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WINTER SQUASH

Posted on November 20, 2012

FROM PHIL LEMPERT, SUPERMARKET GURU Winter Squash Varieties It’s the season of the squash. Those delicious and delightfully decorative squash varieties that are good for everything from soup to fall centerpieces and more. But for those of us simply heading to the supermarket for our pumpkins, winter squashes and gourds, here are some simple shopping Continue Reading »

KANE CANDY CUPS

Posted on November 16, 2012

Face it, you are tired of the same old same old when it comes to desserts. Looking for something that will wow your guests? So, how about Kane Candy Cups? These Star-D chocolate cups are all natural, all delicious and wonderfully easy to use. Just pick which cup you prefer and fill it with fruit, Continue Reading »

GOTHAM BURGER IN TEANECK, NJ

Posted on November 14, 2012

What can we say? Wowzers! Fantastic! Primo! Benissimo! Located at 1383 Queen Anne Road, Teaneck, NJ, this RCBC certified restaurant serves really good food. It is not fast food, but it is fine food! Two of us had a business lunch meeting there recently and we were amazed at just how good everything was. Prices Continue Reading »

KOSHER COMPETITION

Posted on November 13, 2012

FROM THE JERUSALEM POST Kosher competition By JPOST EDITORIAL Greed, profiteering and fraud are no strangers to the kosher supervision business. In the memorable phrasing of a 1972 Hebrew national hot dog TV ad campaign in the US, kosher food “answers to a higher authority.” But, unfortunately, the reality is sometimes more mundane. Greed, profiteering Continue Reading »

THE CHIEF RABBINATE STRIKES BACK AT THE RISHON L’TZION

Posted on November 12, 2012

FROM JERUSALEM KOSHER The following is a loose translation of a “special update” released by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel dated today in response to a recent p’sak halacha released by Rishon L’Tzion HaGaon HaRav Moshe Shlomo Amar Shlita, in which he is quoted as saying some of the so-called “gush katif” greens contain dangerous Continue Reading »

THE SORRY STATE OF AFFAIRS IN KASHRUTH

Posted on November 9, 2012

We keep kosher and are very strict about it. We do it for one reason only- because God commanded us to do so. We do it with a deeply abiding sense of faith in both the rightness and reliability of those who guard our food. As all adults know, the realm of kosher supervision, to Continue Reading »

RABBI AMAR BANS ‘BUG FREE’ VEGGIES

Posted on November 8, 2012

FROM FAILED MESSSIAH Special Bug Free Vegetables Pose A Threat To Life And Health, Should Not Be Eaten, Chief Rabbi Says Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com In a groundbreaking ruling, Israel’s Sefardi Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar, who is also the haredi-controlled state chief rabbinate’s senior decisor of Jewish law has banned so-called mehadrin vegetables that are Continue Reading »

NEW SEAL OF KASHRUTH SOON TO BE SEEN IN JERUSALEM

Posted on November 7, 2012

FROM FAILED MESSIAH At least 10 Jerusalem restaurants, fed up with what they say are ever-increasing demands made by Israel’s official state Rabbinate kosher supervision, have dropped the Rabbinate’s supervision, kicked out the rabbis and gone it on their own, serving kosher food with no supervision other than the good names of the restaurant owners. Continue Reading »

DEMONSTRATION IN RECHAVIA AGAINST RABBANUT MONOPOLY ON KASHRUT CERTIFICATION

Posted on November 6, 2012

REPRINTED FROM FAILED MESSIAH THE DEMONSTRATION TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK Demonstration Today Against State Rabbinate Kosher Supervision Monopoly Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com An Orthodox rabbi from Jerusalem, Aaron Leibowitz, has thrown his support behind a group of cafés and restaurants in the capital that have decided they no longer want the haredi-controlled state rabbinate’s kosher Continue Reading »

NECTRESSE SWEETENER

Posted on November 2, 2012

We had seen the press release for a new natural no calorie sweetener. No where on the web site did it say it was kosher. We forgot about it. Then, one day we saw a box in the supermarket. It was certified OU and Pareve. We tried it. We liked it. We found that it Continue Reading »