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A Very Awesome Purim!

3/4/2018

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Sometimes, our clients have a very specific idea in mind for their event. To celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim this year, our clients wanted to do a South of the Border themed meal, or seudah in Hebrew. Jon S. is Argentine, so, of course, freshly-baked empanadas were on the menu. His family's recipe often uses ground beef, but we substituted ground turkey but kept everything else the same--olives, hard-boiled eggs, adobo, onion and few secret spices. They were delicious and all the guests were very impressed that we made them by hand.

Also on the menu? Shredded Mexican Braised Brisket, Chicken Mole with homemade mole sauce, Fiesta Rice with Adobo, both Beef and Vegetarian Bean Chilis, and traditional Hamantaschen cookies made with shortbread dough. Ours were filled with either strawberry or chocolate fillings. Yum!

But...we also had a bonus event that weekend! Our friends run an awesome annual Purim event, "A Very Awesome Purim," and we sold some special Hamantaschen to their hungry show-goers in multiple flavors: Caramelized Onion and Goat Cheese, Strawberry Rhubarb or Nutella. They really made an already awesome Purim even more awesome and delicious!
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The Enhanced Kiddush Experience

2/20/2018

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Have you ever watched Animal Planet? Remember the scene where a pack of lions descend on a gazelle? That's what Saturday afternoon kiddush is like at many synagogues. 

We'd been hired to cater "Enhanced Kiddush" for a big synagogue in Queens, NY for about around 150 people. We were also told that the numbers sometimes swell right before kiddush started with hungry mouths post-praying. We wanted to cook some exciting dishes instead of the standard tuna and egg salad that was the usual fare, but at the same time still have some classic flavors to satisfy the normal crowd. Of course, we made lots of lox platters featuring thinly sliced tomato, red onion, cucumbers and cream cheese, plus bagels and challah rolls. In addition, we also changed it up a little with some Roasted Corn and Black Bean Salad, Middle Eastern Eggplant Salad,  Cucumber and Tomato Tzatziki Salad, Tuna Salad, and Mushroom & Mushroom "Chopped Liver" and more. Yum! We also prepared freshly-baked Raspberry Crumble Bars, tangy Cheesecake Bars, rich Brownie Bites, and fruit platters.

We ended up giving out so many business cards, and the food was a major hit! 
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Rock the Casbah--Shabbat Style!

1/15/2018

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I've known Rabbi Dan for years, from when my brother was a student at University of the Arts in Philadelphia and went to him for Shabbat meals often. Recently, him and his wife rebranded their organization as Chabad Young Philly and we reached out about partnering up with them on a Shabbat dinner. We cooked up a delicious Moroccan feast featuring Moroccan Salmon Cakes, Chicken Tagine with Lemon, Green Olives and Apricots, Lemon Couscous with almonds and raisins made with homemade stock and topped with tender, poached vegetables. Plus, sweet and sticky Orange Cake. With over 75 young professionals in attendance I'd say this collaboration was a super success! 
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Happy New Year from J2Food!

1/1/2018

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Happy New Year! We hope you had fun last night...we definitely did! But before we partied the night away, we cooked up a storm for a New Year's Day brunch. There were two varieties of frittatta: Roasted Red Pepper and Feta Cheese and Sweet Corn and Muenster Cheese, Banana Bread Pudding, French Toast Bread Pudding with Maple-Granola Streusel, Vegetarian Corn and Bean Chili, Salmon Salad, Cheesecake Bars, Strawberry Crumb Bars, Cookies, Brownie Bites, Mini Quiches, Lox, Bagels, cereal and fruit. Plus, the bar was open. The party was a great way to bring in the new year, and everyone started off the year being well fed by some J2 deliciousness!
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Latkepalooza!

12/20/2017

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Jon H recently traveled to Morocco with JDC Entwine, which inspired our theme for this year's Latkepalooza! event. We decided to go with global cuisines, and incorporate a variety of flavors into the food.

