Michael Kaminer
By Michael Kaminer
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Food Daniel Thompson, Paved Way to Mass Production of Bagels, Dies at 94
You can either thank or blame Daniel Thompson for creating the bagel machine. Thompson, who died this week at age 94, helped take the bagel mainstream with a contraption that could manufacture hundreds of bagels an hour. British-born, Thompson was himself the son of a Jewish baker. But in 1963, his invention fell into the…
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Food Cafe Edison’s Replacement and All the Weekly Dish
Jewish, gluten-free-friendly lunch spot, Friedman’s, will replace New York’s “Polish Tea Room,” Cafe Edison. The late, lamented “Polish Tearoom” is getting a new life. Midtown Manhattan’s , whose haimish food and atmosphere drew theater folk for decades, will soon be replaced by “Jewish rustic” spot Friedman’s Lunch, the Daily News reports. Look for signatures like…
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Food Brooklyn Bookworm Brings ‘Literary’ Knishes to Deli-Starved Texas
The “Leopold Bloom,” above, is the knish for the urban adventurer, according to the bakery’s website. What happens when a homesick, Brooklyn-born bookworm decides to start making his own knishes in deli-starved Austin, Texas? You get , a wholesale bakery from which Joel Weinbrot slings up slightly loony literary-inspired knishes. The Austin Chronicle reports Weinbrot’s…
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Food Jeremy Corbyn’s Favorite Deli and All the Weekly Dish
British Jews of new ultra-lefty Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. But if his money’s where his mouth is — literally — maybe all’s not lost. Turns out Corbyn’s fave London restaurant is Gaby’s Deli, a Jewishy Soho establishment whose corned beef on bagel, falafel and chopped liver get kudos from The Guardian this week. The place…
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Food Quirky Cafe Owner ‘Invented’ Toronto’s Jewish Revival
Sporting a sparkly tank top on a sweltering Sunday, Judy Perly steps onto a tiny platform that doubles as the stage at , her downtown Toronto restaurant. “I was in yoga class,” she tells the packed room of brunchgoers at “Bella! Did Ya Eat?”, Free Times’ hugely popular Jewish weekend buffet. “Everyone’s doing their ‘oms’….
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Food Tantalizing Rosh Hashanah Menus and All the Weekly Dish
A delectable spread from Boston pop-up Kitchen Kibitz. Welcome to the special Rosh Hashanah edition of Dish. Some of our favorite eateries across the country have pretty sweet offerings to ring in 5776. In Boston, a Rosh Hashanah Pop-Up Is Rosh Hashanah dinner allowed to sound this sexy? , the Boston Jewish-food pop-up, is offering…
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Food Carnegie Deli Heiress and ‘Smoked Meat Shyster’ Shlep to Splitsville
The Carnegie Deli heiress and her “shyster of smoked meat” hubby have agreed to shlep to Splitsville. It’s not exactly a kiss-and-make-up ending, but Carnegie Deli owner Marian Levine and estranged husband Sanford have reached a settlement that will keep their acrimonious divorce from heading to trial, the New York Daily News reports. Financial terms…
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Food High Holiday Happenings and All the Weekly Dish
Holidays come early to Breads Bakery, which is offering its festive challah (above) and other Rosh Hashanah items starting Friday. You don’t have to wait until Rosh Hashanah to sink your teeth into High Holidays goodies at Israeli-owned in Manhattan. Starting September 4, watch for festive round challahs with poppy, sesame, flax, pumpkin, sunflower and…
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