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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Last night I attended an event called "Eating Local in Brooklyn," hosted by the uber-foodie…

Gordon Ramsay: bagel maven?

New York Magazine's irreverant food blog, Grub Street, recently confirmed that celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is a pompous…

Shake Up Sukkot With This Specialty Martini

One etrog cocktail, coming right up!

How Apple Juice Saved My Fast

I grew up in a household with a Christian dad and a liberally observant mom,…

Cheese: The glue that holds Jewish relationships together

Congratulations!  You’ve finally found your bashert.  You are so in love and a perfect match…

Sticky and Sweet for the New Year

When you picture the “land flowing with milk and honey” what do you see?  Chances…

Who made my cheese?

There's an abundance of tomatoes out there in farmer land – and there's no better…

Plastic + Water Bottle = Satan

I remember learning as a preteen that Evian spelled backwards is NAIVE.  That day, I lost a…