Category: Restaurants Last night, we had dinner at Ragu- a newish restaurant in the German colony, located at 41 Beit Lechem Road, Jerusalem. The restaurant is quite tiny. In the summer, it is possible to eat outside making it much larger. However, last night the place was packed- every table was filled. At the table Continue Reading »
Roasting veggies is easy, healthy and delicious! Just ask those in the know!! 1 large Butternut squash (Peeled, cut into 2 in chunks) 4 or 5 red or white potatoes (about fist sized) cut into halves 2 large sweet onions (or regular yellow if you can’t find sweet onions) 8-16 oz of whole mushrooms 2 Continue Reading »
Category: General Topics For the first time in more years than we can recall for sure, we will not be at Mollie B’s for turkey day. Long time readers of the KN and this blog know that Thanksgiving Day at Mollie B’s is a ritual in our family. So how is it that we will Continue Reading »
Category: General Topics Why do kosher bakeries charge such high prices? It can’t be the cost of hashgacha. Here in Queens, hashgacha is less than ten dollars a week, so it can’t be that. Could it be the cost of the raw materials? Nope! The truth is that the majority of bakery products sold in Continue Reading »
Category: PHP-Nuke In programming articles for posting on this site, we got confused about the date. As a result, a posting will take place on Shabbat automatically. We do not, as a rule, have articles post on Shabbat, so we do apologize for the mistake. Keep in mind, however, the posting was done automatically.
Category: General Topics Why is there such a dearth of really good quality kosher meat? Not so many years ago, our family’s butcher carried mostly prime meat. Except for dinners in some of the truly better kosher steak houses, we never have prime beef any more. Why is that? One possibility that comes to mind Continue Reading »
We love reading the emails we get from Kosherwinecellar.com. The emails are always full of great info. In addition, the store just happens to be located in Teaneck, so we can hop on over and buy whatever they suggest. Today’s article is directly from The Kosher Wine Cellar, and it concerns a new wine. Read Continue Reading »
Category: General Topics We had been sitting on shpilkes for days now waiting for the official gov’t Peanut Butter and Jelly Statistics to be issued. Finally, here they are! Consumers prefer creamy to chunky almost two to one- 82% prefer smooth and 44% prefer chunky. Only 7% prefer honey roasted. Hmm, it seems we are Continue Reading »
Ok all of you traditionalist out there — now you can have your green bean caserole with a meat meal and eat it too! This will work for Thanksgiving! Yeee Haw! –Andrea To Begin, make the mushroom sauce: 4 T. parve margarine 3 or 4 T. flour 2 Cups Coffee Rich or Soy Milk Salt Continue Reading »
This recipe is not too hard and the pumpkin squares are delicious. If you use parve margarine in place of the butter, you will have a parve desert that will be great after your Thanksgiving dinner! Enjoy! –Andrea Pumpkin Pie Squares Crust: 1 cup sifted flour 1/2 cup quick cooking oats 1/2 cup brown sugar, Continue Reading »
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