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Dillydallyers, this is your sign to put off Chanukah shopping no more. Here’s a list of last-minute gift s that are sure to please. Embark DNA Test for Dogs CookNSolo Gift Card If your gift recipient is still chasing after restaurants with that James Beard pedigree, snag a gift card for a CookNSolo restaurant from three-time James Beard Award- winners Michael Solomonov and Steve Cook. To boot, Laser Wolf was just named as one of The Philadelphia Inquirer’s “Craig Laban’s Top 10” restaurants in Philadelphia in 2021. And maybe be extra proactive and snag a reservation as well, so your loved one isn’t sitting down to their free dinner deep into 2022. Gift cards start at $15 at cooknsolo-store.myshopify.com. 6 NOVEMBER 25, 2021 Courtesy of Milk Bar From two-Michelin star restau- rant Momofuku Milk Bar in New York City and two-time James Beard Award winner Christina Tosi comes the Milk Bar Sampler. The sampler comes with three-packs of birthday and chocolate birthday truffl es, a slice of Milk Bar pie and a six-pack of assorted cookies — a break from Chanukah’s fried-food tradition, but delicious nonetheless. The $54 box is available at milkbarstore.com. Dreidel Roulette If the Yud-Gimmel-Hey-Shin-schtick has gotten boring after years of dreidel-playing, up the ante with Dreidel Roulette. By spinning the dreidel in the center of the table, the dreidel will knock the game’s wooden balls into numbered and colored cavities. And you could make the argument that chocolate gelt looks an awful lot like chips ... The game can accommodate infi nite players (in theory) and is an economical $26 at shopnmajh.com/. Courtesy of Embark With the growing popularity of DNA kits like 23andMe to trace Jewish ancestry, Embark wants to do the same for your furry family members. By processing a small mouth swap, Embark can identify the breed of your pooch and whether they have relatives who have also used Embark. Whether your canine is a Pekingese, German Shepherd or mutt, rest assured knowing that no matter what, your dog is 100% Jewish. You can buy it for $149 at chewy.com. The Milk Bar Sampler Courtesy of CookNSolo Courtesy of Masterclass If you’re worried about what to get the person who has it all, supply chain delays or you’ve just run out of wrapping paper, go with the gift of knowledge this Chanukah. Masterclass members have access to more than 100 classes across 11 categories. Learn to act from Natalie Portman, cook from Yotam Ottolenghi or lead a business from Howard Schultz. Buy a membership starting at $15 a month at masterclass.com. WINTER HOLIDAY MAGAZINE JEWISHEXPONENT.COM Courtesy of National Museum of American Jewish History Masterclass Annual Membership JEWISHEXPONENT.COM WINTER HOLIDAY MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 25, 2021 7 Nidra Deep Sleep Eye Mask Courtesy of National Bobblehead Hall of Fame Nontraditional dreidels are coming in hot this year, and the top from the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame can check boxes for bobblehead and dreidel collec- tors alike. To match, buy a bobblehead menorah with nine bobbing fl ames atop the candles. Both are limited edition, so order them now for $25 a pop at store. bobbleheadhall.com. “Grist: A Practical Guide to Cooking Grains, Beans, Seeds, and Legumes” Courtesy of Nidra I’m a poor sleeper who came from a long line of poor sleepers, but a sleep mask really changed the game for me. Now that the sun is peeking through the blinds a little earlier than it was last month, the Nidra Eye Mask could be instrumental in helping you sleep until your alarm goes off — and not a second sooner. With domed eye cups that shut out light and won’t irritate your eyelashes, this eye mask will hopefully help you catch some Zs. It’s $10.99 exclu- sively on amazon.com. To make those early mornings even easier, check out the crème de la crème for cream. The stay-at-home orders of the pandemic have meant that folks have become their own baristas, and the Nespresso Milk Frother joins the ranks of countertop espresso makers and coff ee bean grinders that help turn one’s home into their favorite cafe. Practice your latte art and learn to make a heart, a swan or a portrait of your spouse. These milk frothers are $99 on amazon.com. 8 NOVEMBER 25, 2021 Courtesy of Nestle Nestle Nespresso Milk Frother WINTER HOLIDAY MAGAZINE We all know that beans are the magical fruit, so you might as well make yourself a magician by learning to cook them. Written by “Ruff age” author Abra Berens, photographed by EE Berger and illustrated by Lucy Engelman, “Grist” transforms these humble kitchen staples into more than 125 dishes with 300 variations, just in time for the growing interest in plant-based and sustainable cooking. Snag the hardback copy for $32.20 at bookshop.com. JEWISHEXPONENT.COM Courtesy of Chronicle Books Bobblehead Dreidel and Menorah “Goodnight Bubbula: A Joyful Parody” Written by Sheryl Haft and illustrated by Jill Weber, “Goodnight Bubbula” is perhaps a lighter read than the aforementioned cookbook. A parody of the classic “Goodnight Moon,” this children’s book sets out to teach kids a bissel Yiddish that will make all the bubbes and zeydes kvell. 