Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology By Jonathon Keats Oxford University Press (2010), $19.95 According to the eminent seventeenth-century botanist John Parkinson, one of the plants that grew in the Garden of Eden was the vegetable lamb. Also known as the borametz, this creature resembled a young sheep in every important…
Last week we sat down with the visionary vegetarian Chef Amanda Cohen of New York’s Dirt Candy, one of the city’s most acclaimed and forward thinking vegetarian restaurants. This week she discusses her vegetarian rebel philosophy, more Jewish food memories, and using humor in her restaurant. Eric Schulmiller: You were a vegetarian for sixteen years….
Vegetarian: A Meatless BBQ Hearty Enough for Carnivores A mild version of shakshuka without tomato sauce Blue Latkes The Big Blintze Boyikos de Keso, or Peppery Cheese Biscuits Cabbage and Green Onion Slaw Egg Plant [sic] with Sour Cream Ella’s Vegetarian Kharcho Ensalada Guisada de Acelgas y Zanahorias (Cooked Beet and Carrot Salad) Gnocchi di…
Holidays Breakfast and Brunch Dairy Vegetarian and Vegan Fish Meat and Poultry Soups and Dips Challah and Breads Desserts Drinks Pickles and Preserves
I spent most of the day yesterday on Orchard Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Not literally. I was reading Jane Ziegelman’s new book, 97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement. I wanted to know what they ate in the days before Crisco, Cool Whip, corn…
A cabbage harvest in July? In California, it works. (We planted late in a mild winter.) That means just in time for outdoor Shabbes dinners, we have the basic ingredient for coleslaw. But with this gem-like vegetable sitting on my kitchen counter, I couldn’t bear the thought of traditional coleslaw: cabbage shreds drowned in mayonnaise…
This is a wonderful Parve side dish that I’ve been making for the past five years. Ask anyone in my family and they’ll tell you it’s a favorite at home. (My dad especially loves it). This recipe is simple and delicious and can be made up to a day in advance. When I make this…
For my first recipe post on The Jew and the Carrot, I thought I’d start off with something versatile. I sampled a version of this quinoa recipe while browsing at my local Whole Foods and then came home and made my own version. It’s great served as a cold salad or as a warm side…
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