Michael Kaminer
By Michael Kaminer
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Food Montreal Bagels Are Like Chewing Broken Glass, According To Food Critic
Are Montreal bagels like “chewing broken glass”? Mimi Sheraton thinks so. And a tweet to that effect sparked a tsunami online this week, with affronted lovers of the iconic baked goods circling the wagons around the esteemed food critic. Responding online to Adam Gopnik’s New Yorker column about Cynthia Nixon’s bagelgate – Nixon orders cinnamon-raisin…
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Food Here’s How Molly Yeh Does Rosh Hashanah
High Holidays, remembers Molly Yeh, were “chaotic and all about the challah. We have never been a very formal family and the idea of dressing up and setting a fancy table seemed way too organized for us. People were always mingling about and sitting wherever they wanted and eating whenever they wanted. If I wanted…
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The Schmooze Celebs Are Getting A Rosh Hashanah Service At The Toronto International Film Festival
Will Spielberg say shacharis? Will Scarlett hear the shofar? It could happen at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, which opens Thursday. For the first time, the world’s biggest cinema expo – and a celebrity magnet – will feature a pop-up synagogue to accommodate Jewish festivalgoers on Rosh Hashanah. The first-ever “official High Holiday Services…
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Food The Real Story Behind Einat Admony’s Balaboosta Re-Opening
Chef Einat Admony just announced she’s closing Bar Bolonat, her well-reviewed West Village hotspot. But if you’re expecting her to sit shiva, you haven’t followed her storied career. The Israeli-born food pioneer, cookbook author, and entrepreneur will use the space to reopen Balaboosta — the beloved Noho bistro that launched her mini-empire — in Bar…
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Food This Rosh Hashanah, Breads Bakery Is Making Its Own Honey
Around the High Holidays, Breads Bakery always feels like a hive of activity. But this year, that’s literally the case. For the first time, Breads is cultivating its own Rosh Hashanah honey by installing hives on a rooftop near its Union Square flagship in Manhattan. Breads will sell the honey in limited editions starting next…
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Food Michael Solomonov’s Dizengoff Closes Its Doors
In Manhattan’s brutal restaurant market, even a Forward Food Awards nomination doesn’t guarantee success. So it’s with a heavy heart that we’re reporting the imminent demise of Dizengoff, the rockin’ Israeli spot inside Chelsea Market from Philadelphia superstar chef Michael Solomonov and business partner Steve Cook. As the pair posted on Dizengoff’s Instagram feed last…
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Food Inside The Museum Of The Bible, This Chef Is Leading A Manna Revival
Beautiful gatherings in the biblical garden. Come see us on the 6th floor of the Museum of the Bible. #breakingmanna #feedingyourjourney ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ?: @photographybysimo A post shared by Manna by Chef Todd Gray (@breakingmanna) on Nov 25, 2017 at 6:45am PST Some call it a miracle food. Others dismiss it as filling, but bland. But…
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Food ‘Black Seed’ Opens In The Ace Hotel — With Lines Around The Block
If you’d found yourself above 8th Street in Manhattan, and craved one of Black Seed’s near-perfect bagels, you were out of luck – until this week. Noah Bernamoff’s white-hot artisan-bagel upstart has opened a gleaming new store inside the hip Ace Hotel at 29th and Broadway. It’s the bagelry’s fourth location. It’s alsoa the first…
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