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MASSACHUSETTS
JOAN NATHAN
SHALOM KOSHER MARKET
2307 University Blvd, West Wheaton, MD 20902 (view map)
T: 301.946.6500
For the best falafel. It’s a Palestinian making kosher food.
Silver Spring/ Wheaton
Kosher / Middle Eastern
WASHINGTON, DC AREA
COOKBOOKS
COUCOUS AND OTHER GOOD FOOD FROM MOROCCO
She really does her work. She likes getting to the heart of things. A book that I would have love to have written was her first book on Moroccan food, because she was discovering it for Americans.
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Author: Paula Wolfert
Food Purveyor - Silver Spring, MD
ARTCLIFF DINER
39 Beach Road, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568 (view map)
T: 508.693.1224
It’s an old restaurant, but the chef /owner is a woman named Gina Stanley and she makes the best breakfast. She uses farm fresh eggs and her food is just delicious. It’s just a simple place.
Martha’s Vineyard
Diner
Restaurants - Martha’s Vineyard
ZINGERMAN’S ROADHOUSE
Get the pastrami, and the macaroni and cheese. Their baked goods are as good as it gets.
Ann Arbor
American / Deli
MICHIGAN
Restaurants - Ann Arbor
MILE END
Mile End in Brooklyn is my new favorite place. He is trying to go back to the real recipes, yet he’s making them better.
Montreal Jewish Delicatessen
NEW YORK
Restaurants - Brooklyn
DANIEL
60 East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065 (view map)
T: 288.0033 (make a reservation)
I like Daniel Boulud’s food.
Upper East
French
Restaurants - Manhattan
KATZ’S DELI
For a pastrami on rye and a cream soda.
Lower East Side
American Traditional Deli / Eastern European
LE BERNARDIN
155 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019 (view map)
T: 212.554.1515 (make a reservation)
I really like chef Eric Ripert.
Midtown West
Seafood
MOMOFUKU
I like the chicken buns. I had a brussels sprouts dish there that was one of the best things I ever ate.
East Village
Korean / Asian Fusion
SECOND AVENUE DELI
It’s very good. I like the kasha varnishkes.
Midtown East
Delicatessen
TOLOACHE
251 West 50th Street, New York, NY 10019 (view map)
T: 212.581.1818 (make a reservation)
I like Julian Medina’s Mexican food.
Midtown West
Mexican
RUSS AND DAUGHTERS
179 East Houston Street, New York, NY 10002 (view map)
T: 212.475.4880 or 800.RUSS.229
For the pickled lox and the Angelino Plums - it’s still family run.
Lower East Side
Seafood Market / Ethnic / Gourmet / Candy
Food Purveyors - Manhattan
CHEZ PASCAL
They use local ingredients. I don’t care if things are organic... I just want them to be authentic.
East Side
French
RHODE ISLAND
Restaurants - Providence
He uses a lot of sustainable fresh ingredients and he brings them out to you. It is just so good. It’s not pretentious in any way.
West End
American
RASOI
A tiny Indian restaurant... they have an incredible Ginger Martini.
Pawtucket
Indian
SUN AND MOON
95 Warren Avenue, East Providence, RI 02914 (view map)
T: 401.435.0214
It’s home cooking. It’s fabulous.
East Providence
Korean
NATALIE’S KITCHEN AND MARKET
7114 Campbell Road, Dallas, TX 75248 (view map)
T: 972.380.1010
The woman who runs it is from Majorca and is a Spanish Jew. Her family stayed in Spain through the inquisition. They were hidden Jews.
North Dallas
Kosher
TEXAS
Restaurants - Dallas
KENNY AND ZIGGY’S
They do really good things.
Galleria / Uptown
New York Style Delicatessen
Restaurants - Houston
CAFE PROVENCE
Brandon
French
VERMONT
Restaurants - Brandon
ACACIA BISTRO
4340 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 (view map)
T: 202.537.1040 (make a reservation)
It’s a new restaurant and the woman who runs it is quite a character. She’s Italian and she cooks what she wants and her food is really good.
Van Ness/Forest Hills
Mediterranean
Restaurants - Washington, DC
BISTRO LEPIC
1736 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20007 (view map)
T: 202.333.0111 (make a reservation)
Really authentic French bistro and they are so proud of what they do. They aren’t trying to get accolades, just cook well.
Georgetown
French
ROOM 11
You can sit outside and the food is very good you. They serve small plates. I was really impressed.
Columbia Heights
Wine Bar
PALENA
Frank Ruta was the chef in the White House. His food is just fabulous. It’s upscale, but it’s ethnic. He’s Italian, and he uses a lot of his father and mother’s recipes. It’s just really good!
Cleveland Park
American/ Italian
PARIS
Restaurants
AU RENDEZ VOUS / LA MAISON DU COUSCOUS
14 Avenue de Wagram, 75008 Paris, France (view map)
T: +33 (0)1 .42.27.23.57
It’s great for Tunisian Jewish cooking.
8th Arrondissement
Tunisian
OSMOSE
Fantastic for French Jewish cooking.
16th Arrondissement
Kosher
MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING
I certainly respected Julia. Even when she was in her 90’s, she was so good at transposing recipes. She was just amazing.
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Author: Julia Child
WHO
Joan Nathan is an award-winning author of ten cookbooks and a journalist/contributor to the New York Times.
WHY
Two-time James Beard Award winner Joan Nathan is releasing her tenth cookbook called “Quiches, Kugels and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in France.” Joan delves into the history and traditions of the Jews in France.
October 21, 2010
RECOMMENDATIONS
Joan Nathan’s recommendations for where to eat and shop in Vermont, Providence, Massachusetts, New York, Brooklyn, Ann Arbor, Houston, Dallas, Washington DC, and Paris.
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