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Today is November 24, 2024 / /
This story appeared in the Gourmet Retailer on line edition this week: DuPont May Face Class-Action Suit Over Teflon APRIL 24, 2006 — Owners of Teflon-coated pots and pans in 15 states are seeking to have their cases combined into a $5 billion class-action lawsuit contending that DuPont Co. failed to disclose possible health risks Continue Reading »
Some years back, someone asked a major posek of the time to forbid smoking. The posek replied that he could not assur smoking (forbid it), because Gedolim smoked. The answer put that rabbi outside the ranks of halacha. Of all the reasons he could have given to not assur smoking, that one was totally non Continue Reading »
Today’s story comes from the AP: Firms maneuver to cash in on kosher craze Desire for healthy foods fuels interest in specialty products Adam Goldman The Associated Press Edition Date: 12-17-2005 When Albertsons hired Yakov Yarmove more than three years ago, the company found a point man to navigate what might seem like an unlikely Continue Reading »
More raw vegies may curb pancreatic cancer risk, study shows: This story comes from ABC On Line News. Eating more raw vegetables every day, especially yellow and dark green ones, may help cut the risk of pancreatic cancer in half, according to researchers. Researchers at the University of California in San Francisco found eating five Continue Reading »
Well boys and girls, you live long enough and you get to see just about everything. In the 60’s, it was Alice B. Toklas brownies. Apparently in the 21st Century, it’s pot flavored lollypops. Whoda thunk it??? Check out this story: Debate Rages on Marijuana-Flavored Candy By MAURA KELLY LANNAN, Associated Press Writer Thu Sep Continue Reading »
This story came in on August 8th. It was in the Prepared Foods Enewsletter: Black Tea Shown to Reduce Plaque A recent Chicago College of Dentistry study showed that people who rinsed their mouths with black tea multiple times a day had less plaque buildup than those who rinsed with water. “Polyphenols in tea suppress Continue Reading »
You know how every time you go to the drug store or the health food store or the supermarket you stop and look at all the nutrition bars, hoping one of them will be both kosher and very low carb? Well, sigh no more!! Say hello to NuGo nutrition bars. These bars are OU certified, Continue Reading »
Sara’s Sweets- the newest pareve chocolate chip cookie in town. Our spies claim these are the very best chocolate chip cookies they have ever tasted. Sara’s Sweets Scrumptious Chocolate Chip cookies are OK certified, all natural, delicious chocolate chip cookies which contain no hydrogenated oils, no trans fats, and are unbelievably pareve! Sara herself says: Continue Reading »
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 »
Fascinating story from Prepared Foods……… According to Tufts researchers, while the leading source of calories in the average American diet used to be from white bread, that may have changed. Sodas the Main Source of Americans’ Calories Prepared Foods June 20, 2005 enewsletter Now, according to preliminary research conducted by scientists at the Jean Mayer Continue Reading »
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