New taste of Hanukkah to traditional homes
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| Beet spread tying Ashkenazi Jews and Israeli cultures together, Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times |
TALLAHASSEE,
FL - At the Mile End Deli in Brooklyn, owner, Noah Bernamoff talked about how potato
latkes are the iconic food of Hanukkah.
During the holiday's every household all of over the world share different meals and some
may even like to bring a new dish to the table every year. But there is always one staple that must make it to the table or it wouldn’t be the holidays. For the
Ashkenazi Jews the potato is there comfort food ground.
“ I’m a Ashkenazi Jew
and it just wouldn’t be Hanukkah without frying up some latkes-I like mine kind
of on the greasy side, said Barbara Greenberg, 52, of Pembroke Pines, Fl.
Her
mother made them every year. She would slather them with applesauce as a child
and soon transitioned to sour cream in her adult years.
Bernamoff
tops his with smoked salmon, making sure he makes enough batches of the little
crisp-edged pancakes that magically don’t soak up to much grease. Even if they
did, what are the holidays without a little indulgence?
Every
year Bernamoff try’s to push his limits to make something that is untraditional
but still says Hanukkah.
“The Mile End Cookbook,” which Bernamoff co-wrote and “Jerusalem,” by Yotam
Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi are two cookbooks that may inspire you to push the envelope
and create something fresh yet still appetizing to the traditional Ashkenazi
Jew.
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Both
books discuss prevalent trends in Jewish cooking, the Ashkenazi Brooklyn
hipster, and the cross-cultural Israeli. Each book includes recipes for the
classic latkes but the similarities stop there.
In
Bernamoff’s cookbook, recipe’s for deli classics such as smoked meat sandwich
are included all in the spirit of easy home cooking. Dishes like gefilte fish,
borscht (which he uses beet rather than beef stock) and kasha varnishkes with
homemade egg noodles, homemade beef salami, lamb bacon and smoked mackerel are amongst the traditional recipes.
At
his restaurant Mile End, he serves classic latkes throughout the year because,
“that’s why people come to a Jewish deli.” Then, when Hanukkah roles around he
brings different variations of latkes to his crowd. In one he replaces the
potatoes with celery root and parsnips. Bernamoffs personal topping suggestion
is a horseradish cream.
During
Hanukkah the idea is to fry in oil and Bernamoff came across a recipe for Swiss
chard fritters, filled with aromatic dill and cilantro, and mixed with feta
that will melt and become a toasty brown when fried. The Swiss chard fritters
serve as a perfect holiday recipe, providing a healthier alternative to the
starchy potatoes.
Bernamoff
says you could adorn both variations of these fritters with smoked salmon and
maybe even a little yogurt to give it a tart bite.
As
a chef you want to constantly reinvent familiar dishes and expose your “diners”
to new things. Therefore, Bernamoff wanted to create a sauce or dip that
brought both Middle East and Eastern European flavors together- again something
unusual but familiar to the heart of Hanukkah.
Cooked
beets, dill, walnuts and horseradish were taken from the Ashkenazi tradition
and it was mixed in a blender with yogurt, garlic, and olive oil from the
Israeli tradition. The ingredients were blended together until a thick, bright magenta puree
appeared. The perfect accompaniment to both fritters had been created. It was
thick enough to dollop onto the Swiss chard fritters and tangy and garlicky enough to
stand on its own as crudité dip for vegetables.
Bernamoff
said, “Jewish food isn’t just one thing. It keeps evolving.” His cookbook and “Jerusalem
are proof of that.
Chef Max Hardy: The Engagement Chicken, perfect dinner to seal the deal
By Ke’Juana Stanley
With contributions from, The New York Times
Photo, Andrew Scrivani
Video, grindingnyc
12-year-old boy on trial for Murder
TALLAHASSEE, FL – The murder trial of a 12-year-old Riverside, California boy who allegedly shot and killed his Neo-Nazi father began last week.
On May 1, 2011, then 10-year-old, Joseph Hall allegedly removed a snub-nosed revolver from a closet in HIS home with the intention of killing his 32-year-old father, Jeff Hall who was a regional leader for the National Socialist Movement. Prosecutors say, he was shot in the head by his son while he was sleeping on the couch.
Michael Soccio, Riverside County prosecutor, says Joseph Hall’s will to kill his father had nothing to do with growing up in a home in which the child was exposed to so much hate and racism.
“You’ll learn that (the child) would have shot his father even if he’d been a member of the Peace and Freedom Party. It made no difference,” he said.
In contrast, Matthew J. Hardy, Joseph’s public defender, says the child has neurological and psychological problems enhanced by the physical abuse in the home.
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Jeff Hall holding a National Socialist Movement flag, victim
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“He’s been conditioned to violence,” Mr. Hardy said, adding, “You have to ask yourself: Did this kid really know that this act was wrong based on all those things?”
