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Food Israeli Street Food in NYC
Shimon Maman’s , whose décor includes streetlamps imported from Tel Aviv, has opened a to-go operation called The Kiosk. It’s billed as New York’s answer to the Israeli falafel stand, and it’s slinging up street food such as pita with falafel, kebabs, the eggplant sandwich sabich, bourekas and house-made hummus. 12 Chairs Kiosk, 342 Wythe…
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Food Heart-Shaped Challah From Hot Bread Kitchen
My food worlds collided this week when I went online to order my weekly haul from , the Israeli-owned CSA (consumer-supported agriculture program)-type thing I subscribe to, and found — among the mostly-local fruit, vegetables, meat, fish and artisanal culinary treats — a gorgeous-looking heart-shaped challah from Hot Bread Kitchen. I contacted the bakery, which…
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Recipes A Mushroom-Goat Cheese Pie for National Pizza Day — or Shabbat Dinner
Cheesy, comforting, versatile and full of flavor, pizza is a food that’s impossible not to love. And today, February 9, we have even more reason to celebrate it: It’s National Pizza Day! This year, instead of ordering in, I’m opting for something a little healthier and fresher. I’m going homemade — or at least semi-homemade….
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Food Carnegie Deli Re-Opens for Business
This morning’s post on the Carnegie Deli’s says it all: “We are over the moon that our doors have officially reopened! We look forward to welcoming back our family of employees, friends and loyal patrons.” The iconic New York delicatessen, which opened in 1937, has been shuttered since late April 2015 after Con Edison discovered…
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Food From Lingerie to ‘Luxury Candies’
Israeli-born Maayan Zilberman has made a career of smashing expectations. Tasty travel slides. Sweet sunglasses. Spicy envelopes. Maayan Zilberman’s “luxury candies” don’t look, feel or taste like any sweets you’ve seen. Under the moniker , the 36-year-old Israeli-born artist has been pleasantly shocking customers at her downtown Manhattan pop-up shop with mind-bending shapes (cassette tapes,…
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Food Behold Kossar’s Bialys 2.0
Kossar’s’ sleek new look. The Great Bialy Drought of 2016 is finally over. After a four-month, $500,000 renovation that shut it down for the first time in 80 years, Kossar’s Bagels and Bialys reopens today on the Lower East Side with a sleek new look, a vastly expanded menu and, swears owner Evan Giniger, its…
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Food Babka’s the New Bagel — Plus All the Weekly Dish
The babka ice-cream sandwich at Russ & Daughter’s Café. Extra, extra, read all about it: Babka’s “the new bagel!” That’s the breaking news in February issue. “Babka is just like Taylor Swift during her country music period,” the magazine enthuses. “A niche figure ready for the crossover to mainstream star.” The babka ice-cream sandwich at…
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Food Kosher Food Easy To Find at Disney
Tabouli from Zayde’s Kosher Kitchen in Orlando’s Rosen Plaza Hotel. (JTA) — As any religiously observant Jew knows, going on vacation can take a lot of work. Aside from the customary preparations, there are the added complications of organizing kosher food and Shabbat logistics. Many kosher tourists spend days before trips precooking meals to freeze…
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