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Why 'Will Work for Food' Works

By:

Michael Elkin

What's that dizzying acrid/sweet smell coming from inside that college boy's dorm? Could he be smoking ... Lox? Could be if the boy in question was Adam Gertler and the controlled substance he was smoking came from the uncontrollable white waters of Alaska, where salmon was king and bagel its bride. From whitewater to whitefish, Gertler girded early on for...

Books

'A Renegade Art Form'

An independent publisher takes a chance on the misunderstood novella

By:

Robert Leiter

Every so often, I've used this space to praise small independent publishers who, no matter the economic foolhardiness of their endeavors, forge ahead and never compromise their principles. I'm thinking particularly of one-person operations like Dryad Press down in Maryland and Turtle Point Press right in the thick of things in Manhattan, as well as ventures like New York Review...

Food

You're Full of Beans

And, actually, it's a good way to be

By:

Ethel Hofman, JE Feature

Beans and broccoli don't sound all that exciting or particularly sexy. But these foods are inexpensive, jam-packed with nutrients and may help to offset cancer -- all significant reasons to include them in your diet. Canned beans and fresh or frozen broccoli can easily be transformed into appetizing dishes. Dried beans and legumes need to be soaked first, and so...

Food

A Dish That Leaves You Yearning for More

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Rivka Tal, JE Feature

If you were asked to pick the quintessential Jewish food, what would you choose? Chicken soup or gefilte fish, maybe? Certainly, bagels and lox would also vie for the title -- for Americans, at least. But there is truly only one dish that is absolutely, positively, no-mistake-made Jewish -- and that's cholent. For those not in the know, cholent (known...

Theater

'Rent' Control

Musical role in the sure hands of Adam Pascal, 'Broadway Guy' and 'Goyband' star

By:

Michael Elkin

Adam Pascal is high-"Rent" district dynamic. Roger out, Roger back in: Pascal is reprising his Tony Award-nominated role as Roger Davis, the young, guitar-strumming AIDS patient impatient with progress, in a national tour of the acclaimed, idiosyncratic and iconoclastic Tony Award-winning musical, now through this weekend at the Academy of Music. Despite all the hoopla surrounding his rocking career --...