Tag: kosher food
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Food & Kashrus
Kosher pizza popup restaurant in Berkeley
Most Orthodox Jews take kosher food for granted, typically an area with hundreds of thousands of Jews will have at least a few kosher…
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Food & Kashrus
I heard you found kosher cheese at…
I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw large bags of kosher and cholov yisroel cheese at Smart and Final last week, I myself…
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Food & Kashrus
Rabbis in Israel force restaurant without mechitzas to close
Charedi Rabbis in Israel, backed by Agudath Israel have decided that certain restaurants without mechitza's who serve women should lose their hashgacha. Warm Eating,…
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Food & Kashrus
What’s the best kosher restaurant in New York?
I would hesitate to call myself a foodie, but being in the profession for a couple years now I’ve definitely an appreciation for good…
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Food & Kashrus
One hechsher is not enough anymore
When's the last time you actually bought something with one hechsher on it? If you answered recently, you probably aren't that frum. The sad…
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Food & Kashrus
Chesed Week: Make skittles kosher
While there may be wars on foreign shores, rioting in England and the world economy is collapsing, we have more pressing matters here at…
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Jewish Life
Where is the Achdus?
Author wished to remain anonymous: How many electricians does it take to screw in a light bulb? That’s an old joke, yet when we…
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Food & Kashrus
First there was kosher water and then there was kosher dog food
I can't remember the first time I had heard that some brands of bottled water had kosher symbols on them, but I can remember…
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Food & Kashrus
Is a Safe-Treif Certification in the works?
Kashrut authorities have been able to make money on certifying all sorts of odd things that once never really needed a hechsher. We all…
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Food & Kashrus
Kosher food certification is modeled after the Mob
It seems like a long time has gone by since the Rabbis declared New York water needs a hechsher due to them finding bugs.…
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Food & Kashrus
I don’t hold of that hechsher
Amy’s Kitchen makes some amazing and healthy products, their canned chili, refried beans and soups are all amazing as well as their microwavable pizzas,…
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Food & Kashrus
Being Dan L’kaf Zechus (giving people the benefit of the doubt)
A lesson in giving people the benefit of the doubt as illustrated by this video I took at Kosher Fest.
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Food & Kashrus
Kosherfest: The worlds Largest Kiddush
I know this video is kind of belated, but definitely not outdated, food will never become outdated because we need it to survive. This…
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Food & Kashrus
Olgas on Smith: My favorite restaurant in Brooklyn
I have been eating a bit healthier lately, and have noticed that there is an absolute dearth of healthy kosher restaurants in the city,…
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Food & Kashrus
What do you think of kosher restaurants that are open on shabbos?
I ate at Cafe Viva on the upper west side last night, I have heard countless people rave to me about their pizza, and…
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Food & Kashrus
Out of town restaurant politics
I have lived and stayed in enough Jewish communities to understand that many places don’t have a kosher restaurant simply because of community politics.…
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Tisha B’Av & Fast Days
Sure sign the economy is going downhill fast
I recently posted about how Kosher Delight changed their skinny fries to those mashed potato filled ghetto mushy fries. Yet again last night I…
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Food & Kashrus
Christian Salt maker ries to compete with Kosher Salt
I never knew the salt market was that large, but I guess some Christian guy thought that Kosher Salt controlled too large a share,…
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Food & Kashrus
Kosher Delight used to have the best fries
But the other night to my unpleasant surprise I realized that they changed and went to the obviously cheaper and more generic fat fries…
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Dating & Marriage
Baltimore Kosher Pizza Rivalry: Mama Leahs vs. Tov
Every city has their rivalry, in the Jewish world it usually takes place in the form of food. Pizza is probably one of the…