jewish food
Sephardic Passover Food: Not Your Bubbe’s Matzo Ball Soup
Brisket and gefilte fish feature at many Ashkenazic Passover seders in the US, but the foods of Sephardi Jews are inspired by their roots in the Mediterranean.
The Nosh Pit: The Jewish Bands that Put Hummus and Bagels into Punk Rock
The live shows of Yidcore, Gefilte Fuck, and Jewdriver were like if GG Allin raised hell using Kosher foods from the aisles of Zabar's.
How Berlin Got Its First Jewish Food Festival
Nosh Berlin brought together well-known Jewish chefs, historians, and food bloggers to create a celebration of global Jewish cuisine that could not have happened anywhere else.
A Modern Israeli Food Tour of London
To better understand Israeli cooking in Britain today, I joined The Barbary chef Eyal Jagermann and Oxford anthropologist Joel Hart to eat my way around a Turkish grill house, Middle Eastern confectioners, beigel shop, and Iraqi fish joint.
Here's How to Make the Hearty Jewish Stew from 'Dead Set on Life'
Matty Matheson loves this Jewish dish of beef, beans, chickpeas, garlic, and onion, and you will, too.
Bong Appetit: Stoned Shabbat Dinner
Abdullah Saeed meets up with Rosenberg’s Bagels’ owner Josh Pollack to learn how to make traditional Jewish food with cannabis as part of a multi-course stony and schmaltz-laden Shabbat dinner.
This Duo Wants to Take Gefilte Fish Out of the Kosher Aisle
Unhappy with the jars of jellied gefilte fish found in stores, Liz Alpern and Jeffrey Yoskowitz consulted bubbes and food scientists alike to create their own version at The Gefilteria.
Jay Rayner’s Quest for the Perfect Salt Beef Sandwich
This is the food of the Ashkenazi Jews—a dish engineered against Russian winters. I love a torn basil leaf as much as the next aspirational foodie but sometimes, only saturated animal fats will do.
This Montreal Jewish Bakery Doesn't Want to Be Called Modern
For Jeffrey Finkelstein of Montreal bakery Hof Kelsten, tradition is what’s kept, rather than kosher. “We’re not a landmark," he says. "We’re a hopeful future landmark."
A Fond Farewell to the Man Who Made Bagels What They Are Today
Daniel Thompson's bagel machine may have changed the way most bagels taste, but it also allowed Americans everywhere to taste them in the first place.
It’s Not a Rosh Hashanah Feast Without Honey
Instead of welcoming in the year with disappointing club nights and surge charge Ubers, Rosh Hashanah lets you celebrate the new year gorging on honey cake.
Why West Coast Jewish Chefs Are Embracing Pork
The relationship between Jews and pigs is complicated. For some it’s like an extramarital affair that can be thrilling yet satisfying, despite whatever guilt it conjures.