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May 3, 2012
Kutsher's Tribeca's Zach Kutsher on Kosher Cuisine, Smelly Cow's Feet Part 1
You could call it the little Jewish restaurant that could, but that wouldn't be exactly correct in this case. Sure, bringing chopped liver and latkes to the Big Apple could be pretty tricky, but Zach Kutsher is a professional and pastrami flows through his veins. Almost a year since it opened, Kutsh ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2012
Make Joe Dobias' Mexican Matzo Balls
Last week, we spoke with Joe Dobias about practically everything in the business, including opening JoeDoe with only $90,000 , overpriced restaurant food, Mario Batali, and the city's restaurant critics. The only thing not discussed: how much of a pro Dobias is with matzo. But never fear, we have on ... More >>
Blogs
March 20, 2012
Passover: Where to Eat
It's definitely a hurdle. That is, avoiding bread in a city obsessed with all things leavened -- pizza, pancakes, artisanal breads. Sure, you can go to regular restaurants and adjust your meal. Caesar salad with no croutons, a hamburger without the bun. Or, god-forbid, you could go the whole holiday ... More >>
Blogs
March 8, 2012
Ask the Critics: What's a Good Kosher Restaurant To Bring My Parents?
Rachel T. Asks: My parents are coming to town and I want to take them out to dinner. One requirement is that it needs to be a certified kosher restaurant. What are some places with actually good food for our evening? Dear Rachel: New York City offers several kosher restaurants, plus a great selec ... More >>
Blogs
March 1, 2012
Celebrate Purim with Hamantaschen from Prime Butcher Baker
Purim's a week away, but why not get the party started early with some hamantaschen, the tasty triangular-shaped cookies said to resemble evil Haman's three-cornered hat? The recently opened Prime Butcher Baker (1572 Second Avenue, 212-616-1502), a kosher market from the team that also owns Prime ... More >>
Blogs
February 14, 2012
DNA Testing Proves Canned Sardines Are Kosher
Stijn Nieuwendijk/Flickr After discovering that canned sardines contain barely visible worms called nematodes, speculation that the food would be labeled unkosher abounded. According to the New York Times, those rumors can now be put to rest: genetic testing by a parasitologist at the American Mu ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
Hate Mail on the Subject of Gefilte Fish
Kutsher's tasty gefilte fish comes in a pair of dense, puck-shaped masses -- with another of beets and horseradish on the side. Last evening my review of Kutsher's Tribeca appeared, and it was pretty damn positive. I loved the pastrami -- both flat and deckle -- and ate the flanken with gusto. I e ... More >>
Voice Choices
December 14, 2011
Jackie Hoffman's A Chanukah Charol
Kutsher's tasty gefilte fish comes in a pair of dense, puck-shaped masses -- with another of beets and horseradish on the side. Last evening my review of Kutsher's Tribeca appeared, and it was pretty damn positive. I loved the pastrami -- both flat and deckle -- and ate the flanken with gusto. I e ... More >>
Blogs
September 15, 2011
Padma Paid to Get Off Stage; Olive Garden and Red Lobster to Cut Salt, Calories
Padma Lakshmi, who hosted The Moth's storytelling event at Cooper Union Tuesday night, was reportedly paid to get off the stage due to a "grating" performance. [NY Post] The Olive Garden, Red Lobster, and others are hopping on Michelle Obama's healthy-eating bandwagon and pledging to reduce ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2011
Soho's Going Kosher, and Looking Beyond Savoy
Dig it, West Broadway.As yet further evidence that Jewish food is edging its way into the limelight, Soho is on track to get 3,000 square feet of kosher dining.
Blogs
April 18, 2011
If You Can't Eat Leavened Goods, You Might as Well Eat the Best Matzos: A Taste Test
Lauren ShockeyWWJE? (What Would Jesus Eat?)Ah, Passover. When it comes to Jewish holidays, this one isn't as culinarily exciting as say, Purim (which involves getting drunkie drunk and eating hamentaschen), or Hanukkah (one word: latkes). However, food plays an important part of the ritual ... More >>
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April 13, 2011
Capsouto Frères' Jacques Capsouto Discusses Being a Bistro Trailblazer and the Importance of Serving Israeli Wines
Photo courtesy Jacques CapsoutoWill Jacques Capsouto find the afikoman this year?New York City is a fickle restaurant city. Most places barely last five years. So when a restaurant is in its 31st year, it's clearly doing something right. Capsouto Frères has been a Tribeca mainstay since 1 ... More >>
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March 18, 2011
Fat Pants Friday: Russ & Daughters' Hamantaschen
Rebecca Marx Purim, that most Mardi Gras of Jewish holidays, starts tomorrow. The two-day festival commemorates the deliverance of the Jews of the ancient Persian Empire from a plot to destroy them. In Israel, people wear costumes and masks, hold raucous parades, drink great quantities of alc ... More >>
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March 15, 2011
Let's All Lay Off the Dog Food, Already.
