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Articles by Naomi Major
Shmaltz Brewing Co. Gets Funky With New ‘Jewbelation’
Shmaltz Brewing Company owner Jeremy Cowan never bought the old adage that Jews didn’t drink. In fact, he decided early on that he was going to brew a beer with a distincty Jewish identity. “The very first beer was Genesis Ale,” Cowan told me recently over the phone.
‘99 Bottles Of Beer On The Wall’ Includes A Shmaltz Brew
I don’t like beer very much, but I did pick up a six-pack last week. Okay so it wasn’t an actual six-pack of beer — it was a “six-pack” of small paintings of different beers. The beers, 99 of them, were on view at Gilter &____, the art gallery in my old neighborhood of Hamilton Heights owned by my friend Avi Gitler. The paintings comprised an exhibit called “99 Bottles Of Beer On The Wall,” and were being sold individually or as “six-packs,” which went for a discounted rate.
Shmaltz She’Brew Beer To Celebrate Mother’s Day
“This is a man’s world, this is a man’s world.” So sang James Brown, and unfortunately it seems that our current administration wants to keep it that way. The Godfather of Soul did go on to say, “But it wouldn’t be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl.” That’s a nice afterthought; afterthought being a position to which we of the double xx chromosome are too often relegated.
Don’t Put Blueberries In My Kreplach!
I really like saying the word kreplach. It’s got all the elements of what I consider to be a good spoken word: the hard, short “K” to start, with that throaty, elongated “ach” to finish, and the gentle “p” in the middle, making the two syllables, when spoken, what I would call a delicious word-meal.
Tofu Cream Cheese Is My Secret Shame
When I was growing up in Toronto, Sunday was the best meal day of the week. Early in the morning, my father would go to Harbord Bakery and get kaiser rolls, bagels, sticky buns, a coffee cake and maybe even a few buffalo buns. Then he would head north to Eglinton Avenue to Daiter’s Dairy to get fresh cream cheese. (This was the 70s; the good Jewish foodstuffs were spread far and wide, and bagels were still considered an exotic food).
6 Things That Should Never Be Seen On A Bagel
Friends of my parents told me this story many years ago. I love it and have never forgotten it. Geraldine (Jewish) was bringing her boyfriend Bob (not Jewish) home to meet her parents for the first time. They were going to have a traditional Sunday breakfast: bagels, cream cheese, white fish etcetera. As everyone began filling their plates, Bob looked up and said, “Is there any peanut butter for the bagels?” Geraldine was mortified, but love conquers food crimes.
14 Fun, Fabulous Purim Drinks
There are so many ways to enjoy the libation-focused holiday of Purim. With the instruction to drink until you don’t know the difference between the good Mordechi and the evil Haman, you have Jewish tradition egging on indulgence. (Having said that, we recommend you indulge wisely.) Here are a few of our favorite Purim-focused cocktails, wine and spirits. Liza Schoenfein is food editor at the Forward. Contact her at schoenfein@forward.com or on Twitter, @LifeDeathDinner
The Queen Of Beers For Purim? Catch Her If You Can
I never really gave much thought to beer in Israel. Recently, however, I did some reading, and here’s what I discovered. According to the Biblical Archaeology Society: “Ancient Israelites proudly drank beer…and lots of it.
A Seder in February? Here’s How to Celebrate Tu B’Shvat
It’s funny how many people — Jewish ones included — don’t know about Tu B’Shvat. The most beautiful holiday you’ve never heard of, it’s well worth learning about and celebrating. These days, people often refer to Tu B’Shvat as “the Jewish Arbor Day.” Indeed, according to the Mishnah (Jewish oral law), it is the new year of the trees. The holiday, which this year falls on February 11, is celebrated with a Seder: participants read from a Haggadah and drink four glasses of wine.
Shmaltz Brewing Co. Gets Funky With New ‘Jewbilation’
Shmaltz Brewing Company owner Jeremy Cowan never bought the old adage that Jews didn’t drink. In fact, he decided early on that he was going to brew a beer with a distincty Jewish identity. “The very first beer was Genesis Ale,” Cowan told me recently over the phone.
From Cantoring to Cocktails
Not long into my interview with Allen Katz, co-founder (with Tom Potter) of New York Distilling Company, I decided I wanted to meet his parents. More specifically, I wanted to go back in time and be invited over to Katz’s childhood Baltimore home for Friday night dinner, to meet his parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and any other extended family member who would have attended.
Getting to Know the Jewish Whisky Company
I’m not a big whisky drinker. I’m especially not a whisky drinker at 11:30 in the morning on a workday. But that changed when I had the pleasure of sitting down with Joshua Hatton and Jason Johnstone-Yellin, two of the three founders of the Jewish Whisky Company. (The third founder is Seth Klaskin.) Prior to founding the JWC, Joshua and Jason had two of the most widely read, respected, followed and admired whisky blogs on the Internet.
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