I have been tinkering with a couple of variations on the cuban sandwich. Meat and dairy. The key in both is mustard and pickles. Kosher Meat Cuban: 1 slice of turkey meat like Of Tov, Tirvat Zvi or Hod Golan lightly fried 1 fried egg sunny side up 1 Kinneret triangle potato latke pickle slices Continue Reading »
The Jewish Star (published in Nassau County, NY), had this to say: The speaker is none other than Avi Shafran. “I don’t expect a Conservative Rabbi to acknowledge that fact: non-Orthodox rabbis are based on progression, not on Mesorah and not on respect for elders. But those of us who call ourselves Orthodox have to Continue Reading »
Here is an excerpt from Kosher Today (Week of Dec 15): Rabbi Avi Shafran of Agudath Israel, while not a certifying agency, also took a hard-nosed position against those who wish to redefine kashrus. His organization’s Council of Torah Sages had issued a proclamation against an attempt by Conservative rabbis to introduce a new standard Continue Reading »
Here is a quote taken out of yesterday’s article about ethics and kashruth. “While much of the Orthodox community has criticized the Hekhsher Tzedek as unwieldy at best and, at worst, an attack on the Orthodox-controlled kosher certification system — it is not, its organizers insist — the founders of the two new Orthodox seals Continue Reading »
FROM THE JTA: Orthodox groups to offer ethical seals for businesses By Sue Fishkoff · December 15, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — Not to be outdone by their Conservative colleagues, Orthodox groups on both coasts will soon be vetting the ethical standards of businesses serving the Jewish communities. In New York, Uri L’Tzedek, a social Continue Reading »
McCormick Flavor Forecast 2009 Top 10: 1. Toasted Sesame and Root Beer: An iconic soda is rediscovered for its versatility as a cooking ingredient, paired with the nuttiness of toasted sesame seed. 2. Cayenne and Tart Cherry: The flavors of two superfoods — the heat of cayenne and sweet-sour tang of tart cherry — pack Continue Reading »
Whoda thunk it?? A certified kosher and vegetarian salt that allows you to make your food taste like its got chazer in it! Certified by the Kof-K no less! Before we tell you about the product, here is what the company itself says about its kosher supervision: “Yes, there are rabbis out there with enough Continue Reading »
Today boys and girls, we begin with an explanation of what Oolong tea is: Oolong Tea is generally referred to as “semi-fermented” or partially oxidized tea. It principally comes from China and Taiwan (often called Formosa, its former Dutch name). To create oolong tea, the leaves are wilted in direct sunlight and then shaken in Continue Reading »
Alyssa Kaplan over at www.koshergourmetmart@gmail.com tells us that she will soon be offering products from the Pantainorasingh Company. The products are all authentically Thai and are OU certified. Ms. Kaplan will be offering: sweet chili sauce for chicken sweet chili sauce sweetened chili sauce for spring roll plum sauce sweet plum sauce plum chili sauce Continue Reading »
Back on Dec 4, 20008 we ran an article about the bogus claims of a certain toothpaste company which has now secured the hashgacha of the OU. On Dec 8, 2008, KOSHER TODAY essentially ran (in truth: so did we) the press release issued by the toothpaste company. Here is the paragraph as it appeared Continue Reading »
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