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Get a pack of eight for $26.99 at papersource.com. ❆ Crafting Goodness srogelberg@jewishexponent.com; 215-832-0741 JEWISHEXPONENT.COM SINCE 1936 GertrudeHawkChocolates.com WINTER HOLIDAY MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 25, 2021 9 Ten Things to Do Over the Winter E ELEANOR LINAFELT | JE CONTRIBUTING WRITER ven with the weather getting colder and the days getting shorter, there are still plenty of events to attend in the Philadelphia area this month and into 2022. Close out the year with festivals, Chanukah celebrations and a brand-new parade downtown. Here’s a sampling: Winter at Dilworth Park Rittenhouse Square Candle-lighting Dilworth Park in front of City Hall transforms into a winter wonderland all season. The Rothman Orthopaedic Institute Ice Rink is now open for outdoor ice skating. The Wintergarden is a nice place to sit among twinkling lights, and the Rothman Orthopaedics Cabin is serving seasonal dishes and cocktails. Center City Kehillah is hosting a community candle-lighting on the fourth night of Chanukah at Rittenhouse Square that will be perfect for the whole family. Celebrate with the Center City community at this downtown spot. Now-Feb. 27 Dilworth Park, 1 S. 15th St., Philadelphia Courtesy of Historic Philadelphia Dec. 1, 5:15 p.m. Rittenhouse Square, S. 18th and Walnut streets, Philadelphia Winter in Franklin Square Now-Feb. 27 200 N. Sixth St., Philadelphia Just a mile east of Dilworth Park sits Franklin Square, which is also decked out for the season. Franklin Square’s Electrical Spectacle Light Show presented by PECO features a free nightly light show accompanied by songs, and there is also a mini-golf course and an open-air cocktail lounge. The Old City Jewish Arts Center will host a Chanukah Dreidel Giveaway on Nov. 28 as part of the square’s seasonal festivities. 10 NOVEMBER 25, 2021 From left: City Councilman Allan Domb, Israeli American Council Chairwoman Iris Hami and City Representative Sheila Hess in 2017 JEWISH EXPONENT ARCHIVES WINTER HOLIDAY MAGAZINE JEWISHEXPONENT.COM SteveBayles / iStock / Getty Images Plus Boathouse Row Lights Nov. 28–Dec. 6 1 Boathouse Row, Philadelphia Boathouse Row will be illuminated for Chanukah. The City of Philadelphia in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia will lead a virtual program on Dec. 5 at 4 p.m. To live here is to live in harmony. The Mansion at Rosemont is a boutique senior living community in the heart of the Main Line, where residents cherish all of the small things that add up to a fervent embrace of life after 62. 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The parade will include fl oats, lights, balloons and a marching band running from Second and Market streets to City Hall. Valley Forge Beer and Cider Festival Dec. 5, 5:30 p.m. Th e Singing Fountain, E. Passyunk Avenue and S. 11th Street, Philadelphia Dec. 3, 10 and 17, 6:30-9 p.m. Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, 1020 South St., Philadelphia Dec. 4 Th e Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, 100 Station Ave., Oaks This year will be the 10th annual Valley Forge Beer and Cider Festival. Get your tickets early to be able to get drinks from the most popular local breweries and cideries, as well as producers from across the country. There also will be an assortment of local food trucks to satisfy your hunger while you’re there. Dec. 4, 5 p.m. From Second and Market streets to City Hall Chanukah on the Avenue Celebrate Chanukah in South Philadelphia with a community event co-hosted by The South Philadelphia Shtiebel and East Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement District. There will be a menorah lighting, live music and other festivities. The Crossing Re-enactment Dec. 12, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Dec. 25, noon-3 p.m. Washington Crossing Historic Park, 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing The public has two chances