Sporting a sparkly tank top on a sweltering Sunday, Judy Perly steps onto a tiny platform that doubles as the stage at , her downtown Toronto restaurant. “I was in yoga class,” she tells the packed room of brunchgoers at “Bella! Did Ya Eat?”, Free Times’ hugely popular Jewish weekend buffet. “Everyone’s doing their ‘oms’….
Ivan Orkin’s dashi-braised brisket is served with a Tokyo-style teriyaki sauce, scallions and an apple-ginger-honey chutney. My friend Ivan Orkin is a culinary alchemist; a cultural mishmash artist in the kitchen; a man with one foot planted firmly in New York’s hip downtown food scene and another, as firmly, in Tokyo. (If you’ve read our…
Holidays come early to Breads Bakery, which is offering its festive challah (above) and other Rosh Hashanah items starting Friday. You don’t have to wait until Rosh Hashanah to sink your teeth into High Holidays goodies at Israeli-owned in Manhattan. Starting September 4, watch for festive round challahs with poppy, sesame, flax, pumpkin, sunflower and…
1) Duck blintzes with duck confit, barley, foie gras, celery and sour cherry at in Philadelphia 2) Matzo brei with salami and maple syrup at Mile End Deli in New York 3) Pickled herring trio on pumpernickel at Russ & Daughters Cafe in New York 4) Matzo-ball soup with herbs, vegetables, schmaltz at The General…
They are so busted. A quote-unquote “kosher” deli in New York’s Penn Station has been selling ham-and-cheese and other “blatantly non-kosher” sandwiches, according to the web site . In photos posted on the site a kosher certification sign from New York’s Orthodox Kashruth Certification Services hangs in Zaro’s window. The certification “was for a different…
The Lower East Side Dairy restaurant, closed in the 2nd Avenue fire, lives to see another day. Here, B&H’s delicious blintzes, photographed by . These days, the typical tale of mom & pop restaurants, small scale bookstores, indie art supply shops, dive bars and many other historical landmarks in New York City goes something like…
1) “Hudson Street” kibbeh with bulgur teardrops, spiced beef, pinenuts and preserved lemon yogurt at in New York 2) Green shakshuka with spinach, asparagus, pickled onion, zucchini and goat cheese with honey from New York’s Shuka Truck 3) Ice cream sandwich made with chocolate semifredo between two tahini cookies, with cherries and pistachio at Zahav…
Justice Matthew Cooper compared former Carnegie Deli manager Sanford Levine to the notorious “Wolf of Wall Street,” Jordan Belfort. Wolf of Wall Street? So last decade. New York’s new supervillain is the Shyster of Smoked Meat. That’s what Justice Matthew Cooper called Sanford Levine, former manager of the and estranged ex of second-generation owner Marian…
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