Hummus Empire Mimi’s Hummus, the six-year-old Brooklyn charmer that won a for the Big Apple’s best Israeli-style hummus, is crossing the pond. Owners Mimi Kitani and Avi Shuker will open two Manhattan outposts this summer. One will occupy a stall inside the new Vanderbilt food hall near Grand Central Station; a second will take root…
Back in October, , whose owner had just posted an anti-Semitic rant on social media. The café has since closed, and in its place co-owners and native New Yorkers Pierre Gutierrez and Emma-Jean Taylor have opened Stateside Bushwick, a coffee shop just as charming as they are. Even in its very beginning stages (it opened…
Chef Elie Kahlon of Novo puts the finishing touch on a salmon dish. Diners at Novo, in Ridgewood, New Jersey, likely appreciate the spices, imported from the Middle East, that accent their meals. Some might even be aware that their food was cooked on an open-flame oven called a taboon or that a special Arabic…
Pulpo a la Vera Cruzana, as shown in a “Coming Soon” notice on Rosie’s Twitter feed. A Jewish guy, an Irish girl and their new Mexican “baby”: Marc Meyer and Vicki Freeman, the pair behind Big Apple favorites , Cookshop, and Hundred Acres, just opened Rosie’s in the East Village, which bills itself as an…
A Pancer’s Pastrami on Rye. Photo courtesy of Pancer’s Original Here’s everything you need to know about restaurant openings and closings, chefs on the move and tasty events happening in the world of Jewish food. ….“The new owners couldn’t cut a sandwich for love or money. The last sandwich I bought here before today was…
At popular vegetarian restaurant Dirt Candy, veggies may just be the new bacon. Amanda Cohen is the visionary chef and owner of Dirt Candy — of one of the most highly-regarded vegetarian restaurants in New York City. Cohen opened Dirt Candy seven years ago to critical acclaim, and has recently relocated to spacious new digs…
Thinkstock If you’ve been eating kosher Parmesan for the past five years, writes Haaretz, “chances are it’s not been the real thing.” The real Parmesan — a trademark protected both by Italian law and European Union regulations — “specifically refers to Parmigiano-Reggiano, a hard cheese produced in northern Italy according to a centuries-old tradition.” But…
Experimental performance artist and musician Laurie Anderson hosted the second Seder at Russ & Daughters Cafe last weekend. Photograph courtesy of Russ & Daughers Lou Reed was reportedly a devoted fan of Russ & Daughters smoked fish. So we thought it was a heimishe touch that the late rock star’s widow, Laurie Anderson, hosted this…
במשך פֿון זיבן יאָר האָט דזשעף לויִס אַוועקגעגעבן צען טויזנט שפּײַזקאַרטלעך.
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