to watch the re-enactment of George Washington’s famous crossing of the Delaware River in December. The fi rst crossing will be performed on Dec. 12 and the second on Dec. 25. The events will include Colonial-era activities and demonstrations, several hundred re-enactors and speeches. Washington Crossing Historic Park 12 NOVEMBER 25, 2021 WINTER HOLIDAY MAGAZINE JEWISHEXPONENT.COM Happy Hanukkah Conversation With Michael Twitty Dec. 16, 1 p.m. Virtual, hosted by the National Museum of American Jewish History The National Museum of American Jewish History will host a virtual conversation with the James Beard Award-winning culinary historian and food writer Michael Twitty. Tune into NMAJH’s Facebook page to hear about Twitty’s third book “Koshersoul,” which focuses on Jewish and Black food traditions. Twitty also will discuss his roles as an educator in the Washington, D.C., Jewish community and his recent appearance on Netfl ix’s “High on the Hog.” ❆ happy holiday SALE!! SALE Justa Farm Shopping Center 1966 County Line Rd, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 215-969-9626 • HOT-FOOT-BOUTIQUE.SHOPTIQUES.COM nmajh.org Find everything you need for your kosher celebrations at JEWISHEXPONENT.COM WINTER HOLIDAY MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 25, 2021 13 Early Chanukah Presents Challenges T JARRAD SAFFREN | JE STAFF his year, Chanukah is not exactly Chanukah; it’s “Chanukah- giving,” said Diana Pivenshteyn of Northeast Philadelphia. Night one of the Festival of Lights is Nov. 28, Sunday night of Thanksgiving week. That means Jews in the Greater Philadelphia area need to prepare for both holidays at once. It also means that once they are done celebrating one, they will start celebrating the other. “For me, that means everything is much earlier,” Pivenshteyn said, refer- ring to her planning process. The mother of two daughters, ages 6 and 11, began thinking about holiday shopping before Halloween. Her kids started mentioning gifts they wanted and caught her off guard. “I’m like, ‘Why are you mentioning it so early?’” Pivenshteyn said. Pivenshteyn’s daughters attend the Abrams Hebrew Academy in Yardley, which is hosting its Thanksgiving and Chanukah parties at the same time this year. It’s all just ... confusing, according to the mother. Mentally, parents are used to thinking of Chanukah as falling near Christmas. 14 NOVEMBER 25, 2021 WINTER HOLIDAY MAGAZINE JEWISHEXPONENT.COM “It’s definitely an inconvenience,” Pivenshteyn said. Adding to the inconvenience is that Chanukah starts at the end of Thanksgiving week, and then runs through Dec. 6. In early December, parent work sched- ules are not yet in holiday/end-of-the-year mode. They are still normal, according to Charles Schnur of Center City. Schnur is the director of student conduct at Delaware County Community College. His wife is an adjunct instructor there. Their semester doesn’t end until mid-December. So, during Chanukah, they will be focusing on closing out the term. The parents of a 5-month-old son will still find time to light the candles and give him presents. But unlike most years, they probably won’t be able to attend candle-lightings and other public Chanukah events. “It depends what night of the week, how late, how busy and whether we want to schlep the child out,” Schnur said. 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Rebecca Bar of Wynnewood has kids ages 7 and 5 with birthdays in August and October. So, she has already looked through the catalogs and made her lists of possible gifts. But for her child’s October birthday, Bar ran into a two-week shipping delay. She thinks the same thing may happen with Chanukah. In preparation, Bar has two backup plans: shopping locally and focusing on experiences, like a family trip. “There’s less of an issue with supply chains locally,” she said. JEWISHEXPONENT.COM 116 Cricket Ave, Ardmore Pa, 19003 Call for Details ... Trusted Experts for over 100 years in Shoe and Handbag Repair, Cleaning Restoration & Alteration Supplier of High Quality Shoe & Handbag Care Products STORE HOURS: SUMMER HOURS: 8:30 Too Far? 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He said sure, he had to think about gift s earlier, but also that his daughter wouldn’t understand the gift s anyway. “It’s only my second Chanukah as a dad with my daughter,” he said. “So whenever it falls, it’s just nice to celebrate with her.” Plus, as Schnur, a member of four synagogues and the admin- istrator of the Jews in Center City Facebook group, pointed out, this whole conversation is just a technicality. Chanukah starts on the same day every year: the 25th of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar. “Same thing, every year,” Schnur said. Th e question of when Chanukah falls is only a question on the Gregorian calendar, the one used by most of the world. Th e Hebrew/Jewish month of Kislev coincides with the Gregorian months of November and December. 