celebrating both sides of his family with a hot new Chicago restaurant. Frunchroom, which recently opened in the northwest Portage Park neighborhood, is Saccaro’s take on the Jewish and Italian…
One of the perpetual challenges of the Sabbath-observant Jewish cook is finding colorful and flavorful dishes to serve at Saturday lunch that don’t require tons of day-of prep work or any reheating. Enter Caponata, a sweet and tangy Southern Italian medley of cooked vegetables and fruits. Italian cooking, like most regional cuisine, varies widely depending…
ROME (JTA) – The Reconstructionist movement has formally approved the affiliation of an independent congregation in southern Italy. The Sinagoga Ner Tamid del Sud in Serrastretta, a small town in Calabria, becomes the movement’s third congregation outside North America. In a statement on its website, the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College said the board of governors of…
A prominent Jewish Yale doctor is reportedly at the center of an explosive sexual harassment case involving a younger colleague — and a pre-Valentine’s Day love note written in broken Italian. Dr. Michael Simons, who was until recently head of cardiology at Yale, stepped down as The New York Times prepared a damning story about…
A 15th century printed book of the Torah fetched a record $3.87 million at an auction in Paris. Three buyers attempted to outbid each other over the telephone during the sale which the Christie’s auction house organized on April 30, the news website actualitte.com reported Thursday. Christie’s listed the buyer as “anonymous” but said the…
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