Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'passover'
April 23, 2008
Restaurateurs Marc Meyer and Vicki Freeman took some time out of their hectic brunch schedule at Five Points to cook up some matzoh brei, a traditional Passover dish. They generally don't limit their matzoh brei eating to the Passover season. "We eat it all the time," says Vicki. At their house it is generally served plain, although Vicki admits to eating it with applesauce and sour cream when she gets it at Shopsin's. Marc......
Continue Reading "Marc Meyer's Matzo Brei Recipe"April 18, 2008
Passover, which begins tomorrow night, never passes by without a surge in emergency room traffic, according to one area physician. Dr. Tucker Woods, chairman at Long Island College Hospital’s emergency department, tells the Post he sees “an uptick in total patient volume during Passover.” It seems the heavy cleaning leading up to Passover – intended to rid the home of chametz – is taking its toll: “We see a little bit of everything. Dizziness from......
Continue Reading "Passover Causing Jews to Pass Out, Doctors Say"April 17, 2008
Far Rockaway, Queens--REPRESENT! Resident Joy Devor won the Simply Manishchewitz Cook-Off last night with her recipe for "Fantastic Flounder Rolls" beating out close to 3,000 other entrants in this nationwide competition. Somehow Ms. Devor managed to score some elusive Tam Tams, which might have been the key to setting her recipe above the rest. (The recipe also used Manischewitz Extra Virgin Olive Oil.) Her next cooking challenge, according to NY1, is "preparing food for her......
Continue Reading "Queens Woman Dubbed Queen of Kosher Cooking"April 2, 2008
Yesterday morning a painted swastika was found at 800 Bedford Avenue (between Park and Flushing) in Williamsburg, it was one of five that were discovered on that block, and one of many discovered in recent weeks. The Yeshiva World notes that the last known incident involving swastikas in Williamsburg occurred just this past week, an hour prior to a similar incident in Crown Heights. Independent of that, we received notice of two other swastikas found......
Continue Reading "More Swastikas Found in Williamsburg"March 27, 2008
Instead of asking "why is this night different from all other nights," many seder participants will be asking "where are the Tam Tams"? Manischewitz broke the tragic news today that Tam Tams, their bite-sized matzo crackers, will not be available in time for Passover this year. Tam Tams made their debut in 1940 and have been produced every year for the past 86 until now, derailed by a delay in the installation of a......
Continue Reading "Wherefore Art Thou, Tam Tam?"
