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The Schmooze Conn. Supermarket To Retain Kosher Departments
There’s a happy ending for a kosher-food melodrama that played out in West Hartford, Conn., this week. After the local Waldbaum’s was sold by owner A&P to an outfit called Big Y Supermarkets, local news outlets reported that Big Y might jettison kosher food from the rechristened store. “Waldbaum’s Closing Creates Concerns About Kosher in…
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The Schmooze More Lulav Fraud!
How naïve we were! Last week, we reported with some surprise, revelations that black market lulavs were being smuggled into Israel. Now, it seems that lulav fraud doesn’t stop with smuggling. The Chief Rabbinate has put out notices in synagogues and public locations warning people to beware of lulavs whose tips have become split and…
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Food Waging the War for Food Trucks
When asked which was harder, dealing with city regulations of opening a food truck or taking on the challenges of kashrut for a restaurant on wheels, Lowell Bernstein, co-owner of Takosher in Los Angeles, the first ever Glatt kosher taco truck, replied, “kashrut, without a question.” Takosher’s owners spent months working out a “kosher program”…
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The Schmooze Photos Show NYC Tap Water Isn’t Kosher
The poor Hasidim just can’t catch a break. Now even their water is not kosher. Yesterday, a blogger on the social news website Reddit uploaded photos of crustaceans found after an examination some New York City tap water under a microscope. The tiny creatures, called copepods, became apparent after an H&E stain was added to…
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The Schmooze Temple Grandin: The Emmys’ Woman of the Hour
“Modern Family” and “Mad Men” may have come out the big winners, but prominently thrown into the mix at this year’s “Primetime Emmy Awards” was one of the country’s best-known defenders of kosher slaughter. Temple Grandin, the inspiration for the year’s top TV movie, earned her own enthusiastic applause during an onstage appearance at the…
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The Schmooze Drew Barrymore, Justin Long Defile Kosher Home!
Despite tepid advance reviews for the upcoming Drew Barrymore-Justin Long romantic comedy, “Going the Distance” — Variety diagnosed the movie as having “bipolar disorder” — the trailer is playing up the genre film’s atypical gross-out aspect. Directed by Nanette Burstein, the film follows two lovers, Erin and Garrett, as they try to work through a…
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Food Dessert Recipes
Dairy Almond Flour Double Chocolate Brownies Babka with Chocolate Filling Chocolate Almond Cake Chocolate Babka Chocolate Catastrophe Cake Farmer Freed’s Super Easy Cake With Fruit On Top Cheese Levivot — Pancakes Cinnamon Swirl Ice Cream Citrus Olive Oil Cake Danish Dough Frozen Pumpkin Pie Galaktoboureko (Custard-Filled Filo Pastry with Syrup) Homemade Hanukkah Gelt Honey-drizzled Chocolate…
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Recipes Vegetarian and Recipes
Vegetarian: A Meatless BBQ Hearty Enough for Carnivores A mild version of shakshuka without tomato sauce Blue Latkes The Big Blintze Boyikos de Keso, or Peppery Cheese Biscuits Cabbage and Green Onion Slaw Egg Plant [sic] with Sour Cream Ella’s Vegetarian Kharcho Ensalada Guisada de Acelgas y Zanahorias (Cooked Beet and Carrot Salad) Gnocchi di…
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