From Diabetic magazine as listed on AOL: Is Your Holiday Turkey in Jeopardy? By Pat Moriarty and Barbara O’Brien Defrosted on the counter, prestuffed, slow baked, partially cooked, stored whole without carving…? If any of these situations sounds like your usual Thanksgiving dinner preparation plans, you may be putting your turkey in jeopardy. Over the Continue Reading »
A paid advertorial that appears weekly in the New York Jewish Week, is usually our entertainment. We find that the author’s persistent bleatings about Orthodox bashing, etc, tend to be so over the top that all one can do is either laugh or grimace. This week’s diatribe was against those who would tie kashruth to Continue Reading »
CAYUGA COUNTY, N.Y. — It’s a beacon of hope in these difficult economic times. A $40 million cheese production plant to be built in Cayuga County, bringing with it new jobs and new business for area dairy farmers. “The cooperation has been incredible. It is a reason that we are locating here, along with the Continue Reading »
Bill Lumsden, the head of distilling and whiskey creation for Moët-Hennessy Louis Vuitton’s (LVMH.PA) Glenmorangie and Ardbeg single-malt whiskies is a character. Not that the whisky business isn’t full of creative, irascible, intriguing folks in charge of keeping our glasses filled. But having played a preposterous party game with Lumsden and others until 3 a.m. Continue Reading »
In the U.S., beer sales are slowing, but still growing, said Benj Steinman, publisher of trade publication Beer Marketer’s Insights. Sales to retailers so far this year are up about half a percent, he said. That’s down from the 1.4% growth rate the beer industry saw last year and 2.1% in 2006. But Steinman notes Continue Reading »
Here is a great recipe. For those of you who do not eat veal, skip today’s entry (or today’s entree!). Ingredients 2 cups diced tomatoes 2 1/2 cups chickpeas 8 veal fillets 2 small onions 1 sweet potato 3 cups mushrooms 1/2 cup chicken broth 1 cup white wine 3 tablespoons lemon juice 1 tablespoon Continue Reading »
We were sitting in the sukkah (during sukkot) and just enjoying a good schmooze. The topic, as it often does, turned to the on-going kosher meat scandal out of Postville. With all that has been written and said, it is hard to understand the whole thing at this point. Yet, with all the brouhaha, one Continue Reading »
From the good ol’ folks over at Bone Suckin’ comes a recipe that our guests flipped over! Bone Suckin’ Fireballs…It’s candy for adults! Ingredients: Bone Suckin’ Sauce, 16 oz Bone Suckin’ Mustard , 12 oz. Bone Suckin’ Hiccuppin’ Hot Sauce Pre-cooked Meatballs, 5 lbs. Bone Suckin’ Fireballs Directions: Pour Bone Suckin’ Sauce, Mustard and Hiccuppin’ Continue Reading »
There we were in our favorite kosher take-out store (A and A Gourmet) in Queens, NY. Some fellow we have never met gave a brilliant lecture on several topics of kosher interest. According to him, the fellow had A) info no one else had and B) the true inside scoop and C) privileged information. He Continue Reading »
Grassland Dairy introduces spreadable butter. This OU-D certified product is made with sweet cream and a touch, a soupcon if you will, of canola oil. It comes in 8 ounce tubs. The best part of using this butter is you can butter your muffin without it falling all apart! You can spread it on your Continue Reading »
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