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We all have to do our part to end America’s food waste addiction, right? Some 40% of food grown and prepared in this country gets tossed. Putting aside our growing problem with hunger and food insecurity, that food waste means the water, land, energy and labor that went into producing it all does to waste […]
Chef Bobo’s frico
Potatoes, onion and cheese make a new and improved latke This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Chef Bobo of LA’s Factory Kitchen forms his frico in ramekins, then unmolds and reheats them. This recipe allows you to do that, or eat it the […]
Sukkot makes me dream of a beef tagine with quinces
A fall dish for the holiday come from North Africa and draws out the charms of an often overlooked fruit This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. When I see the pomegranates turn ripe on our tree and the quinces appear at the farmers […]
Date syrup- and harissa-glazed chicken thighs with tahini ranch sauce
Inspired by Michael Solomonov’s Laser Wold restaurant dish This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. This recipe is inspired by Michael Solomonov’s dish at his Laser Wolf restaurant. As with so many modern Israeli-inspired recipes, it draws on ingredients common in the Palestinian kitchen. […]
Home-smoked wild salmon
Turn a fresh piece of fish into a sweet, salty glossy slab fit for the best bagel This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. This is hot-smoked salmon, not lox, which is cold-smoked at a much lower temperature. Hot-smoking, which is much easier for […]
Our 10 best Jewish recipes of 2021
This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Food historians will look back at the pandemic as a time that pushed even more Americans to discover that meals can be something you make yourself. For those who already cooked regularly, quarantine, shortages […]
Quarantine Shabbat: Chicken and Artichoke Paella on a Wood Fire
This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. In the best of times, food can transport and connect us. These days, when we are both stuck and disconnected, food has its work cut out for it. If we can’t get out, the […]
Fried food is good for you! Spanish eggs with fried potatoes [RECIPE]
Fried food is good for you. I always suspected as much, and I certainly have lived my life as if it were true. Even in the dark days of the nonfat cabal, when entire lives were wasted ordering nothing but ”toast, dry” and “steam-sauteeing” skinless chicken breasts, I continued to eat falafel and fritto misto. […]
The death-defying pomegranate tree fruits again!
I’ve written about terminally ill children, three-legged abandoned mules, terror victims, parents whose children were killed, Holocaust survivors and battered wives, but I have never received such an outpouring of sympathy and concern as when I wrote about my pomegranate tree and how I needed to cut it down. This was back in January. Our home […]
7 Rules for Perfect Hummus
When was the last time you opened a tub of hummus and swooned? When was the last time a restaurant put a plate of hummus in front of you, and you said, “Oh my God.” Most of the hummus recipes you come across on web sites, in print, on YouTube—they’re just wrong. Most of the […]