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Today is April 20, 2025 / /
Released October 1, 2010, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Fall Season Fresh Vegetable Harvested Area Down 1 Percent Fall Season Melon Harvested Area Up 1 Percent Summer Storage Onion Production Down 5 Percent The prospective area for harvest of 11 selected fresh market vegetables Continue Reading »
FROM PHIL LEMPERT, SUPERMARKET GURU: It’s important to be sure you thaw and defrost foods properly. Upon removal of frozen food items from the freezer, bacteria start multiplying within the dangerous zone (40 degrees Fahrenheit to 140 degrees Fahrenheit). Therefore, the defrosting process should be looked at as a race between you and bacteria with Continue Reading »
Aluminum Foil Applesauce plain only, even with high fructose corn syrup and vitamins Baking powder Baking soda Beer domestic unflavored Bran unprocessed Buckwheat raw Carob Powder Cocoa Powder plain (not cocoa mix) Coffee ground unflavored Corn Meal Corn Powder Corn Starch Cupcake holders Dental floss Dishwashing gloves Farina-raw plain Grains raw Honey-pure unflavored Lip Gloss Continue Reading »
FROM PHIL LEMPERT, SUPERMARKET GURU: Food and Health News 5 Things to Know About Deli Meats September 20, 2010 [Image of: Deli Meats] Take a look the next time you are in the deli department (where you can find these prepackaged and hanging on hooks) or in the ready to slice deli section, and you’ll Continue Reading »
Decoding the Carton: Eggs September 15, 2010 A hen lays only one egg a day, so imagine all the birds required to produce the 72 billion eggs Americans consume each year. Cluck, cluck! No wonder eggs are so popular: They pack a powerful nutritional punch. The yolk naturally contains zinc and vitamins D, E and Continue Reading »
We will be off for a few days (duh!) and want to take this moment to acknowledge you- our dear, loyal readers. We started the Kosher Nexus a long time ago as an anonymously mailed newsletter sent to 50 people. A second issue quickly followed and was mailed to 110 people. Those first two issues Continue Reading »
visible shrimp could very well be living in every drop of water you drink — but that’s OK, they’re nothing to worry about. A photo posted to the online sharing site Reddit has the Internet abuzz. It shows a tiny animal — a shrimp-like crustacean called a copepod — and announces that the reader found Continue Reading »
Most years, by this point in Ellul, most butchers have raised their prices so high you need to take out a second mortgage to buy. Here in Queens, this year there seems to be no big jump in prices. What’s going on your hood? We are fortunate here, because a new Glatt supermarket (full size Continue Reading »
THIS IS A STORY ABOUT A NON-KOSHER PRODUCT. BE ADVISED- THIS IS NOT A KOSHER PRODUCT! SEE OUR COMMENTS AT THE END. Spicing up a Middle East import Americans’ growing love affair with hummus prompts Baba Foods to get creative with flavors By KATIE STEINER Contributing writer Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 9:48 p.m. In Continue Reading »
FROM KOSHER TODAY Italy Wins First Olive Oil Competition in Israel Jerusalem…by Idele Ross, KT Israel Bureau Chief…Italy took first place in a first-ever international Terra Olivo Mediterranean olive oil competition that took place last week at Jerusalem’s luxurious Inbal Hotel. The three-day conference and competition brought together scores of food industry executives, medical and Continue Reading »
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