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Triangle Factory Fire Anniversary: My Grandmother Survived to Become the World’s Worst Cook

Family legend has it that my grandmother, Fannie Chapkowitz Binnenbaum, survived the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. She is said to have jumped into a fireman’s net and walked home where her mother, unaware of the tragedy, brusquely ordered her back to work.
Later, Fanny went into the bootlegging business. In the back of her candy story [...]

Recipe: Potato Latkes for Hanukkah

Get those frying pans out! Hanukkah starts Wednesday, so it’s latke time.
If you’re lazy like me, you can go to Zabar’s or some other Jewish specialty store and buy them.
But for you Hanukkah home cooks out there, here’s a selection of latke recipes—traditional and otherwise.
There are crispy ones like grandma used to make, ones with [...]

Joan Nathan talks about French Jewish Cooking Nov. 11

It’s not that long until Hanukkah. Are you trying to think of something to cook instead of those same old latkes? Maybe some inspiration from Joan Nathan, the high priestess (or high maven) of Jewish cooking in America, is in order.
Come hear Nathan talk about the Jewish cooking of France Nov. 11. She will share [...]

Upper West Side: A Rosh Hashanah Cooking Lesson from the JCC

Looking for Rosh Hashanah cooking ideas? Check out this “Today” show video featuring Julie Negrin, director of the NewYork JCC culinary program. Negrin teaches Al Roker how to make challah for the Jewish New Year.
What’s challah taste like? Just ask “Today” anchor Ann Curry.
“It tastes just like brioche, doesn’t it, really?”
Hmmm.

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Triangle Factory Fire Anniversary: My Grandmother Survived to Become the World’s Worst Cook

Recipe: Potato Latkes for Hanukkah

Joan Nathan talks about French Jewish Cooking Nov. 11

Upper West Side: A Rosh Hashanah Cooking Lesson from the JCC

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