Don’t look for fusion kreplach or molecular matzo balls at Mamaleh’s, which opened in Boston last week. The menu’s a mix of straight-up deli classics, from borscht and blintzes to latkes and noodle kugel. A pastrami knish is as experimental as the lineup gets; if anyone’s tried it, we want to hear from you. Do…
Zagat released its annual 30 under 30 list for New York, and many of the names should sound familiar to Forward fans. Among them: Chloe Coscarelli, 28, chef and co-Founder, by CHLOE, a kosher vegan spot; Jake Dell, 27, owner/top dog, Katz’s Delicatessen, Zach Frankel, 29, owner/director of operations, Frankel’s Delicatessen & Appetizing; and Max…
The Kiosk, the summer concession at Brooklyn’s 12 Chairs Café, is back online for summer with some delicious-sounding menu additions. Along with Israeli-street-food staples like pita and falafel, sabich and terrific hummus, you’ll now fine a shakshuka pita with feta cheese, green omelet pita with herbs, cream cheese and salad. Wash it down with Israeli…
What’s Yiddish for “California Roll”? Sushi’s become a staple for the kosher crowd, says The New York Times. More than 100 kosher sushi spots operate in Brooklyn alone — and most have opened in the last decade. Why? It’s parve. It’s convenient. And “you have your protein, carbohydrates and vegetables all in one,” says one…
She sells schmaltz by the seashore: Cherry Hill, New Jersey deli The Kibitz Room is opening a summer seaside satellite. The restaurant, which makes “everything from scratch, including kishkes,” will offer seating for 50 inside and 30 outside at its new Margate, New Jersey location, where people can enjoy “the best view on the Jersey…
Ultra-hip Brooklyn pizza joint Roberta’s is as hot now as it was when it opened in 2008. But an investment by a member of the billionaire Tisch family has some fearing the Bushwick restaurant will lose its mojo. More of This Week’s Food News Four Season’s Restaurant’s Jewish Soul Wexler’s Spreading Lox Love in L.A….
This is a sporadic column in which the writer evaluates a new cookbook by making some of its recipes, sharing them with friends and asking her guests what they think of the results. She recently cooked her way through “Israel Eats” by Steven Rothfeld with Nancy Silverton (Gibbs Smith). A food photographer in his mid…
There are several Jewish connections to the relocation story of New York’s legendary Four Seasons restaurant, whose long run in its iconic midtown space will end July 19. More of This Week’s Food News Wexler’s Spreading Lox Love in L.A. Shuka Truck Really Gets Around! Reubens in Berlin and All the Week’s Food News As…
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