Food Archives

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02 Jul

Summer 2025, Talk of the Table

Talk of the Table | Back to the Future: 50 Years of Jewish Food

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Dan Freedman

July 7, 2025

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If you were a devotee of Jewish food and alive in 1975, you might remember...nothing much at all.

30 Sep

Fall 2024, Food, Talk of the Table

Talk of the Table | The Stew of Seven Tastes

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Vered Guttman

October 9, 2024

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The “Stew of Seven Tastes” actually has five ingredients, one of which is beef tongue, so it may just taste you back!

19 Apr

Highlights, Latest

Seven Modern Additions to the Seder Plate

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Tyler Griff

April 24, 2024

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In recent years, a number of new Passover items have been adopted—or at least proposed—to include in and around the traditional seder plate.

15 Apr

Cover Story, Food, Spring 2024, Talk of the Table

Talk of the Table | The Versatile, Vengeful, Volatile Onion

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Diane M. Bolz

June 18, 2024

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A short history on how onions are used for Jewish cooking and the health benefits of onions of all varieties.

28 Nov

2023 November/December, Featured, Food, Talk of the Table

Talk of the Table | The Ever Malleable Marzipan

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Vered Guttman

February 15, 2024

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Strolling with my family through the charming streets of the Jewish Quarter in Toledo, Spain, last May felt like embarking on a journey through time.

19 Sep

Cover Story, Fall 2023, Talk of the Table

Talk of the Table | The Locusts Are Coming!

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Noah Phillips

December 15, 2023

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Peering into the jar, I can see the little brown heads, eyes, bodies and wings of about 30 dried locusts.

24 Jul

Food, Summer Issue 2023, Talk of the Table

Talk of the Table | A Chat with ChefGPT

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Nadine Epstein Andrew Michaels

August 17, 2023

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It was with some trepidation that we decided to bring the matter of food to the great AI Oz.

21 Apr

Food, Spring Issue 2023, Talk of the Table

Talk of the Table | A Feast to Celebrate 75 Years

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Vered Guttman

May 17, 2023

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In honor of Israel’s 75th birthday I created a menu that serves as a culinary representation of the newborn State of Israel in 1948, with dishes demonstrating the nascent nation’s human diversity

18 Jan

Food, Highlights, Talk of the Table, Winter Issue 2023

Talk of the Table | Waste with Taste: Peels, Stems, Tops and More

Posted by

Micah Siva

February 7, 2023

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Recipes designed to minimize waste have been part of Jewish culture for generations.

15 Nov

2022 November/December, Food, Talk of the Table

Talk of the Table | Falafel: The Crunch that Binds or Ball of Confusion?

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Dan Freedman

November 15, 2022

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Let’s face it, Canada and the United States are not in conflict over the origins of the donut and which national brand is superior, Dunkin’ or Horton’s.

28 Sep

2022 September/October, Food, Talk of the Table

Talk of the Table | The Feast Before the Fast

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Vered Guttman

September 23, 2024

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Vered Guttman highlights the preparations that take place for the Yom Kippur pre-fast meal, and gives a recipe for Moroccan Sfenj Doughnuts.

12 Jul

Summer Issue 2022, Talk of the Table

Talk of the Table | Cooking with Cannabis

Posted by

Bella Druckman

July 13, 2022

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Wedged on Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, the epicenter of Lubavitch life, is Primo Hatters, a family-run hat business catering to the religious community.