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A cook with a pot of hamin, the traditional Jewish long-cooking stew, at the Maadaniyat Shef restaurant in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak on January 16, 2020. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
February 11, 2020, 12:31 pm
Ancient Jewish dish of cholent is now a melting pot of Israeli cuisine
Eaten by Jews for Shabbat lunch since antiquity, the rich, slow-cooked stew also known as hamin is an old-new trend for the secular and religious, on weekdays as well
By Jonah Mandel
An array of restaurant chefs and their particular specialty, cholent or hamin, the long-cooked bean stew traditionally served on the Sabbath (Courtesy Shuk Tzafon)
December 16, 2019, 4:03 am
It’s a melting pot of cholent, hamin and tbit at Tel Aviv bean fest
The traditional slow-cooked Sabbath stews will get a headstart during January Hamin Festival
By Jessica Steinberg
Chillent live onstage. (Courtesy Sruli Broocker)
August 28, 2017, 4:07 am
Since finding God, band Chillent doesn’t need to get stewed to feel high
Born-again hasidic group cooks up a fusion of prayer and play in a stirring, melodic ramble perfect for the jam band palate
By Madison Margolin
When you're desperate for something other than canned corn and tuna (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash 90)
November 20, 2012, 6:08 am
The rationale behind the rations
The IDF’s cardboard field ration box yields a surprising variety of options, top soldier-chefs say, for keeping the army marching on its stomach
By Jessica Steinberg
Lori Silberman Brauner
August 14, 2012, 2:59 pm
Lori Silberman Brauner
My inner Sephardi
An unexpected spiritual home offers warmth, intimacy and spicy chulent — and no Ashkenazi mumbling
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