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Food Michael Solomonov’s Dizengoff Restaurant Opens in New York
It’s rare for New Yorkers to have restaurant envy. Isn’t everything we could possibly want to eat right here? But ever since I became aware of what Chef Michael Solomonov is cooking up in Philadelphia — at Zahav, Dizengoff, Percy Street Barbecue, Abe Fisher and Federal Donuts — I’ve been reckoning with an ugly tinge…
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Food Kosher ‘Shrimp’ — and More Hot Dish
Coming soon to a kosher restaurant near you: shrimp. The U.K. Daily Mail reports that a San Francisco outfit called New Wave Foods has grown fake shrimp in a lab using red algae — which the crustaceans feed on — and baking it with a plant-based protein powder. Its very realness may become a problem….
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Food Spicing It Up at Abe Fisher
This is turning into an exciting year for guest-chef events and one-off dinners. Next on our radar: a four-course feast at Philly’s terrific Abe Fisher, which is part of the Cook N Solo group owned by star chef Michael Solomonov and his business partner Steve Cook. Chef Yehuda Sichel will team with Lior Lev Sercarz…
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Food Pommes Frites Reopens in New Neighborhood After LES Blast
More than a year after a devastating explosion destroyed its Second Avenue block, Pommes Frites reopened today in a shiny — albeit smaller — space near NYU in New York’s West Village. Two employees died in the 2015 blast, which displaced Pommes Frites after 18 years. “I don’t want it to be an opening with…
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Food Iconic Deli’s Secret Gay History — and More Hot Dish
Is there a secret gay history behind Montreal’s iconic Schwartz’s Deli? Sure sounds like it, according to one local historian. Eiran Harris, archivist emeritus of the city’s Jewish Public Library tells MTLBlog that “we can’t rule out a romantic edge to Reuben [Schwartz, the founder] and [owner Maurice] Zbriger’s relationship. This was the 1930s after…
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Food Eater Editor Apologizes for Hate Speech
The restaurant editor of influential foodie site Eater has been placed on leave after former associates outed him as a onetime “right-wing skinhead.” Nick Solares, once known as “English Nick,” belonged to a punk band called the Youth Defense League, which “focused on the experience and liberation of the white working class… The band’s politics…
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Food The Power of Bone Broth Unleashed by West Village Eatery — It’s Paleo Friendly!
What does matzo-ball soup have to do with the paleo diet? A lot, according to Jordan Feldman and Sam Eckstein. The pair this week opened Springbone Kitchen in New York’s West Village; bone broths, the nutrient-dense and very trendy soups popular with the paleo set, are the focus. “The amazing thing about bone broth is…
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Food Sweet Generation Gives Teens a Taste of the Baking Business
By day, Amy Chasan oversaw youth-education programs for the City of New York. By night, she’d indulge herself by baking cupcakes for friends and family — “a wedding here; an art opening there,” she said. After a round of budget cuts at her city job, Chasan had a brainstorm: What if she could marry her…
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