About
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Jeffrey's a Brooklyn-based writer, food entrepreneur, educator and public speaker at the intersection of food, culture and business. He's a co-founder of The Gefilteria, a hub for innovation in Jewish food, through which he produces a cutting edge artisanal gefilte fish and culinary events, presents lectures and cooking demos around the world, and creates unique content related to Jewish food.
In 2016, Jeffrey co-authored the cookbook The Gefilte Manifesto: New Recipes for Old World Jewish Foods, which was named a National Jewish Book Award finalist. Jeffrey writes about food, culture and politics for some great publications, from The New York Times to The Atlantic to The Forward, among others. He was named to both the Forbes 30 Under 30 in food & wine and to the Forward 50. And he is a contributor to the new cookbook, The 100 Most Jewish Foods. In 2019, he'll be serving as the chef and scholar-in-residence for History, Heritage and Herring, a food and heritage tour through eastern Europe with Taube Heritage Tours and the award-winning POLIN museum. He joins the Brandeis University faculty each summer to teach the anthropology of Jewish food. And he teaches Jewish food anthropology at The City College of New York. |
Samples of Work
70 Faces Media/The Nosher - Curating, writing and cataloging travel food guides for top cities around the world
In Geveb (Journal of Yiddish Studies) - Reviewing Academic work on Cafes and Modern Jewish Thought
The New York Times (Op-ed) - Advocating for reviving the lost tradition of serving and rearing goose for Hanukkah
Pork Memoirs - Created, edited and Published literary archive of stories about complicated relationships to pork
The New York Times (Dining Section) - A sort of review of the first ever Hebrew-language pork cookbook
Meatpaper - All about religious prohibitions against eating pork
In Geveb (Journal of Yiddish Studies) - Reviewing Academic work on Cafes and Modern Jewish Thought
The New York Times (Op-ed) - Advocating for reviving the lost tradition of serving and rearing goose for Hanukkah
Pork Memoirs - Created, edited and Published literary archive of stories about complicated relationships to pork
The New York Times (Dining Section) - A sort of review of the first ever Hebrew-language pork cookbook
Meatpaper - All about religious prohibitions against eating pork
Samples of Media Appearances
Jewish Food Society - Becoming a pickler
Epicurious - That time The Gefilte Manifesto was named a top cookbook of the year
The Cooking Channel - Making Gefilte Fish on TV with Sherri Shephard on Holy and Hungry
NPR All Things Considered - Making Gefilte Fish on national radio!
Milk Street Radio - Talking all about the fascinating history behind Jewish dishes
Forbes - Named 30 under 30
The New Yorker - Changing minds about gefilte fish, a thinkpiece
The Forward - Named to the Forward 50
Epicurious - That time The Gefilte Manifesto was named a top cookbook of the year
The Cooking Channel - Making Gefilte Fish on TV with Sherri Shephard on Holy and Hungry
NPR All Things Considered - Making Gefilte Fish on national radio!
Milk Street Radio - Talking all about the fascinating history behind Jewish dishes
Forbes - Named 30 under 30
The New Yorker - Changing minds about gefilte fish, a thinkpiece
The Forward - Named to the Forward 50