The 10th annual , held at Chelsea Piers last week, featured an exciting lineup of kosher wine, spirits and tasty treats — many of which came from first-time vendors at the event. With the new KWFE 2016 phone app ready to go (no more paper pamphlets to scribble my notes in!), I began wandering the…
Yesterday morning, I spent my breakfast time with Mario Batali. Okay, no, we didn’t actually speak. But there he was in all of his orange Crocs, shorts-in-February, scrunchied-ponytail glory. And I had just finished a latte. So that counts, right? I was attending a taping of , ABC’s food-focused daytime talk show. (A family friend…
Red, brown and green lentils. The following is an excerpt from (Decalogue Books, 2014). Once when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the open, famished. And Esau said to Jacob, “Give me some of that red, red stuff to gulp down, for I am famished” — which is why he was named…
For 22 years, Helene Godin was a hard-charging lawyer for companies like Audible and Bloomberg. These days, she’s a different kind of advocate. As founder of , a purveyor of gluten-free, dairy-free and kosher breads and desserts, Godin’s become an unlikely champion of alternative eating. For someone who swears she couldn’t bake before beginning her…
Breakfast at Eisenberg’s Sandwich Shop with 27-year-old food writer Max Falkowitz. I have a feeling that, as a child, Max Falkowitz was no stranger to the words, “You are wise beyond your years, young man.” The statement holds true even now. Falkowitz has made an impressive name for himself at two respected food publications, first…
This is an occasional column in which the writer evaluates a new cookbook by making some of its recipes, sharing the dishes with friends and asking her guests what they think of the results. She recently cooked her way through “Jewish Festival Food: Eating for Special Occasions” (Lorenz Books) by Marlena Spieler. Related: Libyan Spicy…
Undone’s Himalayan Sea Salt bar. It’s a big day for when I visit. Of course, I think to myself. It’s the week before Valentine’s Day. “We just got a bunch of orders,” says Adam Kavalier, who co-founded the company with his wife, Kristen. Behind us, a grinder barrel whirs, churning 70-plus pounds of beans and…
Shmaltz Brewing Company owner Jeremy Cowan never bought the old adage that Jews didn’t drink. In fact, he decided early on that he was going to brew a beer with a distincty Jewish identity. “The very first beer was Genesis Ale,” Cowan told me recently over the phone. “We hand squeezed pomegranates on the floor…
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