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Recipes Recipe: Ottolenghi’s Fig Salad With Radicchio and Hazelnuts
Photograph by Jonathan Lovekin © 2014 Serves 4 as a starter 2 small red onions (7 ounces) 3 tablespoons olive oil 1/3 cup hazelnuts, with skin 2 ounces radicchio leaves, roughly torn 1 1/3 cups basil leaves 1 1/3 cups watercress leaves 6 large ripe figs (10½ ounces) 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar ¼ teaspoon ground…
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Recipes Recipe: Honey Cake for a Sweet New Year
Photograph by Ben Fink My fellow writer, talented friend and poet from Montreal, Marcy Goldman, is the authority on Jewish baking in Canada. She has developed the first honey cake I have ever loved, in good part because it is moist, flavorful and not too sweet. Special Equipment: Two stacked baking sheets and one 9-…
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Recipes Zucchini-and Feta Latkes for Summer
Growing up in a Venezuelan Jewish home opting out of nightly family dinners was never an option. But every once in a while, I wished it was. Surprisingly, it wasn’t that I wanted to watch the finale of American Idol which always happened to air during dinnertime or that I would have rather had dinner…
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Recipes Amar’e Stoudemire’s Roast Chicken with Honey Cilantro Glaze
This straightforward dish doesn’t require a huge number of ingredients. Though the marinade is best when made with fresh herbs, you can sub in dried rosemary and dried thyme in a pinch. Just use a teaspoon of dried rosemary and 3⁄4 teaspoon of dried thyme. The glaze, which you can make ahead of time, really…
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Recipes Mahatma Ghandi’s Secretary Cooks Indian Hameem
Pearl Sofaer (right) works with Frances Kalfus during a Berkeley cooking class. photo/alix wall At a recent cooking class featuring a few dishes from the family of Bombay-born Pearl Sofaer, the stories threatened to eclipse the food. “My mother was a secretary of Gandhi,” she said, as a student browned chicken parts on the stovetop….
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Recipes Indonesian Gadu Gadu
Dana Weiss’s nanny’s version of Gadu Gadu *Vegetarians can leave out the chicken Serves four Sauce 3 tablespoons finely chopped onion I clove of garlic, crushed 2 heaped tablespoons of peanut butter (not sweet) 1 teaspoon cumin 3 teaspoons finely chopped parsley A few stalks of lemongrass 2 tablespoons soya ½ cup coconut milk 3…
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Recipes Chicken Freekeh by Chef Kamal Hashelmon
Serves 4 Spice mixture 1 flat teaspoon of ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon of ground cardamom 1 tablespoon of dried marjoram ½ teaspoon cumin 4 clean boneless chicken thighs Freekeh 2 carrots peeled and cut into small cubes 2 onions cut into small cubes 2 finely-chopped garlic cloves 1 1/2 cups freekeh (smoked green wheat) or…
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Recipes From International Journey to Cultural Connection
The falafel stand was a key stop on the “tour” of Israel. Organized within my son’s active imagination, the imaginary tour was inspired by a Happy Birthday Israel program at our synagogue. This trip was special because it included a participatory component beyond a float in the Dead Sea, a dip in the Mediterranean, a…
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