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The Secrets Of Artisanal Israeli Ice Cream
Sure you can walk into an ice cream shoppe and finagle mini-tastes on a psychedelic plastic spoon. And yes, Ben and Jerry’s offers a factory tour and also hosts an annual free ice cream day in the US. Certainly, wine, beer, and chocolate tastings flood food blogs and calendars. However, the Leichman home in Kibbutz…
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Recipes Strawberry-Lemon Charlotte Russe with Thyme Ladyfingers
Serves 16 A Charlotte Russe, made by layering sponge cake, ladyfingers, or cookies with a creamy filling, and often stabilized with gelatin, is akin to a trifle or an icebox cake. The one updated here from the New Royal Cook Book (1922) is simplicity itself: “Sponge cake or lady fingers … to be fill[ed] with…
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What The Recipes You Save Say About You
It’s the recipes we save that say a lot about who we are and what we choose to remember. Saving your grandmother’s brisket recipe is about honoring her memory, not letting her be forgotten, and keeping a small piece of her present. Jews, of all people, know the significance of recipe collecting. So much of…
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Recipes Fruit Soup For Those Days When It Feels Too Hot To Carry On
It’s summertime and the living is easy, but it’s also hot, and the heat is busy sucking away my will to live. It’s days like these that I turn to a time-honored favorite summer staple: fruit soup. I always loved fruit soup because it felt like the kind of thing a fairy might eat out…
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The Best Kosher Fourth Of July Hotdog: Hebrew National
On this auspicious fourth of July, Americans will eat about 150 million hotdogs. Baked into the heart of Americana, along with baseball games, a love for country music, fast food and Budweiser, is a love for hotdogs. And according to the Guardian’s definitive study, Hebrew National hotdogs were ranked a solid 7.1 out of 10…
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Fire up the grills: Fourth of July barbecue, 2 ways
As American foodies, we love our independence and all, but for us, the best part of the July 4 holiday weekend is the barbecue. Perfectly grilled meat (or veggies), tasty fresh sides and stone fruits roasting in our backyards are what makes our weekend. These days, July 4 barbecuing means backyard grilling, but it wasn’t…
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Why Jews Love Japanese Food
Of all the unexpected juxtapositions in the universe, comparing Jewish food to Japanese food might be one of the unlikeliest. Yet a new trend is emerging, and we at the Forward are paying careful attention to it. Consider Shalom Japan, the happy result of a happy intermarriage between the Jewish Aaron Israel and the Japanese…
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Recipes Patriotic — and Jewish! — Frozen Hot Chocolate
On the 4th of July, which this year falls on the Sabbath, I plan to celebrate the Jewish role of Revolutionary-period chocolate in North America with a homemade, refreshing, frozen hot chocolate. I recommend that you do the same. Drinking chocolate became a very popular substitute for politically incorrect tea in the Colonies around the…
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This Jewish Chiropractor Is Cooking For The Food Network
A Jewish chiropractor who can cook? Sounds like the perfect husband. But Jason Goldstein’s taken. And his culinary skills have landed him a spot as a finalist on this season’s Food Network Star, the cook-off competition where emerging chefs strive to impress kitchen royalty like Bobby Flay and Giada DeLaurentiis. “It’s been amazing,” said Goldstein,…
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Kosher Restaurant Goes Viral With Reverse Food Trend: Spaghetti In Meatball
Reverse food trends are the name of this game, apparently. Thrillist gave kosher restaurant Noi Due a tip of the hat in its new Instagram post honoring Noi Due’s commitment to breaking the Internet in the form of a new dish entitled spaghetti in meatball, rather than the tired old spaghetti with meatballs. It’s a…
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Recipes This easy summer dessert is perfect for the Fourth of July
On a short trip to London late in the spring , I had the pleasure of dining at Honey & Co., the first solo venture of two Ottolenghi alums, the Israeli couple Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich. Their tiny Middle Eastern eatery now has siblings: a second, larger restaurant called Honey & Smoke, a little…
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