Today is November 24, 2024 / /
Today is November 24, 2024 / /
FROM PHIL LEMPERT- SUPERMARKET GURU Colors and Flavors: What You Need to Know Flavors We have all seen the products on the shelves boasting “made with natural flavors” in big bold letters – but what does this mean? What unnatural flavors were they using previously? Artificially flavored with what? The Code of Federal Regulations defines Continue Reading »
FROM THE ORTHODOX PAPER: VIN Melville, NY – Exclusive Kosher Caterer Accused Of Serving Non-Kosher Food Published on: Today 01:22 PM News Source: VIN News by Sandy Eller Melville, NY – The chef and general manager of a large Long Island based kosher catering company have filed court papers charging the owner with serving non-kosher Continue Reading »
FROM AZCENTRAL.COM Food Network star Paula Deen, announcing that she will be a paid spokeswoman for a diabetes-drug manufacturer, revealed this week that she has had type 2 diabetes for three years. Her news unleashed a question, frequently expressed in the days since: Can people hoping to control the disease eat the deep-fried cheesecake, the Continue Reading »
Rice Select says, “Life is too short to eat boring rice.” How true it is! And that is why we are HUGE fans of their products. These are all Star-K certified and Kosher Nexus certified to be fantabulously tasty. By way of starting, let us just explain that their Texmati rice is grown in Texas Continue Reading »
Not too long ago, we bought a Kyocera ceramic chef’s knife. The knife was amazing. The blade was unbelievably sharp and it was a pleasure to use the knife. Alas, a well meaning friend offered to make a festive meal for a bunch of us, and he managed to break the knife by being careless. Continue Reading »
British scientists have created a super broccoli that has three times more glucoraphanin (it may lower rates of heart disease and some cancers). The scientists cross bred regular British broccoli with a wild Sicilian variety. Here in the States, it is marketed under the brand name of Beneforte. According to those who have tasted this Continue Reading »
FROM THE JERUSALEM POST Surprise! ‘Häagen-Dazs not kosher’ By JEREMY SHARON Stores that continue to sell the ice cream could lose their kashrut license. The bad news in Israel keeps piling up. Religious tensions, Iran’s nuclear program and regional instability are all worrying enough – but now Häagen-Dazs ice cream in Israel is under threat, Continue Reading »
Here is a super trick we just learned about telling the relative age of eggs in your fridge. Put the eggs in a bowl of water. Fresh eggs will lie on the bottom of the bowl. Older eggs, due to the increasing air inside them, will stand up in the water. A good use for Continue Reading »
In the world of panned chocolates, Koppers not only wrote the book, the continue to add chapters all the time! Their newest product is a 2 1/2 inch square box with 4 ounces of delectable treats. “Like what?” you ask. How about these goodies: Nut Assortment (dark chocolate) Cherries Espresso Beans (dark chocolate) Pomegranate (dark Continue Reading »
FROM PHIL LEMPERT-SUPERMARKET GURU Green Tea, Great for Health January 6, 2012 Green tea, the prized buds and young leaves of an oriental evergreen tree, is made by briefly steaming the leaves, and drying them until they are crisp. The resulting greenish-yellow tea has an earthy, slightly astringent flavor close to the taste of the Continue Reading »
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