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Around this time of year, whatever you call these fried confections, consuming them is a mitzvah, their hot oil bath representative of the oil that sustained the lit menorah for eight days, instead of one. With an abundance of names for fried fritters comes an abundance of variations, each with its own history. Th e ideal sufganiyot, according to Philadelphia-based food writer Aliza Green, is fried in fresh, clean oil, yielding a puff ed, yeasted dough that is both light and airy but with a chew. “It’s kind of contradictory, but that’s what makes it really delicious,” she said. U.S. Jews are mostly purists when it comes to sufganiyot, Green said, preferring classic fl avors year aft er year. She enjoys the fried bread’s richness cut with the acidity of straw- berry or raspberry jam, as is traditionally found in U.S. bakeries through the month of Kislev. Th ough a familiar confection in the U.S., jelly doughnuts emigrated — as many Jews did — from Germany and Poland, where a more savory and lean dough (sugar and milk were too expensive to use for an enriched dough) was stuff ed with meat, fi sh, mushrooms or cheese, Gil Marks wrote in “Th e Encyclopedia of Jewish Food.” In Polish, they were called paczka or paczki; in Yiddish, they were ponchik or pontshke. 18 NOVEMBER 25, 2021 WINTER HOLIDAY MAGAZINE JEWISHEXPONENT.COM Bring this ad. Take 17% off any one item. Certain restrictions apply. Offer ends December 8, 2022. Sweaters! You’ll be glad it’s cold. 17 % Sebadas sandwich a cheese fi lling between thin, fried dough rounds. They are then drizzled in honey. Courtesy of Getty Images Th ough Eastern and Central Europe may be the birthplace of what we recognize today as a jelly doughnut, fried dough enjoys popularity around the world and has deep roots in Sephardic traditions. Evidence of this is in the popularity of sufganiyot in Israel — 45% of the population is Mizrahi or Sephardi according to Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics — where variations of the fi lled doughnut are much more common in the U.S. Th is is also due to the abundance of potatoes in the U.S. that inspire another Chanukah dish, taking the spotlight away from sufganiyot. “We’re really more of a latke country than a sufganiyah country,” Green said. Sufganiyot gained renown in Israel in the 1920s, when trade union Histadrut advocated for the production of the diffi cult- to-make sufganiyot over rudimentary latkes, to provide enough work for their laborers. In Israel, sufganiyot are fi lled with milk caramel dulce de leche and chocolate or vanilla pastry cream. Halva and coconut fl akes decorate the tops of the doughnuts, Green remembered, taking inspiration from across the region. In Northern Africa, Moroccan Jews favor s’fi nj — a light, spongy ring of dough — on Chanukah; Tunisian Jews eat yo-yos, cakier fried rings soaked in orange blossom syrup and topped with crunchy pistachios bits. Fritters are common in Jewish cuisine in Italy, too, with each pocket of the country having a variation on the doughnut. In the Tuscan town of Pitigliano, known before World War II as “Little Jerusalem” because of its robust Jewish population, frittelle di Hanukkah were a common diamond-shaped fritter, dough fl ecked with raisins, chopped fi gs or anise seeds, Green said. Green also has a recipe for sebadas, Sardinian pastries stuff ed Sufganiyot in the U.S. are most commonly fi lled with sweet raspberry or strawberry jelly and sprinkled with powdered sugar. Courtesy of Getty Images JEWISHEXPONENT.COM The Sweater Mill 115 S. 