Call it nouveau vegan: As diners demand more healthful options, plant-based cuisine is having a moment — and Jewish chefs are leading the charge. One of the pioneers is Guy Vaknin, whose 5-year-old Beyond Sushi has exploded from a modest counter in Manhattan’s East Village to a five-restaurant chainlet. Days after Vaknin and his wife/business…
For vegans, is this a golden age of dining? Judging from these 10 fabulous plates, which make magic minus the meat, the answer is “absolutely.” Some of the eateries on our list are kosher; some are modern Israeli, or Israeli-inspired. A couple of them have Jewish chefs. Whatever their orientation, they might coerce even committed…
Has there ever been a better time to eat vegan? You can now find dazzling meat-free menus from star chefs in sexy settings. It’s a far cry from the sprouts/tofu/macrame days of yore. Here’s a roundup of our favorite next-gen meat-free eateries, many kosher or Jewish-inspired: By Chloe New York, Boston, Los Angeles Chloe Coscarelli’s…
(JTA) — With the temperature in the mid-80s, it was not the night to kick off Shabbat dinner with chicken soup, or rather, given our family’s eating mishegas, vegan chicken soup (yes, there is such a dish). So where or whom do I turn to for a seasonal alternative? Answer: Chef Mark Reinfeld, who as…
“If you can enjoy eating without hurting another, why not do it?” This question was posed to me by Ronen Seri, co-owner of the Blossom restaurant group, when I asked why he became a vegan. Seri and his partner, Pamela Elizabeth, both vegan since the mid 1990s, have just come out with “The Blossom Cookbook:…
A Jewish animal welfare group is providing grants for U.S. synagogues to “go vegan” for one year. The Shamayim V’Aretz Institute will donate $5,000 to five synagogues to help offset the costs of only providing food on Shabbat and holidays that contain no animal products whatsoever. “Veganism is one of the fastest-growing trends in America…
The first time I became a vegetarian I was 14. I liked to think it was for ethical reasons, but it was because I had a crush on a girl. I sat beside her in a kosher deli during a 9th grade class trip to New York. Our rabbi was also there, and as I…
It used to be said, only half in jest, that if a Russian immigrant coming off the plane at Ben Gurion airport wasn’t carrying a violin, it meant that the new oleh (immigrant to Israel) was a pianist. I was thinking of the Russians this week as fiddlehead fern season kicked into high gear. Well…
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