Politics, Economics and other Stuff

Soup

My favorite soup.  Requires some cheese as well...

The Decline of Jewish Delis

From a thread on the topic at Volokh:

I attribute the decline of the Jewish deli in part to Jews becoming much more cosmopolitan, but also to the growing stringency among the Orthodox regarding Kashrut. The best Jewish delis, IMHO, were kosher. But now few non-Orthodox Jews care about kashrut, and the Orthodox, who could be a core customer group, insist that the place be closed on the Sabbath, Jewish holidays, and have a full-time kashrut supervisor (mashgiach), all of which drastically raise the cost of doing business, and indeed make it impossible to remotely compete price-wise with non-kosher businesses.

Breakfast Fish

And yes, the Red Sox found some underpaid security guards to fire for steroids. Surprise. Fish was very fresh. 

Stripped Bass

What's summer without stripped bass?  Many more this year than last year.  Not caught by me.  Very good, really, but the kids refuse to touch it and stick to the breadcrumb topping.