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With its versatility and aff ordability, fried food is beloved across the world. “If you think about it, is there any cuisine in the world that you can come up with that doesn’t have fried food?” Green said. However, doughnuts, regardless of the form they take, are no more celebrated than they are on the Festival of Lights. SARDINIAN SEBADAS FROM “STARTING WITH INGREDIENTS: BAKING” BY ALIZA GREEN Eastern European Jews fi lled a leaner, fried dough with savory fi llings, as sugar was expensive. For the fi lling: Courtesy of “The Encyclopedia of Jewish Food” from Houghton Miffl in Harcourt 8 ounces whole milk ricotta 2 ounces mild goat cheese Grated zest of 1 lemon (1 tablespoon) 2 large eggs 2 tablespoons sugar For the dough and assembly: ¼ pound (1 cup minus 1 tablespoon) unbleached all-purpose fl our 2 ounces (½ cup minus ½ tablespoon) bread fl our ¼ pound (½ cup plus 2½ tablespoons) fi ne semolina ½ teaspoon fi ne sea salt ½ cup warm milk ¼ pound (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled 3 cups canola oil, for frying Powdered sugar ½ cup honey, warm Make the fi lling: Combine the ricotta, goat cheese, lemon zest, eggs and sugar in a mixing bowl and blend well. Set aside. Make the dough: In the bowl of a standing mixer fi tted with the whisk attachment, combine the all-purpose fl our, bread fl our, semolina and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together the milk and butter. Pour the mixture into the fl our mixture, change to the paddle attach- ment and beat until a ball of dough forms. Beat 1 minute longer, or until the dough is smooth, wrap well and chill for 1 hour in the refrigerator or 30 minutes in the freezer. etorres69 / iStock / Getty Images Plus 20 NOVEMBER 25, 2021 WINTER HOLIDAY MAGAZINE JEWISHEXPONENT.COM Holiday Gifts Using a pasta machine dusted with flour or a rolling pin on a flour-dusted work surface, roll the dough out to less than ¼-inch thick. Cut 5-inch diameter circles from the pastry. Spoon about 2 tablespoons of the filling onto half of the dough rounds, leaving a ½-inch border around the filling. Brush the border with water and then cover with a second dough round. Press the edges of the dough rounds together firmly to seal. In a wok, a large cast-iron frying pan or an electric deep-fryer, heat the oil to 365 degrees F, or until shimmering hot and the air about 3 inches above the oil feels hot. Place the pastries, one at a time, in the oil without crowding, and work in batches if necessary. Fry until light brown and crispy, about 4 minutes. Scoop from the oil, drain on a wire rack, and keep warm in a 200 degree F oven while you fry the remaining sebadas. While the sebadas are still warm, sprinkle them with powdered sugar, drizzle them with honey and serve immediately. ❆ for everyone on your list visit your favorite bookstore or tupress.temple.edu srogelberg@jewishexponent.com; 215-832-0741 Financial advice from a knowledgeable neighbor. E. Matthew Steinberg Managing Director – Investments (888) 800-1152 matthew.steinberg@opco.com Serving Investors in Philadelphia and South Jersey for 27 Years. Clients able to invest a minimum of $500,000 are likely to best utilize our services. This material is not a recommendation as defined in Regulation Best Interest adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. It is provided to you after you have received Form CRS, Regulation Best Interest disclosure and other materials. ©2021Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. Transacts Business on All Principal Exchanges and Member SIPC. 3414611.2 S’finj are Moroccan rings of fried dough that are light and spongy. Courtesy of Aliza Green JEWISHEXPONENT.COM WINTER HOLIDAY MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 25, 2021 21 Chinese Food and Movies: Th e Christmas Tradition is Back C JE STAFF 22 NOVEMBER 25, 2021 viafi lms / iStock / Getty Images Plus hanukah is great and all, but the real Jewish holiday of the season may just be Chinese food and movie night on Christmas Eve or Christmas itself. It’s one of the great contributions of American Jewry. And now, aft er a pandemic year in which many sacrifi ced eating out and going to the movies for the purpose of public health, the great American Jewish tradition is back for 2021. Chinese restaurants and movie theaters are fully open again. Or maybe, aft er discovering how much you could do at home, you’re ready to adapt the tradition to takeout plus streaming on the couch. But however you plan on celebrating, celebrate you must. Th is is a tradition that needs upholding. L’dor, V’dor. Th e Jewish Exponent staff has some recommendations for Chinese food and movie combinations. Like so many Jewish conversations, it’s a never-ending debate in which every- body has a point. WINTER HOLIDAY MAGAZINE JEWISHEXPONENT.COM JEWISHEXPONENT.COM WINTER HOLIDAY MAGAZINE Century Fox SASHA ROGELBERG: Eggplant with garlic sauce/“Star Wars: Return of the Jedi” (1983). Th e general consensus among “Star Wars” fans is that “Th e Empire Strikes Back” is the superior “Star Wars” fi lm, but the third installment in the original trilogy was always the one I chose to watch on sick days as a kid and the fi lm I turn to again and again when I’m craving a bit of comfort