Food, Deals, Coffee TalkAnd now for something Completely Different. By Hershel Herskowitz

Posted: Apr 26th, 2012 7:00 PM
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FoodHeinz Revamps Ketchup Packet

Posted: Sep 22nd, 2011 8:38 AM
Say goodbye to the unattractive teeth-ripping. The old Heinz ketchup packets will soon be a thing of the past. After three years of observing what consumers struggled with most when it came to the old packets (eating in the car), Heinz has finally readied the new packets for public release. They were first announced a ... Read More

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FoodDoes It Meet My Standard Of Kashrus? By Yudel Shain

Posted: Jun 22nd, 2011 8:04 AM
When you shop in a grocery, supermarket and purchase closed packages, you check the hashgocha and decide if that's your standard, When you go to a takeout, Pizza, Ice cream, Yogurt bar, etc you don't know what you are getting. It's common by a take out to at least ask who's meat & poultry do you use, even just ... Read More

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FoodManischewitz To Bake 25 Foot Long Matzo

Updated: Jun 14th, 2011 10:45 AM
NEWARK, N.J. — Kosher products maker Manischewitz is celebrating the opening of its new corporate headquarters in Newark Tuesday by baking a monster matzo. Event organizers say this piece of unleavened bread will be 25 feet long and weigh 25 pounds — the equivalent of 336 regular matzos. It will be blessed by a rabbi ... Read More

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Food3 Years After Deadline, FDA Still Hasn’t Defined "Gluten-Free"

Posted: May 2nd, 2011 12:24 PM
For seven years, the Food and Drug Administration has been trying to answer this question: What does it mean to be “gluten-free”? That is roughly the time it took to build a tunnel beneath the English Channel to connect Britain and France. In the meantime, foodmakers have been deciding for themselves whether they can ... Read More

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FoodThe Pork That's Kosher: Israel's Chief Rabbi Allows Import of Goose Meat That Tastes of Pig

Posted: Nov 24th, 2011 6:24 PM
Israel's Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger on Tuesday announced the discovery of a special goose species, which tastes exactly like pork. "We are looking into the possibility of industrial imports of goose," the rabbi said during a culinary conference at the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot, tantalizing the taste buds of ... Read More

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FoodCelebrate The New Year With Modern Wines From Italy and Israel

Updated: Sep 21st, 2011 8:53 PM
Jews who came of age before the 1980s associate holidays with super-sweet wines made from the Concord grape, typically from market leader Manischewitz. But in the last 30 years, modern-styled kosher wines from Israel, California and major wine regions of Europe have found a place at the Jewish holiday table. Two weeks ago, I ... Read More

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FoodDowntown New Upscale Store California Swirls Is Open For Business

Updated: Jun 16th, 2011 10:10 AM
The California swirls six easy steps to an awesome Yogurt experience: Grab a cup, swirl it off, top it off, weigh it, pay it, enjoy! Tingle your taste buds with a choice of 12 exciting flavors daily ( including sugar free and Lactose free (pareve) . Select from over 85 unique toppings to complete your masterpiece. Once ... Read More

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FoodBoro Park 15th Ave EVERYBODY! Loves Fresh Kosher challah

Posted: Jun 6th, 2011 8:46 PM
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FoodRed Cross Looks at Providing Kosher Food

Posted: Feb 19th, 2011 9:59 PM
Nashville, TN - The American Red Cross has been looking at ways it can improve its response to the next disaster and it’s found some surprising answers. Joel Sullivan, CEO of the Middle Tennessee chapter of the American Red Cross, said changing demographics have led to a demand for food that meets the specific cultural and ... Read More

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