By Janis Siegel , JTNews Columnist It’s called “microencapsulation” and by the year 2025, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, World Hunger, and other international food programs plan to combat world hunger and malnutrition by fortifying some of the most widely used condiments and seasonings with micronutrients and vitamins. The WHO’sContinue Reading
By Michael Natkin , JTNews Columnist Hopefully we are at a point now where it is no longer considered a faux pas to actually cook a vegetable. I know there was a time when all vegetables were indiscriminately boiled to death. Then came the rebellion, and all vegetables had toContinue Reading
By Ed Harris, JTNews Columnist What if I never moved from New Jersey to Seattle with my wife and then-infant daughter over 20 years ago? How might life have been different if we remained in the New York area? This thought occurred over winter break on a trip to BocaContinue Reading
By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Once in a while, even a reporter likes to be interviewed confesses KIRO radio human interest reporter Rachel Belle, whose “Ring My Belle with Rachel Belle” airs weekdays during the Ron and Don Show — for which she is also an on-air personality — andContinue Reading
By Rivy Poupko Kletenik , JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, I have had enough. Even if I’m the only person in Seattle who was hoping we didn’t get into the Super Bowl, so be it. I refuse to get swept up by this base, pagan, vile, vacuous and raucous endeavor. ItContinue Reading
By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Here’s some interesting trivia: Kidney dialysis was invented in Seattle. (I was reminded of this during a visit to the new Museum of History and Industry in Seattle’s burgeoning South Lake Union neighborhood.) Dialysis — now available pretty much everywhere — is particularly important toContinue Reading
By Michael Natkin , JTNews Columnist Meze is the Mediterranean tradition of a meal made of several small plates. To make a nice meze, you can make a couple of items from scratch and fill out the spread with warm pita bread, quick marinated feta, good olives, store-bought hummus orContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel , JTNews Columnist Now might be the time to pitch the Pop Tarts, toss the Twinkies, and dump the Ding Dongs if you’re grabbing them in the morning as you head out the door. Three 2013 studies from Tel Aviv University found that subjects lost more weight,Continue Reading
By Ed Harris, JTNews Columnist “I don’t like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don’t think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians… [W]here did the idea come from that… we aren’t allowed to worship God?” — Ben Stein, from CBS Sunday Morning, Dec. 18, 2005Continue Reading
By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, I’m not sure how to approach this issue. I don’t mean to overdramatize; however, a major family battle is brewing over — believe it or not — gefilte fish. My family is very traditional and serves gefilte fish at every major JewishContinue Reading
By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist When the head of her temple announced he was going on a reconciliation journey to Auschwitz, Dee Endelman found herself saying, “”˜I’ll go with you’…although at the moment I wasn’t sure why.” The temple in question is Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji,Continue Reading
By Janis Siegel , JTNews Columnist When it comes to finding a cure or even understanding why someone develops multiple sclerosis, scientists in Israel, who in 1964 were among the first in the world to identify the therapeutic effects of compounds in marijuana, could transform the face of the diseaseContinue Reading
By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist “This is the first time I’ve been the main, lead part,” notes Jack Fleischmann, 12, one of the two boys playing of Oliver in The 5th Avenue Theatre production of “Oliver!” which opened in Seattle last week. Speaking to him a few hours beforeContinue Reading
By Michael Natkin , JTNews Columnist Things this soup will not do: Win any beauty contests. Things this soup will do: Warm you to your core on a cold day. Nourish you. Fill your belly. Leave you with an abiding sense of contentment. Possibly wash and fold your clothes. ThisContinue Reading
By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist After her brother Mark Koller died from kidney cancer in 2011 at age 51, it set Lisa Kutzke on a quest “to do something in memory of him.” One day the long-time Stroum Jewish Community Center fitness trainer spotted her client, Thellea Leveque, sittingContinue Reading
By Rivy Poupko Kletenik , JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, Let’s talk about those who are adamantly against Thanksgivukkah. Thanksgiving is Thanksgiving — it’s American and its celebration marks an adaptation into American society. Hanukkah is Hanukkah — it’s a festival that celebrates the distinction between Jews and the prevailing culture.Continue Reading
By Ed Harris , JTNews Columnist It’s time to celebrate Thanksgiving, and like all families, we have our own traditions, some inherited, some of our own creation. Shortly after we moved to Seattle in 1990, my parents gave us a roasting pan as a gift. Before we had moved, myContinue Reading
By , I was intrigued by Laurie Frankel’s second novel, “Good-bye For Now.” When Laurie’s protagonist Sam, a brilliant computer programmer, is fired from his job, he begins casting about for something to do. Seeing his girlfriend Meredith so bereaved by her grandmother’s unexpected death, Sam devises a way toContinue Reading
By Michael Natkin , JTNews Columnist Arancini. “Little oranges.” Only these guys aren’t quite so healthy as a piece of citrus. They are actually balls of risotto, stuffed with molten cheese, rolled in breadcrumbs and deep fried, which makes them a perfect change of pace for Hanukkah. Arancini are traditionallyContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel , JTNews Columnist If you’re baffled by Initiative Measure No. 522, the proposed genetically modified food labeling ballot measure in the upcoming Nov. 2013 Washington State election, it might be instructive to explore Israel’s agricultural research and its regulation of GM foods. It may not necessarily clarifyContinue Reading
