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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Recipes 16 Splendid Soup Recipes for National Soup Month
January is National Soup Month. Who knew? I always wonder where these delicious designations come from. (In this case, Campbell’s, perhaps?) Of course the timing couldn’t be better — it’s soup weather for sure. So I searched our archives for the many wonderful, hearty, homey, delicious soup recipes we have on the Forward’s food channel,…
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Food Bring on the Brisket Videos
This is the brisket featured in our video, ‘How to Make the Best Boozy Brisket.’ (You’ll find the recipe there too.) When I neglected to make a brisket for Rosh Hashanah, my son Teddy wouldn’t let me forget it. This was a major Jewish holiday, and to him, that meant brisket. I promised I’d make…
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Food A Coffee Club Offers a True Taste of Vienna — and Makes a Great Gift
What is an Orthodox father of eight from Cleveland, who lives in Jerusalem and works for Hewlett-Packard, doing importing coffee grown in Brazil and roasted in Vienna to coffee lovers throughout the United States? The answer is much simpler than the question: He’s cultivating a passion. Ted Marcus fell in love with the coffee he…
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Food A Present for the Intrepid Beer Lover
For those on your gift list who appreciate exotic beers, it doesn’t get much better than a set of Shmaltz Brewing Company’s Hanukkah 2016 seasonal brews: Jewbelation 20 (Dark American Strong Ale, 16.8% ABV), Genesis 20:20 (Barrel-Aged Tart Barleywine, 16.7% ABV) and Chanukah, Hanukkah…Pass the Beer (Golden Strong Ale with Cocoa Nibs, 8% ABV). Then…
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Food A Hanukkah Gift to Help the Hungry
The most meaningful gift may well be the one you don’t wrap up in a box — but it’s one that will be appreciated beyond measure. Make a donation in someone’s name to one of the Jewish charities that help fight hunger. Consider one of the following organizations: Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger supports…
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Food The Gift of Artisanal Chai
When Amy Rothstein, 27, was in grad school at NYU, she spent a lot of time in coffee shops, where she came to the realization that there was a gap in the market — one that she might be able to fill. Cafés either weren’t serving chai lattes or they were using what she calls…
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Food WATCH: How White House Kitchen Goes Kosher for Hanukkah Party
At tonight’s White House Hanukkah party, where President Barack Obama will light the menorah for the last time as Commander in Chief, the festive food being served will come out of a kitchen that meets the highest standards of kosher observance. So how is this feat accomplished? Rabbi Levi Shemtov, who oversees the kasherizing process,…
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Recipes Was I Wrong to Run Ivanka Trump’s Kugel Recipe?
For many Forward readers, the answer to the question of whether I should have written about Ivanka Trump’s kosher broccoli kugel recipe was a resounding “No.” Responses came in by email, Facebook and comments to the recipe we posted, which, it turned out, she had taken from Jamie Geller’s website. I’ve read it all —…
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