Okay, its a year old now, but I finally made it down to Eleven City Diner on State and 11th. The place is like a shrine to Jewish (not kosher mind you) Delicatessens all over the world, from Jerry’s to 2nd Avenue to Katz’s and so on and so forth. It visually took [...]
Shavuot, the festival of Weeks when we celebrate reciving the gift of Torah, starts tonight at Sundown.
It traditional to eat dairy on this holiday, hence the Eli’s reference, and to stay up all night studying text. Anyways, the annual Lakeview Tikkun Leyl Shavuot All-Nighter is going on at Anshe Emet this year. [...]
State Sentator Jan Schakowsky is living on food stamps to raise awareness.
Illinois Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, along with Representatives Jim McGovern (D-MA), Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO) and Tim Ryan (D-OH), will be cutting way back on grocery shopping this week as part of the Food Stamp Budget Challenge,which started on Tuesday. For a week, Schakowsky will [...]
Soup Nazi, that is. I’m not sure how this is relevant, but maybe the man made famous by Seinfeld is coming to town. Tug of tzitzis to gapersblock
You can’t make this stuff up. But somehow a square bagel is like ham on matzah. It doesn’t quite make sense.
But anyways here it is, tug of the tzitzis to Tim Manners and Reveries.com
photo: Julia Steinberger
Matzah balls that is. Centerstage’s Julia Steinberger does a pre-Pesach overview of her faves from Jewish style (albeit non-Kosher, open during Pesach and serving bread) eateries.
“With Passover on the horizon and no plane ticket home, I sought the closest thing to my homemade rendition. I’m pleased to say that I found a [...]
Okay, forget the snow, the grounded Jet Blue planes and the rain- its cooooold out there. By this of the year I normally have long since busted out the Matzah meal and made Matzah Balls for soup. In fact normally by now I’m getting rid of the Matzah meal and don’t eat anything Matzah for [...]
Chaim’s on Dempster, geshtorben. Gone. Empty. One more kosher option down the tubes. Not that I frequented it, and not that the bizarre traffic configuration of its location didn’t precipitate it, but what a location, right by the Skokie Swift.
Anyways, so long Chaim’s. If you want to buy the place, complete with kosher meat [...]
Here’s a little summary of an article that appeared in Chicago Jewish News recently. I’m into the eco-kasher thing. I mean, I’m really into it. I find it fascinating to research not only my food, but all of my purchases to make sure I vote with dollars. That is, I make sure I give my [...]
There’s been a whole lot of stink about the City of Chicago’s ban on Foie Gras for it being, basically, not a kosher food due to its being produced by force feeding the animal literally, to death. Its worth pointing out that the two Alderman that want to overturn the ban are both Jews. [...]
Chicago Tribune reports that of the major American religions, Jews are the least obese… Given our obsession with food, I’m surprised…
Kraft Kosher relays that his new boss, Irene Rosenfield, is not only involved Jewishly but keeps a Kosher home. She was named CEO last week.
A few months ago, I sat down with Samayach and a few other folks to talk about putting together a new monthly Friday night minyan. We wanted something organic, spiritual, egalitarian, communal and a bit different from current offerings. There’d been some previous attempts to get something off the ground, namely Kehillat Naor, [...]
Could you use that in context, please? I heard this on ‘BEZ the other day but here’s a link. There was an unusual glitch in the National Spelling Bee which revolved around the word, HECHSHER, which for the unititiated is the the little symbol that indicates a food product is kosher and which kashrus supervising [...]
People who know me well know I love pickles. I know you do to. I can sit at the Bagel with a cup of coffee and a try of pickles and I’m a happy man. Seriously. I like almost any kind, appreciating each variety for its own merits. I even make [...]
Happy Passover!
Last year, NYC Attorney Jeremy Frost posted an overview and taste testing of several varieties of Matzah. A follow up wasn’t offered, but the original is delightfully crumby. May your Matzah be toasted and may you as well by your 4th cup.
Kosher Foie Gras only $142 per pound!
Holy sh*t! I gotta get me some kosher Goose livers! How else can I imitate my Iron chef heroes?!
Uh, yeah, I do. ‘Cuz its gooood. Sweet, savory, lukshon, matzo, potato, squash- don’t matter to me. I luuuuvs my kugel. Because unlike Baynonim, I understand the Kugel is a personal thing. Everyone’s mother or grandmother made it slightly differently, which is why it is emblematic of Jewish diversity (or [...]
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Urgent Cholent Alert!
Rival of Milford, MA is recalling five of its Crock Pot models manufactured between January 1999 and May 2002. If you have a model 3040, 3735, 5025, 5070, or 5445, they’ll replace the slow cooker’s base (not the ceramic insert).See http://www.rivalrecall.com/ to register for the recall, and see [...]
