Top Chef Spike Mendelsohn, bemoaning the lack of decent kosher food in Washington D.C., will start a delivery truck. This is him sharing a laugh with Rachel Ray.

Famous chef Spike Mendelsohn’s Good Stuff Eatery, while not vegetarian, is one of the friendlist burger joints in the United States capital. Almost everything, from delivery boxes to oil, is recycled, ingredients are sourced locally, and the restaurant uses even uses biodegradable takeaway containers and harmless cleaning products. 

So his environmental record is solid, but Spike just couldn’t get enough of the real good stuff: mom’s tasty Jewish cuisine. So, he teamed with the historical synagogue on Sixth & I to create adelivery truck called the Sixth & Rye.

His sister and spokesperson Micheline Mendelsohn told The Feast that Spike has aspirations to make his delivery truck as much like a traditional deli as possible.

Featuring such old-school delights as corned beef sandwiches and knishes, the truck will park in front of the former synagogue  – now transformed into a Jewish community center and secular concert facility – once a week.

By April, the Sixth & Rye will serve food during the Friday lunch hour before Shabat, and hopefully fill the gap left by the lack of decent Jewish delis in Washington D.C. And, naturally, the meals will be kosher.

If the venture proves successful, Spike may consider expanding. His chances are good if his sandwiches are anywhere as delicious as his free-range turkey burger, which has received widespread praise.

:: The Feast

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The success of Masdar City and future cities like Masdar depends in part on steering our budding youth away from aspirations to become the next bajillionaire Wall Street banker. Instead, we need to get them interested in the other green-lined path, in good clean energy. Masdar wants to incubate the world’s finest minds at its Institute of Science and Technology, which is steadily growing. In order to achieve that goal, it has launched a recruitment drive in the United States.While Emirati students will receive first dibs, the University is willing to bring on board any student who shows exceptional promise, The National reports. Among the seven schools targeted are Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Princeton and Yale.

Recently at the United Arab Emirates Embassy in Washington D.C., 50 students, mostly Emirati, attended a sort of college fair, where they learned about various degree programs offered at MIST. They were also briefed on potential career opportunities.

“You are our future,” Lamya Fawwaz, Masdar’s executive director of public affairs, told attendees last Saturday. “And Masdar Institute provides UAE national students with the opportunity to create a better future for Abu Dhabi and the UAE, by making it more sustainable and more energy efficient.”

The business of becoming savvy in all things sustainability does not come cheap, but Masdar is not stingy. All MIST students receive full scholarships, housing, travel expenses, and a living allowance. Once accepted, students will eat, breathe, and live sustainability.

One George Mason University student told the paper that it is crucial to get ahead in the green energy field, to become a market leader. But he is careful to note that we are taking beginning steps, that Abu Dhabi is almost completely reliant on fossil fuels, and that we have a long road ahead of us.

:: The National

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