Octogenarian Annie Korzen never expected to become a TikTok sensation. The actor, writer and humorist has more than 400,000 followers on TikTok and more than 2 million likes.
“I thought my target audience was people like me: urban, Jewish … intellectual, educated women over 50,” Korzen says.
She was wrong.
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Author Mitch Albom loves to have lunch in business situations, as well as with people he meets for the first time.
“There’s something that’s very formal about sitting at a table without anything between you,” Albom, author of Tuesdays with Morrie and the upcoming The Little Liar, says. “The minute you put food in the middle, there’s something that becomes very human about it.“
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On this episode of Taste Buds with Deb, I speak with Dana Shrager of DanasTable.com. Shrager, who specializes in Jewish holiday recipes and healthy-ish dinners, shares why she started developing recipes – and how she modernizes them. She also talks about her Jewish Cooking Facebook Group, her love of Jewish Italian food and her modern Tzimmes recipe.
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Challah coach and therapist Mandy Silverman, aka Mandylicious, is the “People’s Challah Person.” She is all about helping others have success when baking challah, including how to stuff a challah.
“Challah could really take a toll on you,” Silverman says. “I spend so much time trying to help people understand their challah or baking situations … and help them feel better about themselves.”
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Faith Kramer loves the experience of cooking with others, as well as sharing meals.
“We all enjoy eating,” says Kramer, author of 52 Shabbats: Friday Night Dinners Inspired by a Global Jewish Kitchen. “You layer on the Jewish food symbolism and food history, and it becomes a very important event.”
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Chef Danny Corsun has combined cooking, teaching and Judaism to create an extraordinary platform. Culinary Judaics Academy (CJA) is a Netflix-esque platform, providing masterclasses for Jewish learning through cooking.
“It’s an out-of-the-box way of approaching spirituality and faith,” Corsun told the Journal. “It’s very experiential, very tactile.”
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Food is a bridge to connection.
“No matter what culture we come from [or] where we are in the world, we all eat,” said Michal Levison, speaker, cookbook author and founder of Seasoned Moments.
Food, food television and cooking is in a much different place than it was around 20 years ago, when “Hell’s Kitchen” came along. Smith, whose background is in producing sports, admits he was not a foodie when he started producing the show.
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You may not normally think of a rabbi as a mixologist. However, Rabbi Avi Finegold has found a way to combine the two.
“Food and drink often go together, and I sort of morphed into this person that teaches people about Judaism using cocktails, whenever the occasion presents itself,” Finegold told the Journal. “And I have a lot of fun with it.”
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Welcome to Taste Buds with Deb. I’m Deb, goal strategist, writer, and foodie.
Join me and my food friends for bite-sized conversations about food, cooking, and community.
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