Food historian and ‘Koshersoul’ author Michael Twitty coming to JCCSF J. – The Jewish News of Northern California
admin | August 4, 2022
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Cultural Calendar: Where to Go and What to Read in August – Saveur
admin | August 4, 2022
Theres a running joke among Americans in Paris about EuropeansParisians especiallysigning off the entire month of August. (True enough; I recently tried to reschedule a late July meeting only to be offered a raincheck for September.) Sure, the jokes a little tired, considering plenty of people work throughout the summer. But it does seem fair to say that August days are long and languid
Ayo Edebiri Does Not Think ‘The Bear’ Is Sexy – The Cut
admin | August 4, 2022
Photo: Frazer Harrison/WireImage If you were anywhere near a screen this summer, you may have developed a crush on a certain artfully tattooed chef who captured the hearts and loins of every straight woman with a Hulu account. While FXs The Bear introduced us to Carmy (Jeremy Allen White), a discourse-laden collection of red flags, it also introduced us to Sydney, his ambitious new sous-chef played by comedian Ayo Edebiri.
An American Jew’s 2022 visit to Saudi Arabia | Jeffrey Kass | The Blogs – The Times of Israel
admin | July 23, 2022
When family and friends, Jews and non-Jews alike, first heard that I, as an American Jew, had planned to visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the warnings and concern were swift and loud. Are you crazy? Do you want to be kidnapped or killed?
New Hampshire Is Tiny And Pretty Weird. That Could Help Maggie Hassan. – FiveThirtyEight
admin | July 23, 2022
ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY SCHERER We remain in something of a summer doldrums for polling, and the overall outlook for November remains about the same as in recent weeks.
The Yotam Ottolenghi effect: The superstar chef on how the pandemic, and parenthood, have simplified his recipes – Stuff
admin | July 23, 2022
Its difficult to overstate Yotam Ottolenghis influence on food today, both the home-cooked and restaurant varieties. When the Israel-born chef published his first, eponymous cookbook in 2008, it introduced the world to the food with which he and his business partner Sami Tamimi had been transforming Londoners palates since they opened their deli joint venture six years before: inventive, complex fare that brought once exotic ingredients into a certain food mainstream. If youve ever eaten a dish including rosewater, sumac, zaatar or pomegranate molasses in a Kiwi restaurant - not to mention found them available to buy in a local shop - youve probably, in part, got Ottolenghi to thank.
The food legacy of a Holocaust survivor – BBC
admin | July 21, 2022
A mere block from Budapest's mammoth Keleti railway station sits Tibor Rosenstein's eponymous restaurant. The entrance comes off a quiet, unassuming residential corner far from the city's traditional culinary hubs. But like a temple, Rosenstein Restaurant stands alone as a monument to historical Jewish-Hungarian cuisine drawing celebrities, television personalities and Jewish gastronomic globetrotters eager for a taste of the past.
A Traveling Jewish Deli Exhibit Tells an American Tale in Pickles and Pastrami – The New York Times
admin | July 21, 2022
LOS ANGELES The colors are fading, but the photograph of the Carnegie Deli from 2008 still calls up a world of heaping pastrami sandwiches, pungent smells of brine and smoke, and tourists lined out the door onto Seventh Avenue in New York.
The Fascinating Connection Between New York Citys Jewish and Chinese Immigrants – Saveur
admin | July 21, 2022
In 1957, a new kind of restaurant opened at 135 Essex Street in Manhattan, more or less equidistant from the boroughs Chinatown and the tenements that had served as the epicenter for Jewish immigrants since the turn of the 19th century. It wasnt the cuisine that was new.
Daily Kickoff: Tom Nides and CIA Director Burns on Biden’s Mideast visit + IDF @ Aspen – Jewish Insider
admin | July 21, 2022
Money Matters:WhatsApp founder Jan Koum donated $2 million to the AIPAC-affiliated United Democracy Project last month, according to its newly released June donor report. HighSage Ventures founder Jonathon Jacobson donated $1 million