Hardy added that Joseph believed he was doing the right thing by shooting his father.
His client believed it was okay to harm anyone that was a threat to his safety and his family’s well-being. Joseph thought his father was cheating on his stepmother and that his family was falling apart according to Mr. Soccio.
Soccio said the boy expressed to his younger sister prior to the shooting that he was going to kill their father and she told him not to.
Judge Jean Leonard of Riverside County Superior Court will preside over the murder trial without a jury. If he determines Hall is responsible, he will become the youngest person in the California’s Department of Juvenile Justice system. He will be sent to one of three fenced in facilities that house some of the state’s most volatile juvenile offenders. Hall wouldn’t be released until he was 23-years-old.
This case is also unusual because of the type of violence executed by a child of this age.
Kathleen M. Heide, professor of criminology at the University of South Florida, and author of “Why kids Kill Parents”, said children 10 and under rarely kill their parents. She said only 16 cases were recorded from 1976 to 2007.
In an ironic twist, Hall’s father bragged to members of his neo-nazi group the day before he was killed, that he taught his son how to shoot and they were discussing plans to patrol the Mexican border.
“If you were going to create a monster, if you were going to create a killer, what would you do?” he said. “You’d put him in a house where there’s domestic violence, child abuse, racism,” said Hardy.
Soccio said the boy had violent ways prior to his father becoming a neo-Nazi. He had been expelled from school at the age of five, for choking a teacher with a telephone cord.
“Joseph said at one point,” Mr. Soccio recalled, ‘This father and son thing had to come to an end.’
Studying violence in Children
By Ke’Juana Stanley
With contributions from, The New York Times, washingtontimes.com
Photo, scpr.org
Video, USFchannel
EDUKATE YOSELF
Ex-Marine kills estranged wife at Azana Salon and Spa
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Inside a Milwaukee suburb day spa, a gunman opened fire killing three women, including his estranged wife and leaving other victims shaken-up and injured. Authorities went on a wild chase Sunday that ended with the discovery of the gunman’s body.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Inside a Milwaukee suburb day spa, a gunman opened fire killing three women, including his estranged wife and leaving other victims shaken-up and injured. Authorities went on a wild chase Sunday that ended with the discovery of the gunman’s body.
The gunman, Radcliffe F. Haughton, 45, a former marine and resident of Brown Deer suspected his wife was cheating on him. Police said he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Haughton’s estranged wife Zina Haughton, 42, worked in the Azana Salon and Spa where the shooting occurred. The couple was reportedly going through marital problems for some time.
"Things have gotten so bad, Radcliffe I just -- we need to separate. We need a course before you hurt me. Even if it's an accident...I don't want to die. I just don't want to die," Zina Haughton said in courtroom audio obtained by ABC News affiliate WISN.
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| Radcliffe F.Haughton, shooter |
Zina Haughton was taking care of her client, Betty Brunner at the time and as Brunner went down, Zina walked to the receptionist desk where her husband stood with a .40 caliber handgun pointing at her.
Haughton grabbed his wife and pushed her behind a wall, Brunner said.
Then, he shot her.
Then, he shot her.
According to the salon owner, Zina Haughton’s daughter, Yasmeen Daniel, 20, also worked at Azana Day spa and witnessed the shooting.
"She had said her stepfather was in there trying to shoot as many people as he could," said Sallie Konruff, a witness at the scene.
The SWAT team was armed around the building while costumers - some still in their robs and barefoot - ran out of the building frantically. Brunner was rescued.
La'Daysha Harris of Miami, Fl, who is an avid spa-goer was shocked when she heard of such a disturbing event.
"I work over forty hours a week and I usually go to the spa twice a month, but I never would of thought something so tragic could happen at a place where I expect to gain peace of mind, said Harris."
Authorities weren’t sure where the shooter was, but expected an intense stand off whenever he was found. But after a six-hour manhunt, authorities found his body in a locked area of the two-story salon, where he shot himself, Brookfield Police Chief Daniel Tushaus said.
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"I work over forty hours a week and I usually go to the spa twice a month, but I never would of thought something so tragic could happen at a place where I expect to gain peace of mind, said Harris."
Authorities weren’t sure where the shooter was, but expected an intense stand off whenever he was found. But after a six-hour manhunt, authorities found his body in a locked area of the two-story salon, where he shot himself, Brookfield Police Chief Daniel Tushaus said.
Four women between 20 and 40 years old were taken to Froedert hospital and treated for gunshot wounds. Several had to undergo surgery and remained in the hospital while one victim was released Monday according to Kathy Sieja, hospital spokeswoman.
Besides Zina Haughton, the deceased victims were Cary L. Robuck, 35, of Racine and Maelyn M. Lind, 38, of Oconomowoc.
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