Liza Schoenfein is a former food editor of the Forward and author of the blog Life, Death & Dinner. Follow her on Instagram @LifeDeathDinner.
Liza Schoenfein
By Liza Schoenfein
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Food Shelsky’s Latke Wins People’s Choice At Latke Fest — Again
For the second year in a row (and the third time in four years), Brooklyn’s Peter Shelsky won the People’s Choice Award at Latke Festival (colloquially known as Latkefest), the annual fundraising dinner and latke-making competition, which was held Monday December 18 at the Brooklyn Museum. Shelsky co-owns deli and appetizing shop Shelsky’s of Brooklyn…
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Recipes Liza’s Stress-Free Latkes
I made my standard latkes last night, mixing things up only a little: Since one friend was gluten-free, I substituted brown rice flour for regular flour (or matzo meal) and it worked perfectly. And because I wasn’t in the mood for the fancy crème fraîche and salmon-roe garnishes I used when I took this picture,…
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Food Give The Gourmet Gift Of Chocolate Connoisseurship This Hanukkah
Chocolate lovers on your gift list will be delighted to take a deep dive into the delicious topic of Jews and chocolate, with the newly released 2nd edition of “On the Chocolate Trail: A Delicious Adventure Connecting Jews, Religions, History, Travel, Rituals and Recipes to the Magic of Cacao” (Jewish Lights Publishing, 2017). Written by…
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Food Light Up A Latke Party With The Gift Of Hanukkah-Themed Beer
If you really want to light up someone’s latke party, bring along some Hanukkah cheer in the form of Shmaltz Brewing Company’s Hanukkah releases: Chanukah, Hanukkah…Pass the Beer (Golden Strong Ale with Cocoa Nibs), Jewbelation 21 (Dark American Strong Ale), and Shtick in a Box, a holiday variety 12-pack. More Gourmet Gift Ideas As we…
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Recipes The Ultimate Hanukkah Recipe Guide For 8 Delicious Nights
Latkes and sufganiyot are the unrefuted stars of the Hanukkah culinary landscape, but they are by no means the only festive foods to make and eat during the holiday. For a night or two we might convince ourselves that we could live on all that golden-fried goodness, but at some point the need for protein,…
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Recipes Pro Tips For Creating A Miraculous Hanukkah Cocktail
When challenged with the task, Chaim Dauermann, bar manager of The Up & Up in Greenwich Village, devised a drink that sounds harder to make than it is. A take on a classic “milk punch,” the milk undergoes a seemingly miraculous transformation from the white stuff you pour over cereal to a perfectly clear concoction…
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Food Hanukkah’s A Perfect Excuse To Talk ‘Donuts’ With Star Chef
It was thoughtful of the James Beard-Award winning chef Michael Solomonov and his business partner, Steve Cook, to come out with the “Federal Donuts” cookbook close enough to Hanukkah that I could write about it within the context of the holiday. The book, so says its cover, is “the (partially) true, spectacular story” of Philadelphia’s…
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Food Too Much Turkey? Alka Seltzer Ad From 1936 Forverts To The Rescue.
The long-running slogan “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing” and the jingle “Pop pop, fizz fizz, oh what a relief it is,” secured the Alka Selzer brand into the consciousness of millions of Americans. But before “Plop plop, fizz fizz” there was a rabbi talking to a glass of the heartburn and hangover…
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