A Jewish Founding Father?
The Hamilton Cookbook by JFE® friend Laura Kumin (and the award-winning Broadway show) invite us to a new look at Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and his life and background.
The Almost Forgotten Kosher Kitchen
Between 1975 and 1978, a group of friends came together to run a not-for-profit, collectively run restaurant that brought not only kosher food, but also a unique community to DC-area Jews.
In Salsa Bowl, Mexican and Jewish History
Pati Jinich recently donated one of her grandmother’s two pewter salsa bowls to the JHSGW. Though salsa is not particularly Jewish, the bowl tells the story of Jinich’s family’s Mexican-Jewish roots.
Keeping the DC Area Kosher
These days, packaged kosher food can be found almost everywhere, but who keeps tabs on fresh meat and dairy and restaurants and other food-service establishments? JHSGW offers a look at the local kosher world.
The Wagshal’s Way
Founded in 1925, Wagshal’s has been a DC landmark for traditional deli fare popular with famous locals, including Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush.
To Market, To Market…
The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington sat down to chat with Mitch Berliner and Debra Moser, creators of the Central Farm Markets in MD and VA and several other local food companies before that.
A Very Washingtonian Passover
Matzah isn’t the most popular food, but that didn’t stop hordes of famous Washingtonians, including senators and diplomats, from attending Dorothy and Arthur Goldberg’s annual Seder throughout the 1960s and into subsequent decades.
A Deli Called Friendship
Before it was a bustling shopping district, Friendship Heights was home to small mom-and-pop businesses, including Herman Levine’s Friendship Grocery, which later became Friendship Delicatessen.
Chips Off the Old Block
Did you know that Route 11 potato chips all started with famous DC institution the Tabard Inn? They weren’t even part of the plan, but when life gives you potatoes…well, you fry them.
Sukkot: The Official Foodie Holiday?
A look at the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington’s collection of community cookbooks reveals the importance of Sukkot to Washington’s foodies and some of the elaborate menus they planned to celebrate the harvest.
