About Leah Koenig
Shmita-vore
Last night I attended an event called "Eating Local in Brooklyn," hosted by the uber-foodie non-profit, Slow Food NYC. Despite a recent tongue-in-cheek article in New York Magazine and an op-ed in the NY Times that both hate on localvores, the … Read More
Gordon Ramsay: bagel maven?
New York Magazine's irreverant food blog, Grub Street, recently confirmed that celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is a pompous bloke. Grub Street reports: "The Surly Scotchman actually presumed on national television to teach Larry King how to schmear a bagel." [Full story here] Now as … Read More
Shake Up Sukkot With This Specialty Martini
One etrog cocktail, coming right up! Read More
How Apple Juice Saved My Fast
I grew up in a household with a Christian dad and a liberally observant mom, so there wasn't much fasting going on in my house on Yom Kippur. Throughout my teenage years, I would go to synagogue and watch hungry, … Read More
Cheese: The glue that holds Jewish relationships together
Congratulations! You’ve finally found your bashert. You are so in love and a perfect match in every way – except that he’s shomer Shabbat and you can’t wake up without Saturday morning cartoons. Or you don’t eat at non-kosher restaurants, … Read More
Sticky and Sweet for the New Year
When you picture the “land flowing with milk and honey” what do you see? Chances are, like me, you envision a tall glass overflowing with whole-fat milk and a sticky, golden honey bear. For years, scholars and Torah enthusiasts have bashed this idea, … Read More
Who made my cheese?
There's an abundance of tomatoes out there in farmer land – and there's no better way to eat them than paired with fresh basil and gooey mozzarella. Almost all cheeses, including mozzarella, contain rennet – an enzyme that helps coagulate … Read More
Plastic + Water Bottle = Satan
I remember learning as a preteen that Evian spelled backwards is NAIVE. That day, I lost a part of my innocence and reverie with the goodness of the world. Today, my favorite irreverant environmental magazine, Grist, quipped "Evian Is Just Evil Misspelled." … Read More
