Shira Feder
By Shira Feder
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Food Cut The Mayo: Quick Ways To Make Jewish Soul Food Healthier
Salt, sugar, acid, fat. These are the major components of traditional Jewish delicacies. Jewish food is immigrant food, created by a culture of outsiders incorporating whatever cheap materials they had on hand to finesse delicious, hearty dishes. After all, if it doesn’t incurably clog your arteries, can it really be considered soul food? These days…
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Food Rome Jews Fight Hard For Their Legendary Artichoke
‘Carciofi alla guidia’ literally means Jewish-style artichokes. Originating in the Jewish Roman ghettos, carciofi alla guidia is a deep fried artichoke spread open like a sunflower, eaten hot from the fryer. Best made from the Romanesco variation of the artichoke, harvested between February and April, it is one of the Eternal City’s more famous dishes….
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Food If You’re Craving Israeli Eats, Trader Joe’s Has You Covered
While Trader Joe’s has long been known for being a second-tier Whole Foods, a place for well-meaning people who desire their ethically sourced chow to go where they will not have to sacrifice their entire paycheck — these days, it’s becoming increasingly a bastion of cultural appreciation. In this case, a Mediterranean-infused mixing pot. As…
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Food Can Bagels And Lox Atone For Trayon White’s Sins?
You might remember Trayon White Sr. as the man who said a Jewish banking dynasty controls both the weather and the federal government. The D.C. Councilmember quickly dialed back his statements after it was clear that the world was not having it. A bagel-and-lox damage-control-breakfast with Jewish community leaders and fellow lawmakers was quickly scheduled….
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Food ‘Kosher’ Cloned Bacon Is Going To Change Everything
Jews and bacon: Has there ever been a more complicated relationship? We lust after bacon, we denounce it, we rebelliously consume it, we declare it permanently verboten, we create facon, we declare that inedible, scientists invent cloned bacon, now we have thoughts about it. Suffice it to say that the Jewish culinary palate, thanks to…
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Food Leavened Bread Is Banned In Israeli Hospitals This Week
In Israeli hospitals, visitors were astonished to find their bags rummaged through for contraband upon entry – only in this case contraband was not guns or drugs, but sandwiches and cookies. “The danger is not guns during Pesach, but leavened bread,” said an East Jerusalem doctor. This is certainly proving to be one heck of…
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Food Orthodox Women May Be Kashruth Experts At Home, But Are Rarely Accepted As Professional Kosher Inspectors
When Tamar Schulman enters a kitchen as a mashgicha (kosher on-site inspector), she often receives looks of surprise. The kitchen workers were expecting a man. “They ask me, ‘Where’s the rabbi?’” she says. “They often don’t know what to call me, so they just call me ‘Rabbi’.” Enter most kosher homes, and you’ll find a…
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Food Joan Nathan Will Cook Your Passover Seder – For A Price
No, she won’t cook each meal individually. And yes, it will be part of a mass produced roll-out of Joan-Nathan-branded Whole Foods chow. And no, you won’t have to cook a thing yourself. Nonetheless, for the moderate price of $119.99, you’ll be able to feed yourself and several other loves ones and/or family members things…
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