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Food This ‘Mirage’ Will Help You Cope With Losing the Carnegie Deli
More news from Sin City: If you’re despairing over the December 31 closing of the Carnegie Deli, here’s a reminder that there’s still an ersatz version at the Mirage hotel. “The triple-decker turkey club, open-faced Reuben and the pastrami and corned beef combo known as the Woody Allen are the most popular bites, still stacked…
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Food Would You Try This 220-Year-Old Canadian Jewish Beer?
When the Museum of Jewish Montreal stumbled across a handwritten beer recipe from the 1790s, they quickly realized they had uncovered a precious slice of Canadian Jewish history. But little did they know that a few months later, Montrealers would be able to sample the historic brew — and it would sell out to rave…
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Food Why PBS’s ‘Hugs and Knishes’ Left Me Cold and Hungry
Public television has a pretty good idea of which side its donations are buttered on. So when it’s fundraising time, the network rolls out Jewish-themed documentaries: “Life in the Jewish Bronx,” “Life in the Shtetl” and “Life in Jewish Brooklyn.” (As a Bronxite, I have to wonder what kind of life that possibly could have…
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Food Why Brazilian Jews Are Celebrating Historic UN Vote on Israel With Prime Beef and a Ton of Garlic
JTA — Brazilian Jews rarely require excuses for combining their love for a good party with their other great passion: red meat. Weddings, bar mitzvahs, britot — even funerals — all serve as perfectly legitimate pretexts for throwing churrascos, the Portuguese-language word for barbecues featuring morsels served rodizio-style: Meat that is sliced for each diner…
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Food Is Zagat Guide Ignoring New York Kosher Restaurants?
Your tax dollars at work: New York City councilman David G. Greenfield is calling on the restaurant-guide giant Zagat to up its coverage of kosher eateries. The 2017 guide has “none of the delicious kosher dining options” that exist in Brooklyn, Greenfield’s district, he said. It does list eight Big Apple kosher spots this year,…
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Food This Jewish Fairy Godmother Is Handing Out Surprise Shabbat Treats
My doorbell rang one recent Friday, and when I answered the door a smiling stranger handed me a paper gift bag. Inside, there was a small, fragrant challah from Zucker Bakery and a hand-written note: “Hi Liza,” it said. “You’ve been touched by the Friday Fairy! We hope you have a great weekend and enjoy…
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Food This is What Happens at a Fake Katz’s Deli in Miami Beach
Katz’s is opening in Miami Beach this week. Sort of. The new “deli” inside the Deauville Beach Resort is actually a sly art installation that riffs on South Florida’s faded Jewish identity — and the gentrification that strangled it. In a wood-paneled room whose “wall of fame” includes gallerists and scenesters — picture headshots on…
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Food Matzo Brei Madness — All Year Round!
Is the world ready for year-round, tarted-up matzo brei? MatzahBrei, which started as a Bushwick pop-up, will dish out its fancy vegetarian spins on the Passover staple all winter at Bryant Park in Manhattan. If “exotic” to you means onions in your brei, brace yourself for the Monica — mushrooms, spinach, gruyere and dijon mustard…
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