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New Year’s Balm
In this simple cocktail, sweet notes of apple and honey are tempered with tart lemon juice and a hint of rosemary — rumored to be one of Drambuie’s secret ingredients. Yields one cocktail 2½ ounces Drambuie 1 ounce apple cider 1 ounce vodka 1 ounce lemon juice 1 drop Angostura bitters 1 sprig of rosemary…
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Recipes Spiced Honey-Rosemary Roasted Nuts
These are the perfect accompaniment to a honey-laced New Year’s cocktail.* 3 tablespoons honey 1 tablespoon brown sugar 1 teaspoon dried rosemary 1/2 teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 3 cups mixed raw nuts (such as walnuts, pecans, almonds and hazelnuts) Preheat the oven to 350° F. In a medium bowl, whisk honey…
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This Beekeeper Means Business
Photograph by Liza Schoenfein Ishai Zeldner was a 20-something college graduate doing an ulpan on Kibbutz Beit HaShita in northern Israel when he was assigned to work with Yusuf Gidron, the kibbutz beekeeper. “I had no clue about bees,” Zeldner said. “One night I was working with Yosef, moving the bees, and I got stung…
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Mead: The Next Generation
Getty Images On Rosh Hashanah, Ben Alexander and his family will toast the new year with apples and honey — literally. Instead of just dipping slices of the autumnal fruit into honey, they will sip apple cyser, a fragrant mixture of apple cider and mead. It’s only fitting, since Alexander is the co-founder of Maine…
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Healthier Kugel Recipes for the Holidays
There’s nothing like a series of back-to-back Jewish holidays to help you pack on the pounds without even trying. Between my mother’s Rosh Hashanah brisket, my bubbie’s stuffed cabbage for Sukkot, and our elaborate post-Yom Kippur feast that features enough delectable breads, spreads, and pastries to more than make up for 24 hours without eating,…
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Challah Back, Girl!
William Greenberg Desserts’ Challah, Round for Rosh Hashanah. Photograph by Liza Schoenfein An email landed in my inbox this week from William Greenberg Desserts, a tiny kosher bakery on Madison Avenue — and with it came a flood of memories. My grandparents lived practically around the corner from Greenberg’s (we lived nearby too), and my…
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Park Avenue Eatery Becomes Jerusalem Shuk
The scene this week at Barbounia. Photograph courtesy of Barbounia Restaurant. The Mediterranean restaurant Barbounia has been totally transformed. This week, through Saturday night, executive chef Amitzur Mor is cooking up a dinner menu full of dishes inspired by Mahane Yehuda market, the Jerusalem shuk. Calling it Barbounia Cooks Jerusalem, the Israeli chef says the…
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Ottolenghi Book Solves Holiday Menu Conundrum
Holiday menus at my house are a puzzle indeed. My sister and her husband don’t eat red meat or chicken. Our dear family friend Cecile is allergic to fish. Pasta doesn’t feel festive — and anyway, there’s always someone going gluten-free. All this means no brisket, roast chicken, baked salmon or Bolognese for us. Just…
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Recipes Ottolenghi’s Brussels Sprout Risotto
Photograph by Jonathan Lovekin © 2014 Serves 4 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 small onions, finely chopped (1 1/3 cup) 2 large cloves garlic, crushed 2 tablespoons thyme leaves 2 lemons, rind shaved in long strips from one, finely grated zest from the other 1½ cups Arborio or another risotto rice…
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Recipe: Honey-Roasted Carrots with Tahini Yogurt
Photograph by Jonathan Lovekin © 2014 Serves 4 Scant 3 tablespoons honey 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon coriander seeds, toasted and lightly crushed 1½ teaspoon cumin seeds, toasted and lightly crushed 3 thyme sprigs 12 large carrots, peeled and each cut crosswise into two 2½-inch batons (3 pounds) 1½ tablespoon cilantro leaves, coarsely chopped…
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Recipes Recipe: Ottolenghi’s Fig Salad With Radicchio and Hazelnuts
Photograph by Jonathan Lovekin © 2014 Serves 4 as a starter 2 small red onions (7 ounces) 3 tablespoons olive oil 1/3 cup hazelnuts, with skin 2 ounces radicchio leaves, roughly torn 1 1/3 cups basil leaves 1 1/3 cups watercress leaves 6 large ripe figs (10½ ounces) 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar ¼ teaspoon ground…
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