How to Eat Jewish in Shanghai
SHANGHAI — The Kosher Café in Shanghai’s Hongqaio District holds eight tables, each draped in white linen and covered with clear plastic. Two middle-aged businessmen, one in a kippah, chat quietly over...
View ArticleFor CrossFit Cantor, It’s All About Discipline
The sun has barely crept over the horizon when Rhoda Harrison leaves her Mount Washington home for a fitness center tucked into the outskirts of Baltimore City. For nearly a year, the ordained rabbi...
View ArticleDon’t Throw Out That Etrog
Those who scoured the streets of Baltimore for the perfect etrog — one void of blemishes and discoloration — no longer have use for the exotic fruit once they disassemble their outdoor huts. Or do...
View ArticlePrescription Chicken Is Back in Town
After a successful Remington pop-up earlier this year, matzoh ball soup purveyors Prescription Chicken have set up shop at Cross Street Market in Federal Hill. Cousins and business partners Valerie...
View ArticleChristmastime in Haifa Means a Celebration of Arab Food
HAIFA, Israel (JTA) — They say that man’s heart can be reached through his stomach. And this Christmas, chef Nof Atamna-Ismaeel is hoping the same can be said for the heart of Israeli-Arab...
View ArticleKosher Old Bay Recipes
Enjoy these Old Bay recipes submitted by JT readers! Charm City Hummus Ingredients: 1 can chick peas 4 cloves fresh garlic 2-3 tbsp. tahini paste 1 whole fresh lemon cut and squeezed 4-5 tbs. olive oil...
View ArticleNot All Matzah Created Equal
Matzah: It’s plain and simple. Or is it? With innumerable varieties on store shelves, it’s tough to keep track of them all. So we did a taste test here at the JT, in an attempt to narrow things down....
View ArticleFive Fun Matzah Facts
According to The New York Times, Manischewitz covers approximately 40 percent of the Passover market. During the holiday season, the company produces 851,000 matzahs each day. The company was the first...
View ArticleA Passover Delicacy for the Modern Eater
When I was growing up, chopped liver was a rare treat reserved for my parents’ black and white cocktail parties, funeral shivas and Passover. I would hang around the kitchen while our maid, Hazel (yes,...
View Article‘Dream Job’ for Kosher Chocolatier
She drives a chocolate-colored station wagon and wears a chocolate-colored apron and if you’d like to take a seat in the cozy retail section of her chocolate shop/kitchen in Stevenson Village, have a...
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