A fascinating story in today’s Jerusalem Post: Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau is about to give his official “blessing” to a new GPS available in Israel that is geared to the religious set. It lists thousands of kosher restaurants, mikvehs, shuls, tefillat haderech, a Hebrew calendar, and two versions of birkat hamazon. The device uses Continue Reading »
Some restaurants are just memorable for all the right things. Three of us ate at Anjelica’s tonight. It is a meat restaurant on Shatz St (a pedestrian mall off King George) and in the Metropolitan Hotel. Don’t let the hotel fool you- the restaurant is four stars! We had a wonderful bottle of wine: Katlav: Continue Reading »
The following is from the Feb 17 edition of Kosher Today: Sunday at the Pomegranate Attracts Shoppers from Throughout the Region Brooklyn, NY…Estelle, who lives in Southern Jersey, customarily visits her aging mother in Flatbush on Sundays. But since the Pomegranate opened last August, she makes the weekly detour to the nation’s leading upscale kosher Continue Reading »
From the cRc Regarding Raisins [From the cRc]: Recently, someone discovered drosophila larvae in raisins and brought it to the attention of the kashrus world. These larvae are not visible when one visually inspects raisins, but can be seen in water that had been used to soak raisins. In the ensuing weeks, kashrus professionals from Continue Reading »
Wagyu Just For You Greetings! As many of you know The Pasta Factory is now featuring an outstanding selection of meats. In line with that we can now offer you the finest meat available, Wagyu Beef, also commonly known as Kobe Beef. Wagyu (pronounced Wah Gyoo) Beef is characterized by an unusually rich flavor and Continue Reading »
Thanks to Rabbi Eidlitz and Kosher Conscience for this info: Anheuser-Busch Lime and Chelada beers are both not certified kosher. Miller flavored beers (such as lime) are not certified kosher. Mackeson Triple Stout Beer is actually DAIRY! Yup, you read it here. A dairy beer. Booooooooo. The beer contains real, honest to goodness dairy ingredients. Continue Reading »
From NY- Kosher Quick Bites: Rosa’s Pizza, located in the Empire State Building, has recently obtained their hashgachah from the OU. They have had a soft opening this week in order to showcase the food they will be offering, which includes pizza, pasta, a salad bar and, soon to come, sushi. Stay tuned for more Continue Reading »
Recently, we spent ten days as a guest at Long Island Jewish Hospital. During that time, we had the distinct displeasure of eating from the kosher menu. Hey, of course we ate from the kosher menu- we keep kosher. But it was a distinct displeasure. One day we got a meat meal for lunch (instead Continue Reading »
OOPS! We noticed that the delivery dates for Purim baskets were incorrect. We will be shipping Purim orders through March 5 in order to arrive on time. The ordering deadline is March 3, 2009. If you had difficulty using the purim09 discount code, that problem has been corrected as well. We apologize for the inconvenience. Continue Reading »
Purim is March 10! Special Purim Offers for our Customers 10% off any Purim Basket, Gift Box or College Care Package ordered on or before February 20 2008* top’d hats dipped and topped hamentashen New for 2009! Top’d Hats Our own handmade hamentashen dipped in rich dark chocolate and topped with nut brittle crunch, colorful Continue Reading »
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