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A Pocket Culinary Tour Through Israel

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Don’t Turn Your Nose Up at Cabbage

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Things to Do During Heritage Month

Food

Savoring That Citrusy Cilantro

By:

Rivka Tal, JE Feature

Cilantro is quite popular in Israel, and all over the Middle East and North Africa. It's part and parcel of Tex-Mex, Thai and Indian traditional cooking as well. But it's one of those things in the food world: You either love those pungent, sage-citrusy-tasting leaves or you hate them. It seems that there's very little middle ground. Scientists explain that...

Books

Captured on Film ...

By:

Robert Leiter

SPEAKING VOLUMES The deep divide between the East and West Coast artistic communities was an undeniable fact of 20th-century creative life in America and was apparent in the realm of literature -- poetry, especially -- and was also at play in the field of photography. Alfred Stieglitz was likely the pinnacle of the Eastern establishment, while someone like Edward Weston...

Food

Praising Braising

Old-fashioned simmering method is making a comeback

By:

Linda Morel

WHAT'S COOKING? Braising is back in style. Dormant for decades, it's a skill that has become trendy on the Food Network and in cooking magazines. Yet it's a method that my grandmother used nearly every night when she made dinner. If she were still alive, she'd laugh at braising's new status. Contradictory in nature, braising entails searing food in fat...

Food

Hot From the Oven

The cool air has arrived, and with it comes the lovely aroma of food cooking in the kitchen. What better way to welcome in the fall than with a batch of freshly made cookies? And these recipes won't leave you second-guessing -- they're tasty and good for you (and the kids). Almond-and-Honey Butter Cookies (Dairy) This thumbprint cookie uses honey...

Film & Television

'Circumcise Me': The Mohel the Merrier?

Yisrael Campbell talks of cutting-edge movie, play -- and his Catholic background in Philly

By:

Michael Elkin

They say the man works for tips. Dunno. Seems "Circumcise Me" comic Yisrael Campbell has his future pretty much sewn up. The unorthodox Orthodox star of the documentary -- opening the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival on Saturday night, Oct. 24 -- and his off-Broadway play of the same name could have been as easily called "Yisrael Scissorhands." Three times? Really?...