Today is December 26, 2024 / /
Today is December 26, 2024 / /
Whoda thunk it? Fried plantain chips? And they’re kosher??? We tasted them a few years ago, and never wrote about them. We thought they would creep away in the night. Wow- were we ever wrong! Apparently, in some neighborhoods they are huge sellers. Take Ecuadorian plantains, deep fry them in (of all things) palm oil Continue Reading »
The fine folks who run the annual KosherFest, have announced the winners in this year’s annual kosher food competition. All of these winners will exhibit at the upcoming KosherFest later this month. Best New Passover Product Ungars Food Products/Dr. Praeger?s Sensible Foods, Elmwood Park, NJ ? Passover Potato Crusted/ Fillet Fish Sticks ******* Best New Continue Reading »
Walkers Shortbread Inc, the company famous for gourmet, upscale shortbread baked goods, now offers a whole new line of crackers. Walkers introduces OATCAKES, traditional Scottish crackers. These OU-D babies include the following varities: Fine Oatcakes, Highland Oatcakes, Mini Oatcakes, Organic Oatcakes and Cracked Black Pepper Oatcakes. These biscuits (as they called on the other side Continue Reading »
The rest of the world calls it butter, but here in NYC, people say “butta.” Either way, there is a new one out there that is the ne plus ultra of buttery goodness. VERMONT BUTTER AND CHEESE COMPANY makes a cultured butter (I don’t know about you, but we hate butter with no education in Continue Reading »
Zalman’s Glatt Kosher meat will no longer be available. Anywhere. The company is kaput. Gone. Took a hike. Out of here. So why is this bad news? For one simple reason: there will now be essentially two glatt kosher shechita houses. Just think what that will do to prices?! Yikes! (RJR)
This just in from Kosher Today: Honey Pizza Introduced for Rosh Hashanah Jerusalem Honey pizza? The Sbarro pizza chain is marking the Rosh Hashanah holiday with its own flavor ? a honey and pomegranate pizza. Sbarro told Maariv that the pizza combines the sweetness of honey with the tart flavor of pomegranates and apples. The Continue Reading »
The latest edition of the Kosher Nexus is available at the UTJ web site. Go to www.utj.org/Kitchen/knexus/knv11n5.pdf . Enjoy!
Yup, not overwhelmed. Not even underwhelmed. Just whelmed. We got a great email today. It said: “Silvermark will launch their new Mince & Chop this fall during the New York Gourmet Show. The new kitchen tool is designed to finely chop and mince small foods, such as garlic, shallots, herbs, nuts, and spices, directly into Continue Reading »
We recently tried two new teas from Israel. From Wissotzky Tea, these two new flavors were the hit of our shabbes table this past week. First we tried Limonana. We love Nana tea. What could be bad about Nana tea with lemon?? Indeed it was quite good. Then we tried the Passionfruit/melon tea and it Continue Reading »
We have been thinking about the letter we received from Rabbi Fishbane of the cRc (www.crcweb.org) concerning Kosher Pets pet food. In part, the rabbi wrote: “I think the real question that needs to be answered is – do humans ever eat dog food? If yes, then we must examine the whole issue from scratch. Continue Reading »
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