Hands off, people.Why is everyone eating dog food these days? A pair of Brooklyn women chowed down on dog chow for a month to promote their people-grade pet food. And an Ohio woman went on a dog-food diet to protest animal cruelty. Now, a University of Virginia student has been rushed to the ... More >>
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February 25, 2011
Noah Bernamoff Talks About Schmaltz, Bagels, and Keeping Jewish Food Alive
MetromixNoah Bernamoff and his wife, Rae Cohen.Yesterday, Noah Bernamoff spoke with us about his plans for Mile End, the phenomenally successful smoked-meat mecca he opened a little more than a year ago in Boerum Hill. Today, he talks with us about his grandmother's recipes, keeping tradition ... More >>
Voice Choices
December 29, 2010
DINNER INVITATION
Doug Hughes directs Matthew Lopez's The Whipping Man
Blogs
September 16, 2010
Nikki Cascone Talks About Her New Restaurant, What Exactly 'Global Jewish Cuisine' Is & Just How Kosher it Will Be
Nikki CasconeThe Top Chef alum was forced to close her restaurant, 24 Prince, earlier this year, but quickly started planning a new venture. Octavia's Porch is slated to open in late fall, when it will bring "global Jewish cuisine" to Avenue B. Wondering what the heck that means? Nikki Cascon ... More >>
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August 16, 2010
Pervy Rabbi Tricks Traif With Kosher Prison Meals
Feels like the New York Post missed a great headline in this one: a Rabbi housed on Rikers Island stopped eating not because he wasn't being served Kosher meals, but because the meals weren't certified by a Rabbi of his choice...
Blogs
August 5, 2010
Gardeners Storm City Hall; Kombucha Back on Shelves
Gardeners rallied outside City Hall in response to the city's proposed rules that will soon govern roughly 300 community gardens in an effort to ensure the gardens remain open. [Wall Street Journal] Kombucha maker Vibranz is the first producer to be back on the shelves at Whole Foods, after ... More >>
Blogs
May 20, 2010
Ben's Best Kosher Deli Gets the Food Curated Treatment
The Secret to Surviving the Deli Business: Ben's Best Kosher Deli (food. curated.) from SkeeterNYC on Vimeo. Food Curated teams up with the intrepid Joe DiStefano for a journey into Rego Park, Queens, where one of the city's last kosher delicatessens still stands. Jay Parker, owner of Ben's Best Go ... More >>
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March 30, 2010
Matzohs Don't Have to Suck! Mark Bittman's Recipe for Sardinian-Style Matzohs
Mark Bittman's recipe as executed by Fork in the Road baker Gretchen Van Dyk: the matzoh turned out nicely brown, crisp, and utterly delicious. A couple days ago, Mark Bittman published a recipe for matzoh in the Times inspired by a Sardinian flatbread. The secret ingredient? Olive oil, whic ... More >>
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March 29, 2010
For Passover, Some Gefilte Fish, Out of the Jar and Into the Steamer
Smoked whitefish gefilte fish. Not filthy fish. On the Passover Seder table, there are few foods more reviled than gefilte fish. Burdened with the nickname "filthy fish" and typically sourced from glass jars where it's suspended in a viscous, gelatinous sludge, it's been likened to SPAM, ca ... More >>
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March 29, 2010
The Morning Ink: Monday, March 29th, 2010
So starts our morning news roundup. Today: the housing law in New York you're probably breaking right now. The hot ticket that is President Obama's Passover Seder. Lindsay Lohan's yayo "uh oh," a riot at Rikers, Christian Militia madmen, and more. Here's what's in the news this morning:
Blogs
March 29, 2010
What's Happening This Week: Sephardic Seder; Home Ec Class
As many of you know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Bordeaux Tasting Le Skyroom at French Institute Alliance Française March 29 As part of a series of six tastings, each associated with a different region, the e ... More >>
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March 24, 2010
Battle of the Dishes: Locavore Matzoh From Streit's and D&T Shmurah Bakery
In one corner, Streit's. In the other, shmurah.For the past few weeks, Fork in the Road has been keeping track of matzoh price-gouging going in neighborhood grocery stores. But while costs may vary between brands and stores, matzoh flavor, the thinking typically goes, is pretty much a constan ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2010
What's Happening This Week: A Street Food Celebration; Mexican Passover
As many of you know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Streets International Third Annual Street Food Celebration Benefit Astor Center March 24 Seamus Mullen of Boqueria, Tom Colicchio of Colicchio and Sons, and Fl ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2010
Updated: Matzoh Price Watch
Yes, the matzohs are still waiting expectantly to be purchased, but they don't want you to be price-gouged. On the first of March, Fork in the Road instituted our matzoh price watch, in which we report the prices being charged for matzohs around town as Passover approaches. We've added more ... More >>
Blogs
March 1, 2010
Matzoh Watch: Fork in the Road Looks for Price Gouging at New York Supermarkets
You choice may be slender at some supermarkets, but expect it to fatten as Passover approaches. Passover doesn't begin this year till March 30, but already some supermarkets downtown are trundling out their matzoh displays.
