Today is April 25, 2025 / /
Today is April 25, 2025 / /
Jack’s Gourmet did it again! Our favorite sausage company, and now purveyors of FACON, makes Italian style spicy salami. Bottom line? A Kosher Nexus Five Fork award winner! We have not had an Italian style salami for a very long time. You can buy a pale imitation in Israel, but it is not very good. Continue Reading »
FROM TABLET MAGAZINE If your head happens to be stinging the morning after an awesome party , may I humbly recommend a Kosher Prairie Oyster, which is my variation of the original famous hangover cure. The exact origin of the drink is tough to track although it made appearances in David O. Selznick’s A Star Continue Reading »
Here is a new beer that is totally trefe and assur for us to drink: Blue Moon’s New ‘Ale’ Is Half Wine By Venessa Wong on December 20, 2012 Just the idea of a beer-wine hybrid raises so many questions. OK, really, just one: Is that as disgusting as it sounds? Armed with two bottles Continue Reading »
Billing itself as the “trail mix of the exodus,” this Kof-K certified product is the first kosher for Passsover “granola” that we have ever seen. The label on the can says it all: matzo granola breakfast and nosh. Contents: matzo, almonds, raisins, maple syrup, evaporated cane juice, cottonseed oil, dried coconut, walnuts, pecans and vanilla Continue Reading »
Sabich An Iraqi Jewish classic becomes a new favorite. By Adeena Sussman A few years ago, signs began popping up around Tel Aviv and beyond advertising a new delicacy: sabich. This savory combination of fried eggplant, hard-boiled egg, hummus, Israeli salad, and assorted condiments is stuffed into a pita and drizzled with tahini sauce and Continue Reading »
This OU certified company makes gluten free mixes. Most appear to be pareve, but some are OUD. Check out this list: All Purpose Baking Mix Loaf Bread Mix Brownie Mix (D) Cookie Mix Pancake and Waffle Mix Muffin Mix Cake Mix Corn Bread and Muffin Mix (D) Pizza Dough Mix (D) www.northfieldmills.com
No, not this blog. Rather the Levinsky Market in Tel Aviv was listed as NUMBER ONE in Saveur magazine’s (Jan/Feb 2013) Travel Issue, Top 100. The magazine specifically mentions a number of stalls, stores and restaurants in the Tel Aviv shuk and raves about all of them. In truth, we do not know the area, Continue Reading »
We are in heaven! We finally were able to stock up on Jack’s Gourmet Facon. We wanted to buy out the whole supply, but we had a guilty conscience, and only bought three of the five packages they had. Home from the store, it was outside to the BBQ grill and OMG! Facon burgers. We Continue Reading »
Remember the coffee that Jack Nicholas drank in the movie Bucket List? Let’s just say it was strained, and let it go at that. Well, according to this story from the AP, there is an even more exclusive coffee on the market and it runs $50 PER CUP!! Yikes! Coffee from an elephant’s gut fills Continue Reading »
FROM MY JEWISH LEARNING For Cranberry Applesauce 3 pounds apples (any apples you would use for baking, I used golden delicious), peeled and diced 2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries 2 Tbsps granulated sugar (up to 4 if you want it sweeter) 1 tsp ground cinnamon ½ tsp ground ginger ½ tsp ground all spice Continue Reading »
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