For decades, Jewish families have called West Hills and its environs home, flocking to its quiet West Valley neighborhoods, which feature nearby synagogues, day schools and an active Jewish Community Center (JCC). But something was missing: a kosher market.
An Israeli chef at a New York restaurant created what is believed to be the world\’s largest falafel ball.
Antonia Szenthe likes to read Jewish cookbooks such as "Spicy Eszter" Bodrogi\’s "Spice and Soul: Jewish Cooking Here and Now" and adapt the recipes to her family\’s taste. She also enjoys experimenting to adapt pork-laden traditional Hungarian recipes to kosher style.
Recently my 3-year-old granddaughter played with a music box she had received from her parents at Chanukah.
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“What is Chanukah?” I asked her.
“Hungry People Eat at Brent’s,” the sign that greets us proclaims, and we are among the hungry when we arrive. Outside, it is damply gray and occasionally rainy, and the deli’s bustling interior seems all the cozier for it. Just inside, would-be patrons stand in quiet groups, mostly families, mostly with very young children. More than one set of sons sport matching sweaters; their parents are outfitted in sweats and running shoes, a mild concession to the impropriety of actually wearing your PJs in public. We wait for 10, maybe 12 minutes before being whisked off to a midroom booth; our orders are taken quickly and dispatched with efficiency. Sunday brunch at Brent’s is one-half family affair and one-half well-oiled machine, an experience that is brisk without ever seeming brusque. Owner Ron Peskin prowls the room in a bright yellow short-sleeve button-down shirt, seating customers and chatting with regulars. His name, along with those of his wife and children, are printed at the bottom of each receipt, thanking you for your business.\n
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