Jean Hanks
By Jean Hanks
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Food A Tel Aviv Dinner Ready for Its Closeup
Dinner and a photo workshop at Catit restaurant in Tel Aviv. Taking pictures of food and uploading them to social-media sites like Instagram has become de rigeur for many smartphone users. That’s why Tel Aviv’s Carmel Winery teamed up with restaurant Catit to create what they call Foodography — a dining experience that gives patrons…
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Food Are New York’s Classic Jewish Food Spots a Dying Breed? Discuss.
Tuesday night I found myself noshing on a piece of rye bread with cream cheese and thinly sliced smoked salmon from Russ & Daughters while gazing up at four giants of New York’s Jewish food world. I was at at the 92nd Street Y, where the all-star panel consisted of Mark Federman of Russ &…
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Food Foodie Schmooze Fest at 92nd Street Y
The talk will include a slideshow of images, including this one, from Aaron Rezny’s book “Eating Delancey.” Image courtesy of 92nd Street Y For New Yorkers, the Lower East Side has long been the go-to neighborhood for classic Jewish food. In recent years, though, the area has lost some of its kosher cred, with the…
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Food Mexican Passover For a Cause
Toloache chef Julian Medina. It’s a safe bet that you’ll be ready to dive back into the world of leavened bread on Sunday, but you might consider extending Passover through brunch. Because you’ve never had Passsover food like the stuff being served that morning at Chef Julian Medina’s Toloache Thompson in New York’s West Village….
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Food Manischewitz Names Industry Vet New CEO
Manischewitz has a new president and chief executive officer. The world’s largest matzo maker and one of America’s leading kosher food brands, the company has announced the appointment of industry veteran David Sugarman. Sugarman served as president and CEO of the Allan Candy Company, a division of Hershey. “I am honored to be selected as…
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Recipes New Cookbook Offers Fresh Take on Holiday Food
“‘The New Passover Menu’ has arrived in order to set you free,” Paula Shoyer tells readers in the introduction of her newest cookbook, published by Sterling Epicure. That promise, from the author of “The Holiday Kosher Baker,” intrigued me. From what would we be liberated? What I found was that the assortment of recipes in…
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Food Jewish and Muslim Students Collaborate on UCSD Dining Plan
Flickr The University of California at San Diego will soon become the first campus in the UC system to have a joint Kosher/Halal dining hall, U-T San Diego reported. The project began over a year ago, when Zev Hurwitz, executive vice president of the Union of Jewish Students, approached school administrators with the idea for…
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Food Kosher Supermarket in Paris Reopens After Attack
Shopping carts in front of the Hyper Cacher on March 15 at the reopening. Photograph by Kenzo Tribouillard/Getty Images. Almost two months after the attack that killed four hostages in the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket in Paris on January 9, the store reopened its doors on Sunday. The market has a completely new staff and…
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