and nostalgia. Eggplant with garlic sauce, too, is my default when ordering takeout, even though lo mein seems to be the “Empire Strikes Back” of the Chinese food menu. Th e Sichuan eggplant’s combination of sweetness, spiciness and funkiness means it never gets old, just like the Max Rebo Band and Sy Snootles’ performance of “Jedi Rocks” in Jabba’s palace. Th e sleeper hit of melt-in-your-mouth eggplant and steaming rice is a can’t-miss option, and is sure to add a layer of comfort to your dinner, but without the tremen- dous richness that would upset my sensitive Ashkenazi gut. “Star Wars” isn’t offi cially a Jewish fi lm. (“Th e Star Wars Holiday Special” — with both Darth Vader in a Santa hat and famous Jew Bea Arthur making a guest appear- ance — has a reputation of being the most bizarre of George Lucas’ creations.) But if it was good enough for Mel Brooks to satirize, it’s good enough for me. Courtesy of 20th monkeybusinessimages / iStock / Getty Images Plus JARRAD SAFFREN: Eat out/go to the theater. I’m not the biggest Chinese food guy. I like it; I’m just not craving it nonstop. I also think we’re living through a pretty barren period in American cinema. (Have we had a great comedy since “Th is Is the End” in 2013?) So my suggestion for a Chinese food/movie pairing this Christmas is not a sugges- tion about which specifi c dish/movie you should order up. Instead, it’s more of a lifestyle suggestion for (almost) post-COVID America: GET OUT OF YOUR HOUSE! In 2021, (almost) post-COVID, Americans increasingly work, shop and, yes, even watch movies from home. If we don’t realize this and make the eff ort to get out, we might just become virtual creatures living in Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse. Th is is, of course, a very exaggerated point to make about one little night on the calendar. So to bring it back down to the level of intimacy, let me say this: My best childhood memories of the Chinese food/movie tradition are of my family getting together with our best friend’s family, seeing a movie in the theater and then going out to eat/running into all the other Jews in town. One year, we even ran into our rabbi. I don’t remember what we saw or what I ordered. I just remember being together. NOVEMBER 25, 2021 23 Courtesy of Paramoun t Pictures ANDY GOTLIEB: Kung pao chicken/”Trading Places” (1983). Peak Eddie Murphy with the underrated Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis and old pros like Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche and Denholm Elliott in a comedic holiday tale set in Philadelphia — what’s not to like? Yeah, it’s set around Christmas, but let’s assume it was one of those years that the eight days of Chanukah fell at the same time. Some 40 years aft er its debut, “Trading Places” holds up nicely, working both as a fi sh out of water story and also as a rags to riches (or, in the case of the Duke brothers, riches to rags) tale, not to mention a light commentary on social class and status. Primarily, though, it’s funny, and our fair city is featured prominently. Th ere aren’t a whole lot of food-related scenes — and one food joke mentions the decidedly nonkosher escargot — so kung pao chicken is the choice pairing here. Why, you might ask? In one especially funny sequence, Murphy disguises himself as Nanga Eboko, “an exchange student from Cameroon.” West African cuisine oft en features peanuts, which are a key ingredient in kung pao chicken. Eboko likely would approve and wish you a merry New Year. g01xm / iStock / Getty Images Plus 24 NOVEMBER 25, 2021 WINTER HOLIDAY MAGAZINE JEWISHEXPONENT.COM ELEANOR LINAFELT: Beef with broccoli/”Funny Face” (1957). I don’t know what it is about “Funny Face” that makes me want to watch it over and over again, but I never tire of Audrey Hepburn’s stylish outfi ts, Fred Astaire’s impressive dance moves and all of the catchy musical numbers. I also somehow never tire of beef with broccoli, always a reliable pick every time I order Chinese food. Much of “Funny Face” is set in Paris, featuring a memorable montage that follows the characters through all the famous tourist spots. While it’s hard to fi gure out what Chinese dish might make you feel like you too are in Paris, perhaps beef with broccoli has vague similarities to steak frites? Maybe? Th ey’re both beef ... Regardless of the dubious French connection, “Funny Face,” with its tidy, fairytale ending (hopefully not too much of a spoiler) and beef with broccoli with its reliably satisfying fl avor are a perfect pair on a cold, dark night. 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