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Food In San Francisco, Fresh Kosher-Israeli Bread for a Fresh Year
Yanni has opened a kosher Israeli bakery in San Francisco. No, not that Yanni. This one’s a 4th-generation baker who goes by one name only and partnered with three friends from Israel to open Taboon. Recipes come from Yanni’s great-grandfather Mosheh, who emigrated from Iraq to Israel and owned a bakery in Jerusalem’s Machane Yehuda…
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Food Why Are Stanley and Chaim Celebrating ‘Kissmas’ at Rock & Brews?
Stanley Eisen and Chaim Witz are behind a new chain restaurant in Chesterfield, Missouri. Who cares, you say? Eisen and Witz are better known as Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons of Kiss, and Rock & Brews is the brand they co-founded and own. Oh, sorry — it’s “an energized dining and entertainment concept offering affordable,…
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Food 5 Easy Recipes To Satisfy Your Christmas Craving for Chinese Food
(JTA) — The first night of Hanukkah falls on Dec. 24 this year, but don’t fret: You don’t have to choose between the family Hanukkah party and the time-honored tradition of eating Chinese food on Christmas Eve. Instead, why not take advantage of this calendrical coincidence and embrace both customs? We’ve compiled some delicious, Chinese-inspired dishes…
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Food WATCH: How White House Kitchen Goes Kosher for Hanukkah Party
At tonight’s White House Hanukkah party, where President Barack Obama will light the menorah for the last time as Commander in Chief, the festive food being served will come out of a kitchen that meets the highest standards of kosher observance. So how is this feat accomplished? Rabbi Levi Shemtov, who oversees the kasherizing process,…
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Recipes Was I Wrong to Run Ivanka Trump’s Kugel Recipe?
For many Forward readers, the answer to the question of whether I should have written about Ivanka Trump’s kosher broccoli kugel recipe was a resounding “No.” Responses came in by email, Facebook and comments to the recipe we posted, which, it turned out, she had taken from Jamie Geller’s website. I’ve read it all —…
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Food Who Makes NYC’s Best Latkes?
Ladies and gentlemen, start your graters. New York’s 8th annual Latke Festival is set for the Brooklyn Museum on Monday, December 19. It’s a throwdown by chefs at top Big Apple restaurants. Proceeds benefit the Sylvia Center, which provides culinary and health education at NYC housing centers. Related Last year’s winner, East Village Ukrainian mainstay…
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Food Russ & Daughters’ Aussie Cousin?
There’s been an upswing in Jewish food openings down under. First we learned that Israeli chef Hila Solomon is bringing a version of Spoons, her popular Jerusalem restaurant, to Sydney. She’ll host Spoons pop-up lunches and dinners at the art-filled apartment she owns in Australia’s biggest city; cooking classes are also on tap. And now…
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Food What Happens With Latkes in Las Vegas Stays There
Two splashy Las Vegas venues have unveiled special Hanukkah menus. At the MGM Grand’s CRUSH , Chef William DeMarco will serve up braised veal shank with apple latkes and horsderadish sour cream. And atLa Cave Wine & Food Hideaway at the Wynn Las Vegas, look for crispy duck breast with sweet potato latkes and purple…
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