Today is April 19, 2025 / /
Today is April 19, 2025 / /
FROM PHIL LEMPERT, SUPERMARKET GURU What are root vegetables? Roots or plant parts that grow underground, and are edible. Root vegetable categories include tubers, rhizomes, taproots, corms and bulbs. How to buy: Look for smooth-skinned choices with few blemishes that are firm to the touch. Some roots like turnips, beets, fennel or celery, also have Continue Reading »
FROM PHIL LEMPERT, SUPERMARKET GURU Allergy free diets can be hard to navigate and sometime the list of ‘avoids’ is seemingly endless. SupermarketGuru has had a lot of experience in reading labels and understands they can be very tricky to navigate. We have selected a few common ingredients that, depending on the source, can be Continue Reading »
Every year, we try to bring a different, and often new, honey to the table for yom tov. This year, we had raw tupelo honey. What can we say? Wowzers! (From Wikipedia) Tupelos are valued as honey plants in the southeastern United States, particularly in the Gulf Coast region. They produce a very light, mild-tasting Continue Reading »
FROM PHIL LEMPERT, SUPERMARKET GURU Honey, the sweet fluid produced by honey bees by adding enzymes to the nectar of flowers, has long been rumored to have a multitude of healing powers with everything from relieving a sore throat, allergies, or a stomachache, to using it as a facial mask for healthy skin or mixing Continue Reading »
FROM THE READY STORE Onions are one of those vegetables that people have used for centuries for different purposes. Onions can be used for medicinal needs, cleaning, cooking, gardening and more! Part of being prepared is knowing how to reuse items for multiple purposes. That’s why knowing the multiple uses of onions and other objects Continue Reading »
Let’s cut to the chase- it’s OU kosher! So there we were visiting an elderly Jewish relative. We brought a lot of food with us, but our host made pancakes to go along with all the rest of the Sunday morning feast. We asked if she had any syrup. Out of the cabinet near the Continue Reading »
The American Jewish World reports: …The Beit Din Tzedek of Bnei Brak, the rabbinical court of Rabbi Nissim Karelitz, has issued summonses to Rabbi Aryeh Ralbag, head kashrut coordinator of Triangle K, which certifies meat as kosher for Hebrew National; and Shlomo Ben-David and Moshe Fyzakov, president and supervisor, respectively, for AER Services, Inc., which Continue Reading »
From our families to all of you, best wishes for a shana tova and a gmar chatima tova (may you be sealed in the book of life for a good year.) May each of us have a new year filled with blessings: health, happiness, contentment, some measure of wealth, and time to enjoy it all. Continue Reading »
Ingredients 6–8 chicken quarters, preferably cut into eights 1-2 eggs matzoh meal 3-4 Tbsp flour 2-3 Tbsp sugar or to taste regular chicken spices such as paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, etc. (optional) salt to taste oil 4 scallions, green and white parts, sliced 1 cup fresh (or frozen) mushrooms, sliced 2 tomatoes, cut into Continue Reading »
We received the following info recently- It is interesting to note that the Jewish holidays in 2013 will indeed be early relative to the civil (secular) dates of the Gregorian calendar. In 2013, Pesach will begin on March 26. None of us has seen Pesach that early in our lifetime, and except for the very Continue Reading »
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