Jewneric: A New Platform for the Jewish Voice Archives: Cooking
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9 April 2008
The Geek Guide to Kosher Machines
I just stumbled on a Wired article from November of 2004 which profiles Jonah Ottensoser, an engineer for the Star-K. “A retired helicopter engineer who is himself Orthodox, Ottensoser teaches Sabbath law to technical teams at companies like General Electric, Electrolux, and Viking. His job: to guide them in building electronic brains and mechanical guts [...]
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2 March 2008
Top Chef Goes Kosher
Hung Huynh, winner of Bravo’s “Top Chef” Season Three, has been named Executive Chef of Solo, a Mediterranean-Asian fusion kosher restaurant in Manhattan, located inside the Sony building at 55th & Madison. Huynh, born in Vietnam, studied Asian and French cuisine at the Culinary Institute of America. According to the Forward, Huynh will begin his [...]
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15 February 2008
Put Everything in a Bowl and Mish Recipies: Banana Cake
This is the ABSOLUTELY MOST TERRIFIC BANANA CAKE recipe that is guaranteed to win a place on your favorites list. My family loves it for the taste and I love it because it is the simplest dessert to make. Just put all the ingredients in a big bowl [...]
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14 February 2008
About the Impending Israeli Sushi Strike and the Implications and Ramifications upon the Future of the Israeli Society
Strikes are inevitable. Certain things can be done without. (I am not, God forbid, referring to House, Scrubs, Desperate Housewives, Prison Break, Heroes, 30 Rock, or any other TV shows affected by the recently-ended WGA Writer’s Strike in the US. That was hell, and should not be experienced by anyone.)
In the long time that [...]
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15 January 2008
The Six Degrees of Kosher Bacon
1) Smart Bacon: Made by Life Light, Smart Bacon is completely non-dairy, giving it the versatility to be used in both Meat and Dairy recipes. Though it is not bad, Smart Bacon is less like bacon and more like soy with bacon flavoring.
2) Organic Smoky Tempeh Strips: Also made by Life Light, Smokey Tempeh [...]
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20 December 2007
Those Old Time Lox and Rolls
Approaching the secular new year, I sit nostalgic of the Jewneric that was in the days of yore. Well, that’s not really true. I sit wondering why the only topics people can think to post are food related.
Let’s recap for those who are new here.
Jewneric began in August with posts [...]
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12 November 2007
Salami Sonar or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Schnitzel
I know we seem to have had a bit of a lull here at Jewneric, but it’s sometimes hard to remember to post when life comes at all of us so fast. That’s why I love to attend the Kosher Fest convention at the Javits Center in New York, normally held in the second week [...]