Today is January 31, 2025 / /
Today is January 31, 2025 / /
(Jet Blue serves only blue potato chips) We’ve grown accustomed to choosing our food from a spectacular rainbow — care for an impossibly pink cupcake, a cerulean blue sports drink or yogurt in preppy lavender? But there’s a growing backlash against the synthetic dyes that give us these eye-popping hues. And now scientists are turning Continue Reading »
The deli has operated from 399 Grand St. since 2003. It routinely closes down for the Jewish holidays (Rosh Hashana begins tonight), but there are indications the restaurant may not be reopening, at least not anytime soon. Yesterday we received a tip indicating that the staff had just been advised that Noah’s Ark would be Continue Reading »
Here at the offices of the Kosher Nexus, yom tov is in the air. Chef Andrea is busy in the UTJ’s Southern Test Kitchen, Chef Amy in Efrat is cooking up a storm, and here in Jerusalem we are cooking and baking day and night. To you, our faithful readers, we wish you a year Continue Reading »
FROM CHABAD Ginger Infused Roasted Carrot Soup Ingredients: 5 purple onions ¼ cup + 1 tbsp. olive oil 2 tsp. salt (divided) 1 tsp. brown sugar 1 tbsp. balsamic vinegar ¼ tsp. garlic powder 2 lbs. carrots 2 ½ cups water 1 inch cube of fresh ginger, peeled 2 cups unsweetened almond milk Directions: Cut Continue Reading »
FROM NPR People across the Levant love their dumplings, even if they can’t agree on a name. Some say kubbeh; others say kibbeh. In Egypt, you might hear kobeba. In Jerusalem, there are perhaps as many variations of the kubbeh as there are cultures in the city. One popular version consists of meat wrapped in Continue Reading »
FROM THE ENGLISH UPDATE MAGAZINE 2 cups yellow split peas 8 cups water 2 medium carrots diced 2 tablespoons minced ginger 2 tablespoons curry powder 2 tablespoons coconut oil 8 scallions (green onions)thinly sliced and divided in half 1/3 cup raisins 1/3 cup tomato paste 1 14 ounce can of coconut milk 2 tsp sea Continue Reading »
FROM ARUTZ SHEVA The latest violence in Egypt has finally put an end to kosher food exports from the country. Several Egyptian factories that marketed reliably kosher food to Israel will no longer be able to do so. Over the past two and a half years, kosher certification companies in Israel have continued to send Continue Reading »
Garbanzo bean plantings increase You should find a few more California-grown garbanzo beans at the market in the coming year. The state’s farmers intend to plant 2 percent more garbanzos than they did last year. Farmers will plant more kidney beans, too, but otherwise California bean plantings will decrease, compared to a year ago. Plantings Continue Reading »
Buying meat in Israel for us means taking a cheat sheet to the supermarket. Why? First of all, the cuts are not what we were used to back in the USA. Second, meat here comes by number. You need a cheat sheet to know what cut that number is. Additionally, organ meat is not only Continue Reading »
FROM BALTIMORE MAGAZINE Pickles are popping up all over the city as many area chefs and food purveyors turn out their own delicious versions. For Spike Gjerde of Woodberry Kitchen, pickling is a way of life. He pickles and preserves summer’s produce to provide local ingredients year-round at his restaurant. He even pickles broccoli stems, Continue Reading »
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