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Food A Mexican Jew walks into a bar, and creates her own tequila
There once lived a woman in Guadalajara who was so beautiful that she was known as La Mujer Mas Bella — The Most Beautiful Lady. But it was her inner beauty that inspired her granddaughter, Dafna Mizrahi, to make tequila. “Everyone knew my grandma because of how beautiful she was, but more how internally beautiful…
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Culture Fried chicken & waffles, a South L.A. tradition, goes kosher
Update, 3/18/22: Melrose Bite announced today it was no longer kosher in an Instagram post. It’s the dawn of Kosher Food 3.0, at least in Los Angeles. Out with pastrami on rye and matzo ball soup. In with chicken-and-waffles. Yes — kosher chicken-and-waffles. The arrival of Melrose Bite, a kosher fried chicken joint in the…
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Food Gorky’s hot Russian borscht will revive your faith…in borscht
I miss Gorky’s. If you hung out in pre-gentrification downtown L.A., circa 1980, you’ll know what I mean. Gorky’s was a warehouse-sized cafe, open 24/7, a glorious Socialist workers commissary crossed with a starving artist cafe. You went there hungover at 11 a.m. for bottomless coffee and a slice of poppy seed cake, or at…
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News Nothing but rosé? Climate change is already threatening these kosher and Jewish winemakers
Jeff Morgan was thinking about the cabernet sauvignon grapes he bought this fall in Pope Valley, near Napa. “I’ve been sourcing grapes from this particular vineyard for I’d say almost 20 years,” said Morgan, co-founder of Covenant Wines. “And I’ve never had an issue with water before. We’ve always had enough water to get through…
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Food Kosher Brooklyn food blogger Chanie Apfelbaum goes Italian
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…
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Recipes Red Wine Braised Short Ribs with Creamy Polenta
Eitan Bernath, the 19 year-old cooking phenom, shares this warm, rich High Holiday dish. Prep time: 20 minutes Cooking time: 4 hours Serves 4 people Ingredients For the Short Ribs 2 tablespoons vegetable 3 pounds beef short ribs, cut into 3-inch long pieces 10 shallots, peeled 6 large garlic cloves, peeled and crushed ¼ cup…
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Recipes Apple Tart Squares with Honey Glaze
Eitan Bernath, the 19 year-old cooking phenom, shares a sweet, flakey recipe for fall. Ingredients 1 sheet puff pastry dough, defrosted 1 egg, lightly beaten 1 cup sugar 2 teaspoons cinnamon 3 tart apples, such as granny smith, thinly sliced 2 tablespoons butter, melted 2 cups powdered sugar ¼ cup honey ¼ cup milk Instructions…
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Food Creamless yet creamy celery soup, a no-waste recipe
There was a sign posted at the Los Angeles branch of D.C. Kitchen, a non-profit that employed at-risk adults to turn donated food into nutritious meals. It read: “People and food should not be wasted.” Words to live by, right? Celery is one of those vegetables we tend to waste, or at least overlook. But…
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