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Great Hamburger Recipe: For July 4th Grilling or Any Time this Summer

A Great Hamburger Recipe by Chef Renee
Here’s a recipe for a hamburger that will wow your friends and family this July 4th and throughout the summer. Use grass fed beef for its deeper, richer flavor, but conventional beef works well too.
The secret? A disc of butter slid into the middle of the patty makes this [...]

Recipe for Father’s Day: Smoky Gazpacho Mario with Spicy Slim Jim Stirrer

How about a gazpacho recipe for Father’s Day from Chef Renee that’s he-man enough to please Dad and that’s also sure to win over the rest of the family?
Smoky Gazpacho Mario with Spicy Slim Jim Stirrer
Serves 4
The night before: fill one ice cube tray with tomato juice, and freeze overnight. Use the rest of the [...]

Easter: Chocolate Bunnies and Marshmallow Chicks at Three Tarts

OK, these adorable Easter candies weren’t created on the Upper West Side.  They come from Three Tarts, an outstanding bakery in Chelsea, which, after all, could be considered the Lower West Side. In this charming shop overseen by two former designers, you’ll find their individually crafted Easter marshmallow chicks or “peeps,” $18 for six pairs, [...]

Haroset Recipe: The Diaspora Approach for Passover

This haroset recipe combines ingredients from Jewish communities around the world, some thriving, some near extinction.  Chef Renee’s haroset draws from several Jewish cultures—from Indian as well as from Ashkenazi and Sephardic culinary traditions.
Why is this night different from every other night? Because this haroset celebrates Jewish multiculturalism.
Diaspora Haroset
Serves 8
Preheat oven to 350F
INGREDIENTS
½ cup [...]

Upper West Side: Kosher Restaurant My Most Favorite Food Opens in Time for Passover

It seems strange that it’s taken until now for longtime kosher eatery My Most Favorite Food to set up an outpost on the Upper West Side. Regardless, the restaurant will be throwing open its doors March 25 at 247 W. 72nd Street just in time for Passover.
The eatery is counting on Upper West Siders of [...]

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