Devra Ferst
By Devra Ferst
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Food 2012’s Best Jewish Cookbooks — Day 4
From our eight favorite books from the year — one for each night of Hanukkah — we present two below. They are all great holiday gifts for the passionate cook in your life or a treat for yourself. Check out the other books on our list from days 1-3. Best Cookbooks, Day 1 Best Cookbooks,…
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Food Mixing Bowl: Hanukkah Edition
If you’re going to take advice from someone on how to make a proper latke, that person should be Melissa Clark. [New York Times] Everything you ever wanted to know about hosting a latke party. [Serious Eats] Latkes goes modernist. [Saveur] Try them with….brown butter and cinnamon applesauce. [Serious Eats] Looking to celebrate the holiday…
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Food 2012’s Best Jewish Cookbooks
This year my desk has been strewn with cookbooks containing recipes for homemade pastrami, sweet potato and farmer cheese blintzes, German Jewish cakes, Sephardic treasures from the island of Rhodes and delicious dishes to keep one warm during the winter. These cookbooks have called me to the kitchen and many have made appearances both at…
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Food Mixing Bowl: Mourning Stage Deli; Hanukkah News
While we’re mourning the loss of the landmark Stage Deli, another deli is in trouble. Sarge’s experienced a serious fire this week but hopes to reopen. [Grub Street New York is hosting the most bad ass latke throwdown there is. Serious Eats has some free tickets to win! [Serious Eats Eight oil-fried gourmet foods for…
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News The Great American Deli Rescue
There was a time in the not-so-distant past when the American deli was in dire straits. The last quality holdouts, like the iconic Katz’s Deli in New York and Langer’s Deli in Los Angeles, were still going strong, but the deli landscape overall was rather desolate. Even in New York — dotted with as many…
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Food Mixing Bowl: Latke Throwdown; Egyptian Falafel
If you’re stuck at home today, try making your own challah. Here’s a simple recipe. [The Daily Meal] Are you a latke expert? Ready to throw down in a huge latke competition? Enter your recipe here. [Edible Manhattan] Deb Perlman’s mushroom bourguinon, a perfect fall, vegetarian, Shabbat dish. [Food 52] Try an Egyptian twist on…
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Food Bagel Shortage and Hurricane Recipes
As East Coasters prepped for the Frankenstorm, stores sold out of flashlights, bottled water and… bagels? According to the Village Voice, nary a bagel was to be found in Manhattan’s West Village this morning. So what to do if you’re stuck, hunkered down in your home, for the next 24+ hours? Cook a delicious meal…
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Food Mixing Bowl: Many Falafels; Preserved Lemons
A falafel, is not a falafel, is not a falafel. Each country in the Middle East has their own way of making falafel. [NPR] Beautiful preserved lemons are a staple flavor of many north African and Sephardic cuisines. Try your hand at making them at home. [Saveur] Should you try your hand at making your…
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