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Jan 8, 2019, 9:26 PM

All the Kosher Food in Miami

Recently, my family and I ate our way across Miami. Now, I won’t be coy and pretend we haven’t done such a thing before. We are a people who eat well and often, and I have a buzzy blur of memories from, most recently, Madrid, Jerusalem,...

Sep 17, 2015, 8:57 PM

Lord knows I’ve been a sinner lately. So much so that it’s possible just one Yom Kippur will not suffice this year, and I’ll need two. No matter, a part of me looks forward to having to answer to myself. In fact, I should do...

Aug 17, 2015, 5:32 PM

Hard Cider Times

They tell tales of an enchanting place, where the apples are endless, where musing hipsters run free. Devotee — and chump — that I am, I think I will make a pilgrimage there, to this new hard cider bar in Brooklyn. It’s part of a...

Jul 24, 2015, 5:42 PM

Challah and Artzi

I know this makes me something of a groupie, but the truth is, I can break most of my life down into Shlomo Artzi songs. Memory is just that mighty and bizarre. My neighbor understands this. She has even devised the perfect memory so as...

Jul 20, 2015, 3:22 PM

Louis C.K. famously said, “The meal isn’t over when I’m full. The meal is over when I hate myself.” I may or may not agree with him (okay fine, I do agree, so what?). But in many circles, this goes a bit further, so that...

Jul 16, 2015, 8:12 PM

Song of the makolet

What happens when you find yourself defeated by your own youthful dreams for yourself?

Jul 13, 2015, 7:14 PM

The End of Days (and Cake)

There is a new café in the neighborhood. It’s farm to table and kosher, using seasonal local ingredients. They make their own heirloom cornbread, strawberry balsamic preserves, pickled kraut, and aioli. When you gaze into one of their frothy cappuccinos, you might, if you’re lucky,...

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About Me

Carmit Delman lives in New York and writes on her glimpses of the American Jewish Israeli conversation. Inspired by her personal stories, love of food, work in education, and interest in all things multicultural, she is the author of, among other works, Burnt Bread and Chutney Growing Up Between Cultures, A Memoir of an Indian Jewish Girl, and has just completed a foodie novel.