Today is April 22, 2025 / /
Today is April 22, 2025 / /
All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go……… Yes indeed, we are going! Eretz Yisrael here we come. Get ready to roll out the red carpet. Yeah, right! We are going to Israel for a quick ten day jaunt. Time to recharge the spiritual batteries in a way that only Israel can. We prefer Continue Reading »
Quite some time ago, we had reviewed the kosher restaurants of Vegas in the pages of the print edition of the Kosher Nexus Newsletter. At that time, we commented on the really abominable service we got at the Kosher Chinese restaurant in Vegas. On another list where we belong, we have been reading a whole Continue Reading »
Ever wonder what all the different kinds of cereal grains are? No, not us either. But because we have a list of cereals, pretend you are interested, and read along! Amaranth: A South American, gluten free cereal, high in fiber. Pearled Barley: A great singer. Oops. Sorry. A lightly milled barley containing most of the Continue Reading »
What a difference a day makes! Last night My Most Favorite Lunch Companion and I had our annual dinner date (the UTJ dinner doesn’t count). We went to Darna, a Persian/Moroccan restaurant in Manhattan at the corner of Columbus Avenue and 89th Street on the Upper West Side. THIS is fine dining, folks! I’m in Continue Reading »
Last night I had dinner with a bunch of relatives at Glatt a la Carte in Boro Park. This place is touted as one of the premier eating establishments in the neighborhood. If so, I feel sorry for Boro Parkers (?), because they really don’t know what they’re missing when it comes to fine dining. Continue Reading »
Lite Harvest Foods, makers of the EnchantmentsTM brands of no trans fat, sugar free and low carb cookies, announced that they have received the KOF-K kosher certification and have added the KOF-K kosher symbol to their cookie packaging. The company has this to say about itself: Lite Harvest Foods? was created for one purpose: to Continue Reading »
We seldom check out commercial web sites that promote a company’s products. Most of the time, we find them self-serving (DUH!) and not very good. We saw an ad promoting recipes using Birdseye veggies, and, frankly, the recipes looked pretty good! www.birdseye.com is a great web site, and the recipes are pretty good. Uh, that Continue Reading »
This past shabbat, our local community Jewish newspaper had an ad from a whole lot of rabbis who wanted to assure us that glatt shechita is kosher shechita one hundred percent the way it’s supposed to be. This was the second ad we have seen in response to the PETA video. We realized from the Continue Reading »
The Star K today sent the following kosher alert: December 23, 2004 Effective immediately, YOGI’S KOSHER INDIAN VEGETARIAN CUISINE, located at 2450 Route 9 South, Howell, NJ, is no longer under Star-K certification and is not kosher certified. There must be a punch in there somewhere, but we are too bummed to think of one! Continue Reading »
Hershey Bars are going up! So, too, is the rest of the Hershey candy line. Average rate of increase will be about 5.8% What does that mean to you, the consumer? It means stock up now and avoid the increase for a while!! Hmmm, Starbucks is going up. Meat is going up. Kosher meat will Continue Reading »
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