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Food From BBQ to Latkes, Jews Cook-Off at Shuls Across the Country
It’s not uncommon, while hanging out by the food table at a synagogue Kiddush, to overhear one member boasting to another about the superiority of a particular family recipe — brisket, apple cake, or other. But at some congregations, this culinary kvelling is taken to a whole other level in the form of competitive cook-offs…
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Food From Venison to Addax: Kosher Game
If local, organic, seasonal, grass-fed meat doesn’t do it for you, have you considered going wild and biblical? In the ongoing quest for a more meaningful cuisine, wild game has become a food of the moment with game dinners popping up across the country. And though your grandmother may not have used gazelle in her…
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Food Kosher Grocery Run — A Hop, Skip and Border Crossing Away
“Anything to declare?” A Canada Customs agent casts a sidelong glance into the backseat of our car heading home to Montreal from Vermont. “Tobacco or alcohol of any kind?” Is he kidding? Who needs smokes and booze when I can buy kosher peanut cluster-buster cereal? “How long have you been in the United States?” About…
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Food What Belongs on the Plate at a Sustainable Jewish Wedding?
Eleven months into planning our April wedding, and my fiancé and I feel like we should write a book — the ultimate guide to the sustainable Jewish wedding. We dove into the world of wedding planning together, and decided to plan a wedding that would truly reflect us — with our desire to live sustainably…
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Food iPhone Apps for the Jewish Foodie
In honor of the influx of iPhone users that is sure to appear in the wake of Verizon’s recent acquisition, the Jew & the Carrot has rounded up six must-have apps for the Jewish foodie. From an online kosher cookbook to restaurant recommendations around the globe and a virtual tasting notebook, these apps are sure…
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Food Warm Up With Paella
The end of 2010 may have come and gone, but the end of winter — at least for most of us — is nowhere in sight. For those days when all you want to do is sit on the couch and eat microwave popcorn (and for me, this is about every day between December and…
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Food New York Division of Kosher Law Enforcement Nearly Cut
As the Times Square ball dropped, government and corporate sectors switched from their 2010 to 2011 budgets. In the mix, New York State, whose population makes up the largest kosher consumer market outside of Israel, has stripped the Division of Kosher Law Enforcement, the Wall Street Journal reports. The 11-employee division of the state Department…
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Food 2 Bubbly Shabbos Cocktails
“There’s always been kosher champagne,” says Aron Riter, founder of the Kosher Wine Society. “Well at least for the past 30 years,” he clarifies. But, kosher Prosecco, the north Italian interpretation of a sparkling white wine, has only come into light in the past five years, he adds. A more affordable and equally palatable alternative…
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