We had an American inspired potato latke  served with sweet apple sauce, tangy sour cream, and a creamy cheese sauce. The cheddar cheese sauce was an homage to classic Americana flavors (like everyone's guilty pleasure of boxed mac and cheese). We also had a Mexican flavored Spicy Sweet Potato latke with jalapeño with a Lime Crema, as well as a Greek spanikopita latke made with spinach and feta cheese with a garlic tzatziki sauce,

Finally, our last latke wasn't actually a latke, but a Moroccan Salmon Cake spiced with cumin, coriander, ras al hanout among other warm Moroccan spices, and the fish cakes were garnished with a Lemon-Harissa Aioli. They were so good that these salmon croquettes have become one of our most popular menu requests!
Rounding out the meal was a vanilla buttermilk cake with a surprise strawberry filling, dusted with powdered sugar. We called this our Sufganiyot Cake since its structure and appearance was made to look like a jelly donut. Chag sameach!
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Kesher2030 Collaboration

10/30/2017

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We were back in Philadelphia for another Pop Up Foodie Shabbat dinner and got the opportunity to collaborate with Rabbi Seth Frisch and Kesher2030, the young professionals group from Congregation Kesher Israel in Society Hill.

Kesher2030 runs a semi-regular Shabbat dinner program at their synagogue, and we were thrilled to be working with them. We decided to go with a hearty menu that would be filling and delicious.

Roasted Vegetable Lasagna with homemade mushroom-tomato sauce, layered with roasted zucchini, squash and onions, mozzarella cheese, and creamy ricotta cheese mixed with parmesan and spinach.  The lasagna was amazingly delicious and we paired it with a tangy Caesar Salad, Garlic Bread and Super Fudgy Chocolate Brownies. Entering food coma now....
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Happy 45th High School Reunion!

10/23/2017

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 Think we only cater Shabbat and Jewish holidays? Think again! J2Food is a full-service catering company and we cook for all kinds of events. A member of the reunion committee for Stuyvesant High School Class of 1972 contacted us about catering a brunch buffet for them at Stuyvesant's old location. It sounded pretty cool, so we said yes and prepared a big spread. Oven-Baked Frittatta with Roasted Red Peppers, Onions and Feta Cheese, Home Fries, Mini Quiches, Bagels and a variety of breads, Lox Platters, Tuna Salad, Harvest Salad, Brownies and more. We served the food in the cafeteria and for these Baby Boomers, it was like a blast from the past--but with better food!
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Hungry Jews Telling Jokes

10/20/2017

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Stop me if you've heard this one: a Jew walks into Shabbat dinner...but there's a comedy show happening! What?! That's right! For this special edition of Pop Up Foodie Shabbat, we partnered up with Michelle Slonim and a hilarious slate of local comedians to entertain everyone while we got our Shabbat Shalom on!

The dinner menu featured a classic Friday night meal of Roasted Chicken with Herb Roasted Potatoes, freshly-baked Challah, and delicious Apple Crisp in honor of Fall, The jokes were pretty on point too.

​You must be feeling major FOMO right about now. Follow us on Facebook @jsquaredfood to stay up to date with all our events!
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Eggrolls in the Sukkah

10/10/2017

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Friday was the 2nd anniversary of our first NYC Pop Up Foodie Shabbat event - "Shabbat In The Sukkah." Last year we had 45 people, and this year we had almost double that with about 88 people who came to eat, drink and be awesome in an outdoor garden on the UES.

For this year's menu, we decided to mix it up and go with an Asian menu--cause Jews and Chinese food is a shidduch (match) made in heaven! We had delicious, hand-rolled Egg Rolls (see right), Chicken Stir Fry, Veggie Fried Rice, plus Sweet Sticky Rice for dessert. Yum!

Want to host your own Pop Up Foodie Shabbat? Email info@jsquaredfood.com or call 267-521-2550 for more info.
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Pitmaster Pop Up

9/13/2017

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It's that time of year again...post-Labor Day Pop Up Foodie Shabbat at BZBI! We were back at Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel in Philly to do another Marom Shabbat and Pop Up Foodie Shabbat dinner. Last year was a huge success, so we're doing it again with a new menu. this year's theme? BBQ. Can you say "yum"?

