Community Magazine March 2016

The Homemade Touch Definition: Mazza - a selection of small food items served together DAVE GORDON What are you in the mood to eat? Start thinking about it, and then see if Brooklyn’s own Mazza & More can help answer that question. Begin with the salads – of which there are more than 20 on the menu. There’s the classic Middle-Eastern favorites: hummous, eggplant, bazargan, tabbouleh, quinoa and the stand-by Caesar, to name just a few. Then move on to a mouthwatering array of main dishes and innovative cuisine. Take your pick from among some five dozen items: Pulled beef sliders, kibbeh, Swedish meatballs, apricot chicken, chicken masala, lahmagene, empanadas, coconut fish, Moroccan fish, sesame chicken nuggets, sesame noodles….the list goes on and on. You could almost visit every other day over the course of an entire year and try something new each time. And it wouldn’t matter whether you’re looking for dairy, parve or meat – the menu at Mazza & More spans the full spectrum. Going beyond the authentically prepared classics, Mazza & More also offers unique and unusual creations – items you might not have dreamt up yet. Have something specific in mind? Just ask, and they’ll try to make it happen. There are foods for all tastes, whether it’s Sephardic, Ashkenazic, a taste of home, international flavors, or creative and fun. As its website promises, Mazza & More seeks to “tantalize your taste buds with delicacies that are soothing in sight and appetizing in taste.” You can enjoy Mazza & More’s food in the comfort of your own home, carefully packed and delivered according to your specifications. Or, you can enjoy a full-service sit down catered event, a travel meal or a holiday seuda . Mazza & More has experience filling all kinds of orders for special dinners, Shabbat, and semahot big and small. Just imagine that special celebration with all of your favorite foods, prepared just the way you like it. Ordering over the phone or online is simple and easy, and deliveries are available in Brooklyn, Deal and Manhattan and across the USA. Mazza & More offers a wide array of scrumptious food, to a wide array of customers. Our community members can rest assured that Mazza & More has our interests at heart. Owners Rozie Steinberg and Eleanor Maleh say that great effort was expended four years ago to transition from a home business to a store front on Avenue M, so they could maintain the standards of kashrut needed to satisfy customers who require pat Yisrael , yashan , halav Yisrael , and bishul Yisrael according to Sephardic tradition. So what’s the secret to making customers happy? Rozie sums it up rather succinctly: “You have to be good at communicating with the clientele and putting the homemade touch into every piece that is sold.” Appropriately, the store operates under the motto: “The pleasure of savoring little bites of food with a homemade touch.” Mazza & More invites you to savor lots of “little bites” of its extensive selection of delicious foods. The store is located at 412 Ave. M, and can be reached at 844-GO-MAZZA. Or at www. MazzaandMore.com 88 COMMUNITY MAGAZINE