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A few days after I moved into my Harlem apartment in mid July, the new, highly anticipated Whole Foods opened on 125th Street. I thought this was auspicious. Then a few days ago Amazon and Whole Foods announced a quickie merger, followed by the news that prices of certain foods being sold in the supermarket…
Petite Shell’s kosher rugelach. Photograph by Liz Arronson Rueven/KosherLikeMe.com. …Manhattan’s Petite Shell, whose kosher rugelach have become a bona fide phenomenon among New York foodies, was named one of the city’s best coffee shops by Eater this week. While Eater waxed rhapsodic about Petite Shell’s dulce de leche mini-croissants, the real draw here is what…
I suppose I am one of those weird people who enjoy grocery shopping. I like wandering through them, relishing the produce, ogling the olives. I find it relaxing to plan meals as I stroll the store. So before my husband I moved to Israel from Brownstone Brooklyn nearly two years ago, one of the big…
If you’re never braided a round challah, it can be a bit tricky. Here’s a video to help. Haaretz The tweet that shocked the food world this week: “I’m stepping down as restaurant critic to be the national editor of The Times. #checkplease. @Samsifton A New York Whole Foods store opened a mini in-store pickle…
A new book reveals that Ikea — of lingonberry jam and cheap furniture fame — has a founder with a Nazi past. [Washington Post] A Whole Foods spokesperson denies rumors that the high-end chain is boycotting Israeli products. She noted that Whole Foods carries thousands of kosher options and hundreds of kosher-for-Passover products. Jewish Journal…
Last month Whole Foods announced that it has become the country’s first nationally certified organic grocer. In order to receive this seal, the chain implemented a series of rules to avoid any commingling of conventional and organic unwrapped products. To anyone who has ever tried to separate milk and meat, these are rules that seem…
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