Zabar's Blog

Willie Zabar in The Spirit!

Zabar's own, Willie Zabar, enjoys this great write up in The Spirit! Congratulations, Willie! Can't wait until we can see you live again!

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"Comedian Willie Zabar is no stranger to the New York comedy scene. After performing stand-up comedy at the Brooklyn Comedy Festival, NYC Sketchfest, the 5th Borough Comedy Festival, and the PIT Loft, Zabar has established himself as a daring, young comedian to watch."

Willie Zabar. ( Photo: Mindy Tucker)

Meet co-owner Saul Zabar

"This is a store that doesn't exist anywhere else in the world. It's a place to enjoy and to find things that you like."

Marguerite Zabar Mariscal takes new prominent role, as CEO of Momofuku!

We're so proud to share that Marguerite Zabar Mariscal (great-granddaughter of Louis & Lillian Zabar, our founders) has recently been named CEO of Momofuku! 

Read all about Marguerite & her accomplishments:

Momofuku Just Named Its First-Ever CEO in Big Structural Switch-Up
New CEO Marguerite Zabar Mariscal
read the article at ny.eater.com

This Zabar Heiress Is Now the CEO of Super-Trendy Momofuku Restaurant Group
This famous food family's legacy continues.
read the article at myjewishlearning.com

A 29-Year-Old Woman Is Now Running The Momofuku Restaurant Empire
read the article at forbes.com

Judith Zabar, Honored at Symphony Space's Gala 2019

We are so proud to share that Symphony Space's Gala 2019 will honor Judith Zabar for her lifetime of work promoting Education. Additional honorees are Jane Curtin (Artistry) and Elaine Hochberg (vision).

Thank you, Judith for all the vibrancy you bring to our neighborhood & your community!

Monday, May 13, 2019
Symphony Space

The Zabars judge Tiptree World Bread Awards USA

For the first time, Tiptree brought their World Bread Awards to New York!

David Zabar and Tracey Zabar were there to lend their expertise as judges to select this year's winner.

Learn about this year's winners here!

Photo by Henry Kenyon.

Photo by Henry Kenyon.

Visit our store for a huge selection of Tiptree products!

Congratulations Marguerite Mariscal

Zabar's Creative Family is in the news! The granddaughter of Stanley Zabar has recently been in the news for her success at Momofuku, names on of Forbes Magazine "30 Under 30, Food And Drink: Meet The Gourmands Who Will Shape Your Meals In 2018"

Also responsible for nurturing and growing a phenomenon is 28-year-old Marguerite Mariscal, the vice president of brand and design at the internationally-known Momofuku restaurant group. Mariscal works across all projects and departments at Momofuku -- but most importantly, Momofuku insiders say, she is founder Dave Chang’s right-hand woman and frequent translator. “As Momofuku grows in numbers and concepts, the guest experience needs to work hand in hand with the food ― all without losing sight of our form-follows-function dogma,” Mariscal says. “I act as a conduit between Dave’s brain and our internal teams to strike that balance. I speak fluent Dave." Read the full article at forbes.com.

A family pic, at Momofuku Ssäm Bar

Tips from our Zabar's Team

We love it when a great tip is home grown! This weekend, while enjoying his morning coffee, Stanley Zabar was kind enough to send over this great tip for how he makes his coffee:

Stanley Zabar brews his Zabar’s coffee each morning in a Capresso Coffee maker which keeps the Zabar’s Coffee hot in its insulated pot, perfect for when company is over. Stanley likes his black coffee cool so he freezes left over Zabar’s coffee in plastic ice cube trays and uses the frozen cubes to cool the coffee without diluting it until it's the perfect temperature for him.

Thanks Stanley!

Zabar's Family!

At Zabar's, we're one big family, Four generations of Zabar's have made it happen here in the store and employees are here for decades and decades. We love seeing and sharing how our family grows. Scott Goldshine shared these adorable pics with us of his niece, Ariana Pizarro. At home she prepared her thanksgiving meal as a true chef! Delicious!!

A Culinary Tour of Umbria with Tracey Zabar

 

Tracey Zabar

One of our own, Tracey Zabar, is leading a culinary tour of Umbria this summer, July 17 - July 28, through Art Workshop International.

Tracey is a baker, jewelry designer and author of One Sweet Cookie (Rizzoli), available at Zabar's. For more information visit Art Workshop International

 

Umbrian wine (from AWI website)

 

Tomato and Fresh Mozzarella salad (from AWI website)

 

Umbrian pastries (from AWI website)

I recently enjoyed reading JD's post "All About Chumley, My New Favorite Thing" on The Yapper about Tracey Zabar's book, One Sweet Cookie: Celebrated Chefs Share Favorite Recipes. There are a few things that got me. First JD's enthusiasm for Tracey's book:

"To be as blunt as humanly possible, I’m obsessed with this book.  Zabar compiled 70 cookie, or cookie-esque, recipes from some of the New York restaurant world’s biggest figures as well as some of her own creation to create 192 pages of heaven."

I have to agree. I also have the book and have really enjoyed working through some of the recipes (and of course the tastey results). One thing I haven't done is photographed my creations. I love the pictures that are included in the odyssey to create a chumley. Now this is what I will bake next!

Shop for Tracey's book
Read it on The Yapper