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Archive: May 2009

HEY! QUEENS VAAD- PAY ATTENTION !!

Posted on May 14, 2009

A very wise rabbi, a true scholar and brilliant halachist, asked the following question, and we pass it along to those Chelemers on the Queens Vaad: Is there ANY handmade shmurah matzah that we can eat? After all, NOT ONE OF THEM HAS A NATIONAL HASHGACHAH! Funny how that works, init?

KASHRUTH ALERTS

Posted on May 13, 2009

FROM RABBI EIDLITZ on the left coast: Dr. Pepper is introducing a new flavor, Berry Bonkers, which is kosher and pareve. Effective immediately, corn tortillas manufactured by Walsroder Packaging Group, a.k.a. Bayer of Willowbrook, IL, are no longer certified by the cRc even when bearing the cRc on the label. In response to consumer questions, Continue Reading »

NYS: BIGGER BETTER BOTTLE BILL

Posted on May 12, 2009

Industry group says bottled water may soon be off shelves in New York state Thursday, May 7, 2009 By Michael Lamendola (Contact) Gazette Reporter CAPITOL — Bottled water may disappear from store shelves across the state June 1 unless the expanded bottle bill law is changed, industry association officials said. The Bigger Better Bottle Bill, Continue Reading »

ECO KOSHER- THE CALIFORNIA VERSION

Posted on May 11, 2009

‘Eco-kosher’ Jews have an appetite for ethical eating Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times By Mary MacVean and Duke Helfand May 8, 2009 With Sabbath candles burning and 14 guests seated around her dinner table, Joanna Arch held up a cup of kosher red wine and chanted the kiddish kiddish prayer in Hebrew: “God blessed Continue Reading »

WOMEN MASHGICHOT- ABOUT TIME!!

Posted on May 8, 2009

From Kosher Today Women Lauded as Kosher Supervisors Baltimore…by Raffi Rosenzweig…The Star-K Kashrus agency is planning its first ever training event for women as kosher supervisors (mashgichot). The major Baltimore, MD based agency currently runs a men’s seminar each year, although it is geared mostly to Rabbanim and the heads of kashrus agencies. The planned Continue Reading »

CONSUMERS TURN AWAY FROM NEW PRODUCTS AND HIGH PRICED GOODS

Posted on May 7, 2009

New York, NY – Consumers around the world are more wary of trying new consumer goods products when they sense the economy is slowing down. This is the finding of a recent Ipsos Marketing, Consumer Goods study on global consumer attitudes and behavior that covered 18 countries around the world. In fact, more than half Continue Reading »

ONE MORE PESACH ARTICLE RE SHORTAGES

Posted on May 6, 2009

From Kosher Today (May 4) Out of Towners Coped With Shortages and Price Hikes on Passover Los Angeles…Sylvia J. Danzer of The Kosher Maven would not give the kosher industry an ‘A’ for the way they handled this year’s Passover, certainly not in her home city of Los Angeles. In what has become an annual Continue Reading »

SUPER BURGERS FOR YOUR BBQ

Posted on May 5, 2009

Tomato juice gives these burgers more moisture, and they taste great! INGREDIENTS: * 1 1/2 pounds ground meat * 3 tablespoons fine dry bread crumbs * 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce * 2 tablespoons grated onion * 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder, optional * 2 tablespoons tomato juice * seasoned salt and pepper * sliced tomatoes, optional Continue Reading »

HUMMUS TO GO BIG TIME IN NYC AND ELSEWHERE

Posted on May 1, 2009

Hummus and spin-offs The popular dip has spawned progeny appropriating its name. By Joyce Gemperlein For The Inquirer (Philadelphia) Imagine an evolutionary timeline of party spreads and dips. It would show salsa eventually replacing the 1970s sour-cream-and-onion mix called California Dip and then morphing into hummus, which is now omnipresent. But “hummus” made of pureed Continue Reading »