The first thing that caught my eye when I entered the new Sababa restaurant in San Francisco was an old advertising poster for Jaffa oranges — showing an Arab orange vendor sitting on a blanket smoking a hookah with a fellow Arab who has ridden up on a donkey. It harkened back to a different…
Just when you recovered from the long weekend comes World Chocolate Day on July 7th. And Israeli-owned chocolate emporium Max Brenner in New York’s Union Square is stepping up to the plate with a Pina Chocolada drink, Melting Chocolate Truffle cake and, um, chocolate syringes. But the kicker is chocolate selfies – yes, images by…
Zagat released its annual 30 under 30 list for New York, and many of the names should sound familiar to Forward fans. Among them: Chloe Coscarelli, 28, chef and co-Founder, by CHLOE, a kosher vegan spot; Jake Dell, 27, owner/top dog, Katz’s Delicatessen, Zach Frankel, 29, owner/director of operations, Frankel’s Delicatessen & Appetizing; and Max…
The Kiosk, the summer concession at Brooklyn’s 12 Chairs Café, is back online for summer with some delicious-sounding menu additions. Along with Israeli-street-food staples like pita and falafel, sabich and terrific hummus, you’ll now fine a shakshuka pita with feta cheese, green omelet pita with herbs, cream cheese and salad. Wash it down with Israeli…
— The president of the World Jewish Congress is not accepting the Michelin travel company’s claims that Israel would not generate enough “gastronomic interest” or “potential readers” for its own restaurant guide. In a letter sent to the Michelin Guide’s editor-in-chief on May 18 and obtained Wednesday by JTA, Ronald Lauder argued that the “facts…
What’s Yiddish for “California Roll”? Sushi’s become a staple for the kosher crowd, says The New York Times. More than 100 kosher sushi spots operate in Brooklyn alone — and most have opened in the last decade. Why? It’s parve. It’s convenient. And “you have your protein, carbohydrates and vegetables all in one,” says one…
She sells schmaltz by the seashore: Cherry Hill, New Jersey deli The Kibitz Room is opening a summer seaside satellite. The restaurant, which makes “everything from scratch, including kishkes,” will offer seating for 50 inside and 30 outside at its new Margate, New Jersey location, where people can enjoy “the best view on the Jersey…
Today Philadelphia; tomorrow the world. The paint’s barely dry on his new Dizengoff counter inside NYC’s Chelsea Market, but Michael Solomonov’s CooknSolo group just announced two new Federal Donuts outposts, in Miami and Nashville. Though rumors have swirled that the James Beard Award winner would bring his beloved Zahav to Miami, Federal will be his…
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