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THE FANCY FOOD SHOW

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THE FANCY FOOD SHOW

Posted on July 8, 2005

The annual summer Fancy Food Show at the Javits Center takes place next year. We are already practicing by walking around and looking from left to right, righ to left! The Fancy Food Show is the mother of all food shows- it literally fills the entire Javits Center- and is not for the faint of Continue Reading »

KOSHER FRAUD IN ISRAEL- A SHANDAH!

Posted on July 7, 2005

Kosher Today this week reports a growing scandal involving trefe food labeled as kosher being sold in Israel. This is a most serious problem that must be addressed immediately. Large Scale Kosher Fraud Plagues Israel (Jerusalem) The Chief Rabbinate?s Kosher Fraud Division reports an alarming increase of 30% in the number of non-kosher products found Continue Reading »

NATIVE AMERICANS TO WORK AT KOSHER PLANT

Posted on July 6, 2005

Here is some interesting news we got from the Rapid City Journal.com. The article deals with a new Kosher beef plant to be owned by Rubashkin. Kosher meat packing plant planned By Steve Miller, Journal Staff Writer GORDON, Neb. — An Iowa meatpacking firm that has drawn fire from an animal-rights group has bought an Continue Reading »

MORE ON COTTONSEED OIL

Posted on July 5, 2005

We belong to a number of cooking sites. They are all filled with interesting chat. Here is something that we read on one list. We reprint it here with permission. This is a letter that was sent to Dr. Praeger’s and the response it got. I have been using your products for awhile because they Continue Reading »

GOOD FOOD NEWS

Posted on June 30, 2005

Here are two articles, one on ice cream and the other on low sugar watermelons, that we recently came across. We don’t know about you, but we were not at all surprised by the ice cream article. On the other hand, we certainly cheered the watermelon news. Food Trends: June 2005 By Denise Shoukas Ice Continue Reading »

NEW CHOCOLATE SPREADS

Posted on June 30, 2005

This just in from Kosher Today on line newsletter NEW PRODUCT SHOWCASE Bright Morning Introduces New Chocolate Spreads Bright Morning a leading Israeli chocolate spread manufactured by the Hashachar Haoleh Company, still managed and owned by descendants of the original founders, introduces three new chocolate spread flavors: Dark Chocolate (non-dairy), Cappucino & Chocolate and Milk Continue Reading »

PET FOOD RE-REDUX

Posted on June 29, 2005

This week’s issue of the on-line edition of Kosher Today correctly reports on an article in the spring issue of the Kashrus Kurrents (Star-K). The article there is full of good information. And then Kosher Today goes on to say: “Pet owners in recent years have benefited from several manufacturers of pet foods who have Continue Reading »

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake!

Posted on June 28, 2005

Oh boy! This is one EXCELLENT cheesecake! It freezes well too! Chocolate Chip Cheesecake 2 Cups finely crushed Oreo cookies 1/2 Cup melted margarine or butter 24 oz Cream Cheese – softened 1 – 14 oz can Sweetened Condensed Milk 3 Eggs 2 tsp vanilla 1-1/2 Cups MINI Chocolate Chips 1 tsp flour Preheat oven Continue Reading »

WE GET MAIL

Posted on June 27, 2005

Occasionally, here at the offices of the UTJ and in particular over in the Kosher Nexus wing of Earth Central (as call our suite of offices), we get mail. Sometimes the mail is funny, sometimes angry, and sometimes the mail brings a good question or two. Here are some of the questions we got: I Continue Reading »

GUESS I’LL GO EAT WORMS…….

Posted on June 24, 2005

Remember the old poem: “Nobody loves me, everybody hates me, guess I’ll eat some worms….?” Well, according to a story in the NY Times, soon people will have the chance to eat real, honest to goodness worms. Not us, of course, because the worms would not be kosher. Thank goodness for that!! A new candy Continue Reading »