— 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…
Ultra-hip Brooklyn pizza joint Roberta’s is as hot now as it was when it opened in 2008. But an investment by a member of the billionaire Tisch family has some fearing the Bushwick restaurant will lose its mojo. More of This Week’s Food News Four Season’s Restaurant’s Jewish Soul Wexler’s Spreading Lox Love in L.A….
There are several Jewish connections to the relocation story of New York’s legendary Four Seasons restaurant, whose long run in its iconic midtown space will end July 19. More of This Week’s Food News Wexler’s Spreading Lox Love in L.A. Shuka Truck Really Gets Around! Reubens in Berlin and All the Week’s Food News As…
Houston may have Ziggy Gruber, but Los Angeles has its own Deli Man — Micah Wexler, dubbed “the Seth Rogen of chefs” by our own Leah Koenig. More of This Week’s Food News Four Season’s Restaurant’s Jewish Soul Shuka Truck Really Gets Around! Reubens in Berlin and All the Week’s Food News Now, two years…
We’ll leave it to you to judge whether this is good use of taxpayer shekels. But the Israeli embassy in Bogota reportedly flew down New York’s Shuka Truck — yes, the whole truck — to serve shakshuka on Yom Haaztmaut. The truck normally roams Big Apple streets. More of This Week’s Food News Four Season’s…
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