Shira Feder
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How do you follow up an online cookbook with 15 million downloads?
Leanne Brown’s free PDF for people on food stamps went mega-viral. She’s back with a more conventional (but still thoughtful) cookbook. → Read More
Reporting on Health: What 18 Journalists Wish They’d Known from the Start
Most journalists will agree that learning how to properly report on science news takes time, but as news of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to dominate headlines, it's now a job that many reporters must learn quickly. To help new science journalists, whether they're fresh out of college, career changers, or seasoned journalists being given an unexpected assignment, The Open Notebook asked 18… → Read More
Why Dorothy Parker’s ashes were interred at the NAACP headquarters
Parker left her estate to Martin Luther King, Jr. and, in the event of his death, the N.A.A.C.P. → Read More
How to respond to your family's coronavirus conspiracy theories
There are ways to respectfully debate conspiracy theories with your family, though sometimes it's best to just end the conversation. → Read More
Thinx is denying claims that its menstrual underwear contains toxic chemicals in the crotch
Business Insider - A chemist reportedly found PFAS, which are linked to negative health effects, in the garments. Still, the chemicals are likely harmless in clothing.. Read more at businessinsider.my → Read More
Big Hummus Is Watching. It Wants You To Eat More Hummus.
Experiencing their first sales plateau in decades, Sabra wants you eating hummus like Christopher Walken wants cowbell. → Read More
Seth And Mark Rogen To Be Honored At Workmen’s Circle Benefit
This year’s Workmen’s Circle benefit will be a father-son affair. → Read More
Discovering The Black Sea’s Long-Buried Jewish Cuisines
In Black Sea: Dispatches and Recipes, Caroline Eden explores cuisine and recipes of Odessa's Jewish community. → Read More
What Questions To Ask Your Butcher About Your Brisket Cut This Passover
Here are the questions you should be asking you butchers about your brisket cut, this Passover, according to Steve Raichlen. → Read More
This Japanese American Jewish Cook Is Building A Lifestyle Brand For ‘Ethnically Blended’ Households
Japanese-Jewish-American Kristin Eriko Posner is building a lifestyle brand for ethnically blended households, "Nourish and Co". → Read More
How Martha Rosler’s Attack On ‘The Woman In The Kitchen’ Made Men Angry
Martha Rosler’s “Semiotics of the Kitchen” made a lot of men angry in 1975. To Rosler, not a lot has changed. → Read More
How To Decode A Kosher Label
Are you overwhelmed every time you look at a kosher label? Here’s what all the symbols actually mean. → Read More
Kosher And Halal Meat Can No Longer Be Labeled Organic In The EU
EU court rules that halal and kosher meat cannot be labeled organic. → Read More
The Orthodox World Gets Its Own Indie Meat Magazine
Fleishigs magazine, by Shifra and Shlomo Klein, is offering a glatt kosher meat publication for Orthodox Jews. → Read More
How To Make Your Dishes Pop On Instagram: A Food Stylist’s Secrets
How to style your food or dish for Instagram photos - tips from a food stylist. → Read More
Our Favorite Food Instagrammers Tell Us Their Must-Have Kitchen Spices
Jewish food Instagrammers tell us their favorite spices -- cumin, zaatar, umami spice, cinnamon, hawajj, and more. → Read More
Historian Opens Cafe In Montreal’s Jewish Museum — Re-Defining What Jewish Food Means
Kat Romanow, founder of the Wandering Chew, has founded Fletcher's, a Jewish cafe in the Musee du Montreal Juif (Museum of Jewish Montreal). → Read More
Dr. Ruth and Mr. Peanut Team Up To Give Sex Advice
Valentine’s Day might be over, but Dr. Ruth’s advice is timeless. → Read More
In The Heart Of Oregon — A Kosher Brewery Thrives
What happens when an interfaith couple opens a kosher brewery in Portland, OR? → Read More
Oxford Students Are Trying To Ban Kosher And Halal Meat
First they banned octopus. Now they’re trying to ban kosher and halal meat. → Read More