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'Ottolenghi' Offers Fantastic Twists on Rosh Hashanah Recipes 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
“Would You Make This?” is a sporadic new column where personal chef Alix Wall evaluates a new cookbook by making two of its recipes, sharing them with friends and asking what they think of the results...
New Owners Hope To Return Kossar's Bialys To Glory 27 Aug 2013 | 04:31 pm
Legendary bialy bakery Kossar’s was recently sold, but we’re going to have to wait until the flour dust settles for the new owners to share their long term plans for the landmark Lower East Side baker...
Urban Agriculture and Ethiopian Jews 26 Aug 2013 | 02:31 pm
It’s a simmering late afternoon on a midsummer’s day in the Gimmel neighborhood of Beer Sheba, the capital of Israel’s Negev desert. The sun beats down from the West over the high rooftops of myriad a...
The Best Loaf: Challahs in the Holy Land 26 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
For bakery fiends in Israel, choosing the perfect combination of fluffy, soft, delicately sweet and lightly crispy challah for Rosh Hashanah can be a real challenge with all of the wonderful bread opt...
The Book of Schmaltz: Love Song to Forgotten Fat 21 Aug 2013 | 10:12 pm
I do not know much about my maternal grandfather except for a few stories. I know that he passed away not long before my parents’ wedding, he was mistakenly captured as an Italian spy during the war, ...
CSA Psolet Challenge: Week Three 21 Aug 2013 | 10:11 pm
In my earlier CSA Psolet Challenge posts, I committed myself to trying new recipes—specifically pesto—as part of my effort to be waste-free this month. My relationship to all this pesto-making turned ...
Teen Chefs Dish Advice for Junior MasterChef Contestants 21 Aug 2013 | 06:12 pm
On September 27, 24 culinary whiz kids will whip out their knives and cook for their lives on TV on the first season of Junior MasterChef to hit U.S. television screens. Ranging from eight to 13-years...
Tel Aviv's Bakery 29 Bakes for Good 21 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
How do Jewish foodies satisfy their urge to engage in tikkun olam? They bake for a good cause! Challah for Hunger is the best known of these organizations, but not the only one. In Israel, one baker’s...
Less Waste at Solomon Schechter Westchester 20 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
I cannot remember being seriously encouraged to care about food waste when I was younger. My mom always said to finish the food on my plate or I wouldn’t get dessert, but when it came down to it, food...
Naked Sea Salt: A Taste of the Lowest Point on Earth 19 Aug 2013 | 09:35 pm
For ages, people have touted the benefits of rubbing their skin with mud from the Dead Sea. That’s one way to have your mineral-rich Dead Sea salt, but thanks to a new Israeli company called Naked Sea...
