Food & Entertainment During The Pandemic

10 Recommendations for Great Chanukah Gifts

by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Dec 4, 2020 | Baltimore, Community, Food & Entertainment During The Pandemic, Local, Maryland

As we’re all too painfully aware, this is a tough time for local retailers. If they’re to stay financially solvent throughout the pandemic this winter and spring, Charm City’s independent businesses desperately need our support. That’s why more than ever before, Jmore...

Sukkot Plays a Role in Multiracial Jewish Dancer’s New Art Exhibition

by Josefin Dolsten, JTA | Oct 2, 2020 | Art, Arts & Life, Food & Entertainment During The Pandemic, Performing Arts, The Arts, Visual Arts

For his latest art installation, acclaimed dancer and choreographer Adam McKinney drew inspiration from what may seem like disparate sources — the festive holiday of Sukkot, the coronavirus pandemic and the 1921 lynching of a Black man in Texas. “Shelter in...

Restaurant News: Max’s Taphouse in Fells Point Goes All-Out for Oktoberfest

by Randi Rom | Sep 29, 2020 | Arts & Life, Food, Food & Entertainment During The Pandemic, Restaurants

Ron and Gail Furman, the owners of Max’s Taphouse at 737 S. Broadway in the heart of historic Fells Point, have rolled out a new take-out/dine-out menu. And it’s just in time for Oktoberfest, which they will observe from Oct. 1-4. Max’s menu was re-designed to...

Restaurant News: Outside the Box

by Randi Rom | Sep 4, 2020 | Arts & Life, Food, Food & Entertainment During The Pandemic, Restaurants

Despite the myriad challenges of the pandemic era, there’s a whole lot of innovation and creativity going on in the Baltimore area’s restaurant community. For instance, Nancy Longo, executive chef and owner of Pierpoint Restaurant in Fells Point, has created a new and...

Baltimorean Julia Mann Helps Bring Tel Aviv-based Film Festival to the Masses

by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Aug 31, 2020 | Arts & Life, Film & TV, Food & Entertainment During The Pandemic, The Arts

Julia Mann first fell in love with the art of documentary filmmaking as a junior at Friends School of Baltimore. “I was taking a comparative religion class,” she recalls. “For my final, I made a film that looked at the importance of the ritual use of water in six...

The New Foodie Normal: Instead of Travel and Tours, One-on-One Chef Video Lessons

by Karen Chernick | Aug 18, 2020 | Arts & Life, Food, Food & Entertainment During The Pandemic

TEL AVIV (JTA) — The reservations were rolling in, and Inbal Baum was preparing for her busiest summer yet of food tours through Israel’s famed open-air food markets. Her decade-old tour company and its team of over 20 guides were ready to lead thousands of...

5 Jewish Cooking Classes You Can Take in Your Own Kitchen

by The Nosher | Aug 11, 2020 | Arts & Life, Food, Food & Entertainment During The Pandemic

This article originally appeared on The Nosher. By Gerri Miller Like most things during this pandemic, cooking classes have moved into cyberspace, making it possible to learn new techniques and refresh your recipe repertoire with the Zoom app and click of a mouse....

Restaurant News: Cool Dining Alternatives

by Randi Rom | Jul 31, 2020 | Arts & Life, Food, Food & Entertainment During The Pandemic, Restaurants

Baltimore area restaurants have been adapting to the “new normal” during this pandemic with an array of innovative changes and new menu options. I’m all about supporting local, independent restaurants whose owners are our neighbors and friends. Check out all of the...

Could this Takeout Brand Named for an Arabic Israeli TV Show Be the Restaurant of the Future?

by Gabe Friedman, JTA | Jul 22, 2020 | Arts & Life, Food, Food & Entertainment During The Pandemic

(JTA) — As a child in Israel, Amir Nathan dined at Sami VeSusu, an innovative restaurant in Beersheba named after a popular children’s television show from the 1960s and ’70s. So when it came time for Nathan, now a restaurateur in New York City, to name his latest...

13 Jewish Reasons to Celebrate the Arrival of ‘Hamilton’ on Disney Plus

by Arielle Kaplan | Jul 10, 2020 | Art, Arts & Life, Food & Entertainment During The Pandemic, Performing Arts, The Arts, Visual Arts

This story originally appeared on Kveller. In the category of ultimate COVID-19 silver lining, the Broadway smash “Hamilton“ is now available to stream from the safety and comfort of your quarantine couch. Huzzah! Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony...