Susan Armitage
By Susan Armitage
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Recipes Mixing Bowl: Bye-Bye Matzo!
It’s here! The New York Times Magazine’s 2013 food and drink issue is out this weekend in print and online. Features range from hunting and killing your own dinner to the rise of healthful fast food. [The New York Times] Bye-bye matzo! Welcome all that delicious chametz back into your life with one of our…
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The Schmooze Marriage Equality Logos Get Jewish Twist
As the Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, Facebook users are seeing red. Gay marriage advocates are ditching their regular profile photos on the social networking site in favor of the Human Rights Campaign’s red equals sign. The image has spawned numerous variations around the web — and some have…
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Breaking News Is Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Dipping His Toes Into Political World?
Is Mark Zuckerberg starting to dip his toes into the political ocean? Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg has been making headlines recently for “Lean In,” her new book on women’s leadership. It turns out her boss Zuckerberg has a side project as well: a new advocacy group. Zuckerberg is forming an organization along with other executives…
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Recipes Mixing Bowl: Passover Recipe Edition
Philadelphia chef Michael Solomonov will bring tastes from Zahav to Momofuku’s “Late Night Dinner Series” in the East Village. Reserve now for the April 9 event. [Grub Street] Matzo showdown! A taste test for a product we always though was, well, tasteless. [Serious Eats] “Passover is the Olympics for mashgiachs” — shadowing the kosher supervisor…
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Food Oenophile-Tested, Rabbi-Approved Wines for Your Seder
We’ve been hearing it for years: kosher wine has come a long way. Sweet wines, dubbed by some as the 11th plague, are no longer the only option for Passover. Here’s a roundup of oenophile-tested, rabbi-approved picks for this year’s Seder table: The granddaddy of wine publications has picks for all budgets, from a $13…
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Opinion Anne Frank, Dr. King and the ADL’s Moving Video
What if Martin Luther King, Jr., Anne Frank, Matthew Shepard and Yitzhak Rabin were still alive today? A new video from the Anti-Defamation League depicts the contributions they could have made to society and asks viewers to envision a world without hate. Produced for the ADL’s 100th anniversary and set to John Lennon’s “Imagine,” the…
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Food Mixing Bowl: Passover Knishes; 25 Ways To Use Matzo
You’ll be glad you bookmarked this one: 25 creative ways to use matzo, from s’mores to spinach and matzoh pie. [Buzzfeed] New Yorkers, Knishery NYC is taking orders for three kinds of Passover knishes. You can pick them up at Malt & Mold on the Lower East Side or have the “knish bike” deliver to…
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Food Mixing Bowl: Matzolah, DIY Bagels
Kosher in Paradise is an aptly named new restaurant in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. [YeahThatsKosher] Feeling ambitious this weekend? Try making your own bagels with a recipe from Rockaway Beach. [CNN Eatocracy] A hippie staple gets a Passover twist. Matzolah granola, the “Trail Mix of the Exodus,” features matzo in the recipe. It turns…
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