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Cooking Jewish Culture: Choucroute Garnie
January 10, 2022February 9, 2022

Cooking Jewish Culture: Choucroute Garnie

Classic Foods by FunJoel2 comments

Welcome to the newest recurring feature on my blog: Cooking Jewish Culture. While this site is not a “cooking blog” per se, and it remains focused on my primary topic of Jewish Food History, I am going to incorporate periodic cooking posts. One of the things I’ve noticed as I research Jewish Food culture is that you can sometimes tell […]

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Q&A: All About American Jewish Deli
December 22, 2021

Q&A: All About American Jewish Deli

Classic Foods by FunJoel3 comments

I love answering questions about Jewish Food history, and some time ago, in my newsletter, I asked people to email me with anything they wanted to know. My long-time friend Julie responded with some queries about American Jewish delis. As fate would have it, the most common topic I was asked about while on my recent lecture tour in America, […]

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Thank God for Food Spoilage
June 9, 2021June 10, 2021

Thank God for Food Spoilage

Classic Foods by FunJoel0 comments

Traditional Jews have a wide array of food blessings, based on the type of food being consumed. We thank God with a different bracha (blessing) for creating grain products, fruits or wine, for example. These add up to an expression of our gratitude to the Creator for providing us not just with sustenance, but with a variety both nutritionally and […]

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