We thought a good, Southern style barbecue menu would be great for a celebration of the end of summer, plus feed lots of hungry foodies! The most important part of the menu was the sauce. How can you cook bbq without a good bbq sauce? We cooked up a big batch of a sweet and spicy peach bbq sauce. What could be bad about that? That same bbq sauce was used go baste and glaze the main dish of the night: BBQ Chicken. Now, no bbq dinner is complete without some side dishes. We also cooked up some BBQ Baked Beans with smoked turkey hocks to flavor them, tangy and creamy Southern Style Potato Salad, cool and sweet Cucumber Salad, freshly-baked Cornbread, and warm Peach Cobbler for dessert. The food was so good we had to take some home for leftovers! But first, we feast. Nomnom!
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Shabbat Under The Stars

7/23/2017

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As we continued to celebrate J2Food's 1st anniversary, we hosted another event in NYC. Shabbat Under The Stars ended up being a rousing success, especially thanks to the support of OneTable and Moishe House Without Walls, and we had over 100 people come for delicious Mediterranean food and an awesome rooftop Shabbat experience. We had young Jews from a variety of backgrounds, and it was wonderful to see so many new faces and bring the Pop Up Foodie Shabbat experience to the masses. Moroccan Spiced Grilled Chicken, Grilled Corn and Black Bean Salad, Roasted Vegetable and Pesto Pasta, Mediterranean Citrus Rice as well as a Spicy Chickpea and Eggplant Stew were on the menu, followed by decadent, homemade Peach Cobbler. Yum! We can't wait for the next event. Stay tuned!
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Summer In The City: Philly Shabbat

7/16/2017

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In honor of J2Food's one year anniversary, we returned to Philadelphia--the City of Brotherly Love--where it all began last year, and partnered up with Hillel's Jewish Graduate Student Network for a Summer In The City Shabbat. We decided to go with an old school theme, and what's more old school than Italian? We got 40 people to come out for a delicious and homemade Italian buffet made up of some our signature dishes. Freshly baked garlic bread challah, tangy Caesar salad, pasta with slow cooked veal and beef bolognese, roasted chicken thighs with sun-dried tomato aioli, spinach and caramelized onions as well as a moist vanilla cake with macerated strawberries with balsamic. Mangia!
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Tribe12 Fellowship Launch Night

4/27/2017

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We had a blast last night at Tribe12 Fellowships's 2017 Launch Night at NMAJH! We're proud to have started our J2Food journey through Tribe12 and to be part of the Fellows' alumni. 
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Shabbat Across America

4/19/2017

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Passover is one of our favorite holidays. Why? It's all about eating: three sheets of matzah, two Seder meals, gefilte fish, matzah brei...you name it! And, personally, it's all delicious. This year's holiday was an especially busy time for J2Food. Not only was there cooking to be done for two large Seders, but each of us hosted a Shabbat dinner in a different city across the country from each other!  The first was the "Judios Unidos Seder" in Philadelphia featuring a delicious, Latin spin on the traditional Seder. The menu featured flavorful dishes like  ropa vieja, "gefilte fish" ceviche, rice and beans and more.
Our second Passover Shabbat dinner was "Shabbat On The Bayou" in New Orleans' French Quarter, a special Cajun edition of Pop Up Foodie Shabbat with a bold menu of matzah meal fried chicken, spicy chicken and sausage gumbo, braised greens and more. Big flavor in the Big Easy! The food ended up being delicious, and might have to become a regular event!
We would not have been able to host these two very different dinners without the partnership of OneTable and Moishe House Without Walls :)
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On the Radio!

3/1/2017

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Exciting news: J2Food  was live on Empire Radio on February 24, 2017. Listen to us talk all about J2Food, our foodie mission, our Pop Up Foodie Shabbat program, and the future for J2Food's culinary journey.
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