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Nana’s Secret Recipes: (Grand)Mum’s The Word
I have had many things passed down to me by my matriarchs including my grandmother’s cast iron blintzes pans, which she inherited from her mother and are well over 100 years old. On Shavuot, my daughters and my mother and I have had the honor and joy of making blintzes in these magic pans seasoned…
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Katz’s Deli Is Going Global
“Send a salami to your boy in the army.” That slogan is how Katz’s Deli kicked off its shipping business back during World War II. In more recent years, the Lower East Side house of pastrami has shipped corned beef, pickles, knishes, soup and yes, of course pastrami (both sliced and whole) to deli lovers…
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Southern Kosher Barbecue Steps Up To The Smoker
The unmistakable smoky scent melted into the air — the kind of smell that sticks to your hair and clothes and refuses to leave. That’s barbecue. More specifically, that’s barbecue at the Atlanta Kosher BBQ Festival, an event I attended in 2016 and in which my father, Eric Solomon, competed. May is National Barbecue Month…
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Last-Minute Food Gifts To Make Mom Happy All Year Long
Jewish mothers are, of course (at least according to the stereotype) forever feeding their progeny. What if you could turn the (kitchen) table on yours this Mother’s Day, celebrating her with a gift of ongoing culinary delights? We found a great way for you to do just that, in the form of a wide range…
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Celebrate The ‘Brangelina’ Of Jewish Holidays
Remember Chrismukkah of 2016, when Christmas fell smack in the middle of Hanukkah? Or Thanksgivukkah, that semi-rare event when Hanukkah happened to fall on that most American of holidays, Thanksgiving? (The last time this happened was 2013.) Now there’s another unicorn of a day. I’m talking about the fact that the barbecue-and-bonfire focused Lag Ba’Omer…
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Feminist Beer To Celebrate Mother’s Day
“This is a man’s world, this is a man’s world.” So sang James Brown, and unfortunately it seems that our current administration wants to keep it that way. The Godfather of Soul did go on to say, “But it wouldn’t be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl.” That’s a nice afterthought; afterthought being…
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Einstein’s Caffeine-Infused Bagels Are Pure Breakfast Genius
Now I get why they call themselves Einstein Bros. Someone at the bagel chain is a genius. Last week, Einstein Bros Bagels introduced three limited-edition bagels, one being the Espresso Buzz Bagel, which is the color of pumpernickel and boasts 32 milligrams of caffeine. It also has 13 grams of protein. With this brilliant hybrid,…
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Mom’s Challah, With A Twist Of Weed
There is hardly anything more enjoyable on a Friday night than a pot Shabbat dinner — complete with canna-challah and potso-ball soup! I have made many challah’s in my day, and experimented with countless recipes, but hands down, my mother’s challah recipe is literally the best I have ever made…or had. So I decided to…
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Top 10 Kosher Meat Mysteries — Solved!
Kosher has become hip in recent years, for a variety of reasons. But for those who didn’t grow up in a kosher home and may be new to the laws of kashruth, the rules can be confusing — especially when it comes to purchasing beef. Whether we’re grilling in the summer or making a heartwarming…
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Don’t Put Blueberries In My Kreplach!
I really like saying the word kreplach. It’s got all the elements of what I consider to be a good spoken word: the hard, short “K” to start, with that throaty, elongated “ach” to finish, and the gentle “p” in the middle, making the two syllables, when spoken, what I would call a delicious word-meal….
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5 Ways To Celebrate Cinco De Mayo The Jewish Way
1) Make Pati Jinich’s spicy matzo balls. 2) Whip up kosher tacos at home. 3) Explore kosher Mexico City. 4) Read about a Mexican-Jewish chef winning chopped. 5) Take a bite of Converso history through tacos. Liza Schoenfein is food editor at the Forward. Contact her at [email protected] or on Twitter, @LifeDeathDinner
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