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From Soil2Soul: ‘Everything is fuel’
“From Soil2Soul: Meditations on Food, Nature and Urban Farming” is a regular column by Devorah Brous charting the ways we can reconnect with ourselves in harmony with nature. Devorah Brous is an urban homesteader, lifecycle ritualist, and green consultant in Los Angeles. The San Fernando Valley heat reached 121. That brought on the inevitable power…
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Israel’s M&H whiskey hits the US market showing ‘the beginnings of mastery’
Something’s brewing in south Tel Aviv. After years of maturation, Israel’s first whiskey distillery is making its US commercial debut. Despite the economic crunch brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, M&H Distillery started selling its freshman year whiskey in the United States in August as part of a push to distribute its liquors to a…
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It’s OK to need your mom ( and her lemon squares)
#tweetyourshabbat is a global movement founded by Carly Pildis, celebrating the struggle and joy of getting Shabbat on the table every week. This is a place for real dinners and real conversations about Jewish life. Join us at Forward in sharing what you’ll be eating and how your feeling this week at #TweetYourShabbat After seven…
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Bone broth plus gelatin makes p’tcha, a hot weather Ashkenazi delight
In the midst of what was an unbearable heat wave in Los Angeles, I was struggling to figure what to eat that’s not just refreshing and cooling, but also interesting and nourishing. Enter p’tcha. Yes, this old-fashioned, queerly quivering meat jelly has become my go-to summer dish this year. P’tcha can go by many names…
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Recipes The best challah is tangzhong challah
For as long as I can remember, my mother baked fresh Challah every Friday. The bread was soft, never too sweet, and pulled apart with ease. While Los Angeles at the time was not famous for its bread, my mother was. The oohs and aahs after Hamotzi were quickly followed by everyone’s request for a…
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It’s impossible to be sad while eating schnitzel
#tweetyourshabbat is a global movement founded by Carly Pildis, celebrating the struggle and joy of getting Shabbat on the table every week. This is a place for real dinners and real conversations about Jewish life. Join us at Forward in sharing what you’ll be eating and how your feeling this week at #TweetYourShabbat This week…
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Danielle Renov’s new cookbook celebrates Sephardic and Askenazic food—just not raisins
There are 86 things Jerusalem-based, Long Island-born food blogger Danielle Renov wants you to know about her new kosher cookbook, “Peas Love & Carrots” — and about cooking in general. She lists them across two pages right up front, and like the book itself the list is highly practical and deeply personal — a combination…
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Recipes from ‘Peas Love & Carrots’
Tuna Salad à la Moi This is my favorite lunch salad. I could eat it, on repeat, every day. I know, mercury. Ok, fine. Every other day. It’s filling, the flavors are punchy, and it’s my absolute favorite way to eat tuna. Make it today, double the recipe, and store it in an airtight container…
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Chill out with no-dairy no-churn peach pie ice cream #TweetYourShabbat
#tweetyourshabbat is a global movement founded by Carly Pildis, celebrating the struggle and joy of getting Shabbat on the table every week. This is a place for real dinners and real conversations about Jewish life. Join us at The Forward in sharing what you’ll be eating and how you’re feeling this week at #TweetYourShabbat It’s…
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An heirloom tomato tart for a socially-distant picnic Shabbat I #TweetYourShabbat
#tweetyourshabbat is a global movement founded by Carly Pildis, celebrating the struggle and joy of getting Shabbat on the table every week. This is a place for real dinners and real conversations about Jewish life. Join us at Forward in sharing what you’ll be eating and how your feeling this week at #TweetYourShabbat I love…
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My aunt’s Tunisian couscous with beef I #TweetYourShabbat
It starts with a flurry of text. Where is the couscous!!? When are you going to cook our food in that column of yours? My Tunisian godsiblings want to know. I love couscous, but I am intimidated to cook it. Who am I, daughter of chopped liver and brisket, to attempt my Auntie Brigitte’s couscous?…
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