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Books At this Lower East Side bookstore, customers exchange tchotchkes for pickles
Bookshelves here hold not just pickles, but also Hanukkah candles, bat mitzvah photos and other tokens of Jewish culture.
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Culture Will Seth Rogen’s very Jewish book upset Jews?
It’s been nine months since Seth Rogen agitated the Jewish community by expressing a sentiment increasingly common among his generation. You’d be forgiven for forgetting all about it. In August, the actor-writer appeared on Marc Maron’s podcast and said he was “fed a huge amount of lies about Israel” throughout his Jewish education. The backlash…
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Culture What Seth Rogen’s new movie gets right and wrong about the history of pickling
Toward the end of the new Seth Rogen comedy, “An American Pickle,” time-displaced pickler Herschel Greenbaum’s millennial great-grandson informs him that Brooklyn hipsters are pickling watermelon. “They pickle fruit these days?” says Herschel, who spent a century salinating in a pickle vat before being revived in 2019. “Just when I think I figure it out,…
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Food Broiled trout with pickle butter and other recipes from Seth Rogen’s new movie
In truth I despise eating pickles, because they remind me of the deaths of many friends. But I do not want to be rude. —Sell Out by Simon Rich The movie “An American Pickle” tells the story of a turn-of-the-century Jewish immigrant to New York who falls into a vat at the pickle factory where…
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Food Pickle-Flavored Ice Cream? It’s Hot!
Pregnant women may find themselves overjoyed at the idea of the two most common cravings — pickles and ice cream — combined. Head to the Upper West Side’s Lucky Pickle Dumpling Co., where you can get a pickle flavored soft-serve ice cream for a mere $5 if you’re feeling adventurous. The restaurant itself is a…
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Food How Did The Pickle Become A Jewish Food Staple?
The pickle! That fermented flavor, that solidly sour mouthfeel, that palate-cleansing post hotdog taste. The bright green, with its violent crunch! How we Jews love our pickles! But how did this love affair begin? Immediately I think of a time when Jewish pickle vendors hawked their wares on the streets of the Lower East Side….
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The Schmooze What’s The Dill With The Pickle-Juice Slushies Coming This Summer?
Drive-through chain Sonic announced that it will sell pickle-juice flavored slushie drinks this summer — but is this news sweet, or just half-sour? The gimmicky, gherkin-y beverage will be available for a limited time at Sonic locations beginning in June. From what we can gather, the drink will be frosty, flavorful, and the color of…
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