As the ICE raids continue to intensify across the country, here is the story of a community food hub in Santa Ana that is fighting back.
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Of course, no scientific evidence backs up the folk wisdom that chicken soup prevents or cures colds. It’s no more effective than a mug of boiling water for getting mucus-busting steam and hot liquid down your throat. It’s just a better-tasting delivery system.
What makes this hot sauce Ashkenazi? I ferment chiles for 30 days with plenty of sweet red beets. Thank you to all those who have joined, received their gift bottles. To receive a hot sauce you simply can’t buy, join Foodaism now. foodaism.substack.com/p/the-most-i...
So many of us grew up only associating Iran with its brutal, repressive leaders.
But to understand the real Iran, you need to reach for Najmieh Batmanglij’s Food for Life. I encourage you to buy this book, cook this food, and stand with this people.
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I tasted a sample of the famous rum cake they sell to tourists on Nassau — and spit it out. Loaded with sugar and chemicals, it tastes of cheap booze and yellow cake mix. When we came home, for New Years Eve, I made my own rum cake
I wanted, from the moment we landed in Nassau, to taste Bahamian food. In my latest Substack article, I share my experience with this incredible cuisine.
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If you have a plot, a patch or a pot, you should be growing African blue basil: it never dies, never goes to seed. It survives (and even grows!) through California winters, tastes wonderful and smells like a dream. #recipe #pastarecipe #easyrecipe #vegetarianrecipe
Paisita owner Alejando Balzarreti is from El Salvadoran, where he owns a coffee farm and roaster, Amigo, that provides the cafe with its beans.
The small menu includes empanadas, a breakfast burrito, various bowls, and chicken Milanesa and BLT sandwiches for lunch.
#Cosetta is a relatively new Italian-ish joint from chef Zach Pollack, who is now bringing his creations to the West Side.
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It was Christmas Eve, and two Westside Jews were looking for room in a Chinese restaurant.
The usual places were packed. Dan Modern Chinese? Forget it.
“What about there?” one of us said, pointing up to the second story of a strip mall. “Sichuan Impression.”
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I recently had the pleasure of exploring more Chinese cuisine at Sichuan Impression on the West Side - here are my recommendations (especially for vegetarians).
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Peak Latke is upon us. Cruise the web and socials this time of year and the varieties of latke experience are astonishing. The standard Ashkenazi potato latke, Sephardic vegetable latkes, and the novelty latke. Here are a few of my favorite novelty latkes.
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The Lower East Side was the landing spot for millions of Orthodox Ukrainians, Poles, Hungarians & Lithuanians.
One way to think of those immigrant hordes is as an invasion.
But it’s not an invasion. It’s one of the world’s greatest potlucks.
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You’re going to want apple sauce for your latkes this Hanukkah, which begins the evening of Dec. 14. Roasting adds depth to vegetables, and it does the same for apples. Plus it’s easy and makes your house smell incredible.
7 years ago, Gady Levy first told me about his dream of hosting the biggest Shabbat meal in history.
A week before the event, it was sold out, and the wait list climbed to 1,600 names.
That’s when I emailed for a press pass. Now I wanted to go.
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The first few times I went to Beethoven Market, the Italian-leaning restaurant in L.A.’s Mar Vista neighborhood, I ignored a salad listed simply as, “Green Beans”. But then I read the ingredients — fennel, celery, Parmesan, almond pesto — and then we ordered it.
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Inspired by the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line, if you have any Thanksgiving meal-related questions, send me an email or a DM and I'm here to help!
Pickles are one of the gateway drugs to traditional Jewish food, whether it’s half-sours from the Lower East Side, Persian turshi, Sephardic trooshi and hamutzim: foodaism.substack.com/p/happy-nati...
Simpang Venice is a wonderful Indonesian restaurant on the Westside that tells the great American story: bringing old cultures to a new place. foodaism.substack.com/p/seven-dish...
Max & Helen's is an incredible new diner/deli restaurant in LA - and I had the privilege of attending the friends and family opening. Read all about this charming eatery on my Substack, and attend the public opening on November 18th. foodaism.substack.com/p/lunch-at-m...
I made two foods to celebrate the signing of the Israel-Hamas Accord: Sumakiyyah, a Gazan stew seasoned with sumac, and cinnamon rolls. To hear more of my reflections on how food played a role in this tragic conflict, head over to my Substack: foodaism.substack.com
Sumakiyyah by @bridget.vee.cooks
Because of the government shutdown and Trump's refusal to release supplemental food benefits, 42 million American went without critical food assistance.
Want to fight back? Donate to your local food bank. FoodFinder.us is a fast and efficient way to find the one closest to you.
In this week's Substack article, I reflect on how perfect stews are for fall. A vegetable guvec and a summer ratatouille have similar ingredients, but the long, slow cooking that a stew requires suits the cooler weather and shorter days. foodaism.substack.com/p/discoverin...
Foodaism explores the deep connections between food, faith, and tradition through stories, recipes, and reflections on how we nourish body and spirit.
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Any Israeli-American involved in the killing of Palestinian-Americans in the West Bank should be tried in American courts. There's a statute for that. It just takes enough outrage. Are you outraged enough? forward.com/opinion/7566...
@joshua.stealingheather.com made ICEBlock the app I’m checking first thing these days. Joshua please DM me…
The ADL backtracked and it’s support for the Trump administration, deportation of Israel, protesters, and every other Jewish organization, should as well
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The American Jewish community “doesn’t really have any moral red lines,” @peterbeinart.bsky.social told me in an interview about his new book. Exhibit A? The reaction to Trumps Gaza transfer idea. forward.com/opinion/6961...
