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SHIBUTA- THE FISH THAT TASTES LIKE PORK!

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SHIBUTA- THE FISH THAT TASTES LIKE PORK!

Posted on August 15, 2007

Great article from the L A Times: A chance to sample the diversity of kosher foods Marlin, elk — even yak — are on the menu at a learning and tasting event in Beverly Hills. And then there’s the strange fish said to taste like pork. By Tami Abdollah, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer August Continue Reading »

APE SNOT AND OTHER CANDIES

Posted on August 9, 2007

We were hot and thirsty as we wandered the streets of a small town in Holland. We stopped in a corner store and bought some bottled water. All of a sudden, out of the corner of our eye we spotted a candy bag with a somewhat weird name on it. The candy was called Ape Continue Reading »

CATCHING UP WITH KETCHUP

Posted on August 6, 2007

Big news indeed: Tomatoes that will become ketchup, salsa, spaghetti sauce and other products are now being harvested in the Central Valley, and farmers report above-average yields from their fields. Canneries will pay farmers higher prices for processing tomatoes than they’ve seen in several years. But rising water costs will offset some of the benefit Continue Reading »

SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN

Posted on August 3, 2007

It apparently is not enough that we all have to put up with those frisky evangelicals and others who ring our doorbell, anxious to share what they call the “good news.” It is not enough to we often sit in traffic behind cars with the somewhat ubiquitous Christian fish on the back of the car Continue Reading »

THE KOSHER NEXUS NEWSLETTER

Posted on August 2, 2007

Volume 14, Number 3 of the KN Newsletter is now available on line. You can find it at either of the addresses below: http://utj.org/Kitchen/knexus/knv14n3.html http://utj.org/Kitchen/knexus/knv14n3.pdf Enjoy!!!

SO, WHERE DOES MY BOTTLE OF WATER COME FROM?

Posted on August 1, 2007

By Martinne Geller Thu Jul 26, 5:31 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) – PepsiCo Inc. will spell out that its Aquafina bottled water is made with tap water, a concession to the growing environmental and political opposition to the bottled water industry. According to Corporate Accountability International, a U.S. watchdog group, the world’s No. 2 Continue Reading »

MORE ABOUT CAFE MUSCAT

Posted on July 31, 2007

A reader notified us that she had been in Cafe Muscat with three other people waiting for a table for 35 minutes when in walked a family who went over the maitre d’, said hello and schmoozed for a few minutes. All of a sudden, the maitre d’ spied a table being vacated and told Continue Reading »

WHODA THUNK IT?

Posted on July 30, 2007

The following story appeared on YNET: America goes kosher Madonna drinks Canaan wine, Paris Hilton orders kosher steaks, Bono eats sushi under the supervision of the Beth Din, Donald Trump holds his meetings at one of Manhattan’s kosher restaurants – and everyone burns calories to the tunes of Sarit Haddad and Eyal Golan. Kosher is Continue Reading »

STARBUCK$ TO RAISE THEIR PRICES

Posted on July 27, 2007

SEATTLE – Starbucks Corp. said Monday it was raising prices for its coffee and other freshly made drinks in most of its U.S. stores by 9 cents this month, citing rising costs, including dairy products, energy and fuel. In a statement issued after markets closed, Starbucks said the price hike will take effect July 31, Continue Reading »

CRAZYKOSHER.COM

Posted on July 26, 2007

There is a new game in town, boys and girls. This is a new web site with a simple premise: put a whole lot of kosher restaurants together in one web site and make it easy to order from any of them. From the web site’s own statement: Hungry for some Kosher? CrazyKosher.com is a Continue Reading »