Frying Feast

Celebrate Hanukkah with lots of fat.

A new line of kosher tequila is being launched in time for Cinco de Mayo … and Passover.

Tisha B’Av may commemorate more than one event, but its origin, to my knowledge, is as a day of mourning for the destruction of the 2nd Holy Temple in Jerusalem.

: there are sizes and sizes. In Mishnayos Pesachim the sages discuss how much sacrificial meat you can have in your hands when you leave the temple in Jerusalem (since it was all was supposed to be consumed in the temple). Rabbi...

response. There’s no official right thing to do that I’m aware of — at least not since the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed 1,934 years ago (to the day, I might add). When the Temple stood, there were certain...

). They cooked two dinners at the Sheraton TLV and two dinners in Jerusalem. The Chefs ate perfect Humus at Abu Hassan, visited the spiritual Western Wall as well as “lots of less holy nightlife stuff.” Day 1 We shoot scenics in...

on this board) best american chinese in boston, golden temple, with best bar hands down (best martini in boston/brookline). go for the clams, the special ribs, the shanghai chicken, the beef udon noodles. best bakeries: clear...

Yo Ma in Brighton for lovely spicy burmese chicken soup, penang’s tom yum seafood soup, Golden Temple's udon noodle soup, Shanghai Gate in Brighton for the loveliest, lightest wanton/wintermelon soup and lots of good...

chocolate shop). At least one of the desciptions is confusing, the Middle Eastern place is not a jewish deli, it is a great lebanese joint called Old Jerusalem. They make one of my favorite falafels—maybe third only to a...

’re thinking we should be working for Khun Tam ourselves, but he already has like six Thai guys working this seaside boite. They are longhair types with wispy Uncle Ho beards and badass temple tattoos all over. Sak Yant inked...

Goosebeary’s, Jerusalem Cafe, and this new foofy Clover Food Lab thing. As I said, they do a lot of business because there’s a lot of desperate people who don’t want to walk all the way over to Mass Av to get a...

Annapurna, Hare Krishna temple- $7 buffet. Hit and miss but hey it’s cheap. Buddha’s Vegitarian=- some of it’s greasy but the smokiest spring roll that’s home made and amzazing

of times, but it doesn’t taste like anything to me. It is a beautiful temple to coffee though, and I don’t doubt Jeremy’s sincerity. I haven’t compared Ritual lately. Haus, the new place on 24th Street,...

the conquest and sack of Jerusalem and the Temple in which the candelabrum had been situate. Now to Marcello’s. Many of the customers are Jewish and the menu suits. It has such authentic regional specialties as steak and...

offering that atones for the sins of humanity in Christian theology, harkening back to ancient Jewish Temple sacrifices."