Leah Koenig

Leah Koenig is the Editor-in-Chief of The Jew and the Carrot: Hazon's Blog on Jews, Food, and Contemporary Life (www.jcarrot.org) She is also a freelance writer living in Brooklyn (as far as she knows, she's the only one.) She loves shopping at the farmers' market, braised greens, and a good, stinky cheese.

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Q&A with Jill Ginsberg from Thou Shall Snack

Jewish Grandmas are known for their special gift for feeding – and over feeding –…

The Friday 5: Top Jewish Foods From Thanksgiving Leftovers

Thanksgiving is done and Black Friday is upon us along with a fridge full of…

Gobble Gobble Glatt

My friend Simon spent his day pulling feathers out of turkeys.  While I clicked away at…

Food Watch: Food is for eating, right?

I'm cursed blessed with a classic Jewish body. Well, that's not entirely true, as the…

Slow News Day?

News flash: following in the footsteps of 5 Towns in Long Island, Staten Island finally got…

Devil’s Candy

Like many assimilated Jewish children, I grew up an all-out, costume-wearing, candy-trading, Halloween-celebrating kid. I…

The Friday 5: Top Trayf Cravings

  An observant friend of mine celebrates Purim every year with a ‘trayf night -”…

Food Watch – What’s Wrong with Food?

The World Jewish Digest recently published an article called, "What's Wrong with Hebrew School?" which…