I’ve been cooking for a friend lately, and she has been sharing some neat recipes with me. Here’s one I really liked. 2 Cups Green Lentils, washed and sorted (watch for little stones) Put the lentils in a soup pot and cover with water. The water should be about 1/2 inch above the lentils. Cook Continue Reading »
If it is almost Purim, then it must be time to prepare for Passover and the Seder. You can download – in Hebrew/English/Transliteration – FREE materials for Passover that are NEW and UPDATED for 5766 / 2006 in addition to previously published useful materials at www.jewishfreeware.org, sponsored by Foundation For Family Education, Inc. 501c3 (We’ve Continue Reading »
Technically, I don’t think Moshe’s Cafe can be called a cafe – or a restaurant of any sort. It’s basically just a counter outside the Citicorp Center on Lexington Avenue and 53d Street in Manhattan. But it was the latest stop on My Most Favorite Lunch Companion’s and my search for the perfect shwarma – Continue Reading »
This is an awesome and super easy soup to prepare. Make it a day ahead for an even better taste! Brown and completely cook 1lb ground beef in bottom of large stockpot. Add in 1/2 to 1 chopped onion. Once sauteed, add in: 1 15oz can tomato sauce 1 15oz can black beans rinsed 1 Continue Reading »
A certain magazine that deals with issue of “kashrus” recently ran an ad for a machine that will sift up to five pounds of flour at a time to make sure that you don’t get any bugs in your flour. In truth, the US Gov’t allows a certain amount of “defect”‘ in products. Defect refers Continue Reading »
We subscribe to HaModia- a chareidi newspaper. (We like the ads.) On Friday, March 3rd, a headline caught our eye: THE ERLAUER RAV CALLS FOR TOTAL BAN ON UNAUTHORIZED CELL PHONES We were totally taken aback! Is this a big problem in the chareidi community, ie, people using illegal cell phones? How unusual! So we Continue Reading »
So what’s all the fuss about bottled water? Did you know that the bottled water business is a $3 Billion Dollar a year business here in the USA? If you are as old as we are, you shake your head in wonder at it all. Whoda thunk that the day would come when we would Continue Reading »
FROM THE FEBRUARY 27 EDITION OF KOSHER TODAY: It’s Official: Israir Now a Designated Airline for NY-TLV Route (Tel Aviv) Israir will soon compete head-on with El Al for scheduled non-stop flight to Ben Gurion International Airport, just outside of Tel Aviv. This development follows El Al’s failure to convince Israel’s High Court to deny Continue Reading »
Category: Our resident chef Oh baby, was this a production! With secular new year falling on a weekend, I figured that I would have an extra day to recover from any self-inflicted food coma. I decided on New Year’s day to try to develop the best kosher fried chicken recipe. I actually started this madness Continue Reading »
We like coffee. Making a pot for one person, however, is a waste of good coffee. Cruising the ‘Net, we found www.coffeegiant.com and we discovered a whole world of options. We bought a Keurig B40 Elite Brewer. This is one neat machine. It brews K-cups of coffee. Each K-cup produces a perfect cup of coffee. Continue Reading »
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