Blogs
November 17, 2009
Streit Family Matzo Factory Still Kicking on the LES
The view of Streit's matzo factory from outside on Rivington Street Looking for a silver lining to the economic downturn? Well, for one thing, Streit's is still making matzo at 150 Rivington on the Lower East Side, just as they have since 1925.
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October 13, 2009
David Sax Talks About Saving the Deli and the Enduring Appeal of Hot, Fatty Meat
Tabletmag.comTwo years before David Sax was born, his paternal grandfather died while eating a smoked meat sandwich from Schwartz's Hebrew Delicatessen in Montreal. But the food that caused his grandfather's literal downfall was also his legacy: it "pickled my soul with a craving for salt, ga ... More >>
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August 11, 2009
Streit's Matzo Is Here to Stay, at Least for Now
The Lower East Side may have lost its second-to-last pickle peddler, but it won't be losing its matzo factory. The Lo-Down--which last week reported that Streit's matzo facility will be staying in its Rivington Street location after being put on the market several months ago--yesterday spoke with ... More >>
Blogs
July 22, 2009
Under Review: Sietsema at Anella; DiGregorio at Table 8
This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema navigates the menu at inconsistent Anella, while Sarah DiGregorio reckons that Govind Armstrong missed the boat at Table 8. Bruni found himself wishing for the "opulence" of A Voce dishes, yet still awards Locanda Verde a two-spot, surmising that, despite th ... More >>
Blogs
April 14, 2009
Burned Out on Matzo? Here Are Some Suggestions
Bless you Youtube! While I usually throw it in the blender to make matzo meal, to be turned into matzo balls later, here are 20 more suggestions, courtesy of Michelle Citrin and William Levin. Ultimate Matzo, anyone?
Blogs
April 8, 2009
Oy Vey! Passover Jokes!
As a goyim, I can never quite figure out what the hell Passover is, except for a time when the whole city shuts down and I can't get any work. But here comes a fully researched explanation from those who know.
Blogs
April 7, 2009
What's Happening This Week
As many of you know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the hottest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! This week, we highlight the best in holiday celebrations, whether you're a gentile or a Jew. Nonna will host a free Easter Egg Hunt this Sunday, April 12. Kids ... More >>
Blogs
January 22, 2009
Market Watch -- Newfangled Matzohs
What looks like a craggy rock found in the desert is the new matzoh offered at Blue Ribbon Bakery Market ($1.25). It's not kosher for passover, that's for sure, but it sure is good, dusted with herbs and way salty, so salty you wouldn't want to eat it with cheese. Nevertheless, it makes a fin ... More >>
Voice Choices
December 31, 2008
CHECK IN
Richard Greenberg’s vacation resort hosts unhappy love affairs and drama
Blogs
November 20, 2008
Kosher Nude Calendar Girl Gets Play in Forward
Richard Greenberg’s vacation resort hosts unhappy love affairs and drama
Blogs
June 27, 2008
The Story Behind the Restaurant Formerly Known as Chickpea
Richard Greenberg’s vacation resort hosts unhappy love affairs and drama
Blogs
February 19, 2008
Top Chef Hung Huynh to Cook Kosher
Richard Greenberg’s vacation resort hosts unhappy love affairs and drama
Blogs
October 22, 2007
The Hasidim Get a Food Truck
Richard Greenberg’s vacation resort hosts unhappy love affairs and drama
Blogs
March 30, 2007
I Know What Jews Like (The Best Macaroons, Matzo, and Wine for Passover)
Richard Greenberg’s vacation resort hosts unhappy love affairs and drama
Blogs
March 20, 2007
Passover at Savoy: A Seder to Savor
Richard Greenberg’s vacation resort hosts unhappy love affairs and drama
NYC Life
October 11, 2005
Restrictive Diets Unite
New York's vegan-Kosher connection
NYC Life
April 19, 2005
Freedom Crackers
Matzo is food too
NYC Life
March 30, 2004
Close-Up on Marine Park
Matzo is food too
NYC Life
December 9, 2003
Close-Up on the Fashion District
Matzo is food too
NYC Life
November 19, 2002
Close-Up on Midwood
Matzo is food too
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April 3, 2001
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