Life & Leisure

Eyes on the Pies: Superbowl Food Porn

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:53:56 -0600

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With the Super Bowl just days away, we thought it only fitting to offer up some of the best and worst football food on Flickr. From pigs in a blanket and PBRs, to team themed cupcakes, here are some of our favorite pigskin provisions. Posted by ChuckWolfe0, this photo is titled "more superbowl food, same shit." Sounds like the kind of guy who's going to tell it--and feed it--to you straight. Flickr user ginatolentino captured these bad boys at a Giant Foods in ...

Arabs Hot for Israeli Porn

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:42:51 -0600

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She May Not Be Dressed Like a Diplomat: but she sure can negotiate some rocky terrain!First, they refuse to acknowledge Israel's existence. Then, they log on to a website that's doubly forbidden: Not only is it Israeli--it's Israeli porn. Who are these seekers of sexy skin? Oh, just a few hundred thousand (at least) Arabs in countries like Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Iraq, and if you ask me, they're exhibiting some kind of newfangled Madonna and the Whore complex. ...

Israelis Like it Raw

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:12:03 -0600

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Wassup, B: is that tempura in your pocket, or are you just happy sashimi?More than happy to ignori (forgive me) the recurring warnings about mercury-laden fish, Israel has blossomed into a veritable sushi Eden. The 100th sushi restaurant opened its doors in Tel Aviv this past week, which makes the seaside city the "world's 3rd largest sushi market in per capita terms," behind only Tokyo and New York. According to Israeli restaurant review site 2EAT, approximately 20% of Tel ...

Face Lifts are So Last Century. Try a Skull Lift, Instead.

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:24:06 -0600

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The Bride of Wildenstein: a cautionary taleWhen it comes to the ever-growing beauty industry, there are three main categories: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Today's news touches on all three, and includes some delightful--and some downright frightful--forecasts, trends and products. London's Daily Telegraph serves up a report on the future of face lifts, which aren't actually face lifts at all: Having discovered that the bones of our face lose volume as we age, researchers ...

Eyes on the Pies: National Pie Day Food Porn

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:29:35 -0600

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Here at Jewcy, we like to think we have a finger in every pie. Today, in honor of National Pie Day, have a face-full on us. The following videos feature a few classic pieing moments, from the Three Stooges to Bill Gates. Whether comedic or political, a pie in the face is always a classic act. Though its roots are in silent film, the art of pieing hit the big time in a 1927 Laurel and Hardy film called The Battle of the Century. The Three Stooges followed suit, ...

Skewed Food: Illegal Matzo, Lucky Kit Kats & More

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:24:28 -0600

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Breaking news on American and Scottish bilateral relations: The country famous for kilts, Scotch whiskey, and Annie Lennox may ask the U.S. to lift a longstanding ban on haggis imports. Why the longstanding ban, you ask? Oh, you know: Just because the Scottish dish traditionally contains offal (pronounced "awful," thank you very much) ingredients which have been linked to BSE (also known as Mad Cow Disease). But lo! Mr. Eugenides generously provided us all with a kosher recipe ...

Tuesday Taste Test: Kosher Haggis!

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:08:46 -0600

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Why is that Americans come over all queasy when discussing the glory that is haggis? After all, despite the most famous living Scotsman, Groundskeeper Willie, exhorting America’s youth to sample its delights ("Get yer haggis, right here! Chopped heart and lungs boiled in a wee sheep's stomach! Tastes as good as it sounds. Good for what ails ya!") it seems that popular prejudice against thGroundskeeper Willie: big fan of haggis, not so much Leviticus 11e “great Chieftain ...

Read it and Eat: 'In Defense of Food'

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:12:09 -0600

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(Cross posted from The Jew & The Carrot) Food Torah?Many people complain that it’s difficult to find a synagogue to join in New York City. There are just so many options, that none of them feel exactly right - you might call it The Shul-Goers Dilemma. These days, however, I’m feeling pretty good at Temple Bet Pollan. Michael Pollan gets his fair share of love from fans (Pollan for President?), and his new book In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto has already joined its ...

Diet Riot: Kimkins Diet Scam Goes Down in Flames

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:01:08 -0600

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The Infamous Founder of Kimkins: clearly not a Russian mail order brideReplacing fiber with laxatives. Severely limiting caloric intake. Tricking your body into not feeling hungry. These are some of the controversial techniques touted by an online dieting program called Kimkins, which is currently facing a possible class action lawsuit due to what former users are calling "false advertising" and "alarming side effects." ABC News accused Kimkins of being a ...

China Jumps on Kosher Bandwagon

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:12:31 -0600

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Chinese exporters are turning to rabbis to quell consumers' uneasiness about the country's food products. After last year's uproar over contaminated seafood, toothpaste, and pet food, the Chinese food industry is trying to clean up its act--or at least have rabbis convince people that they are. According to the Orthodox Union, a New York-based organization that does kosher inspections, kosher certifications by rabbis have doubled to more than 300 in China in the past two years, ...