This is the Forward’s coverage of kosher food, which follows Jewish dietary law.
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Food Trailblazing Kosher Chef Makes Meal Replacement New Mission
If anyone can make meal-replacement powders not only nutritious but also delicious, it is the pioneering celebrity kosher chef, cooking teacher and cookbook author Levana Kirschenbaum. The ebullient Moroccan-born Kirschenbaum, who co-owned Levana Restaurant on New York’s Upper West Side for over 30 years, has just released a new line of meal-replacement products that is…
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Fast Forward Scottish Prison Launches Investigation Into Inmates Going Kosher
(JTA) — Inspectors have demanded an investigation into why a Scottish jail is serving up kosher meals to more than 100 prisoners when hardly any of its inmates are Jewish, a British weekly reported. The daily cost of normal prison meals per prisoner is about $2.50, but a report by the Inspectorate of Prisons for…
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Food Facebook War Erupts After Popular Pizzeria Loses Kosher Certification
Last Sunday, the OK Kosher Certification agency removed certification from a Crown Heights gourmet pizza restaurant — one that had recently been involved in a separate drama. The restaurant, Basil, which sued a neighboring pizza restaurant in the local beit din, or rabbinical court, last winter, allegedly violated the terms of its certification agreement when a…
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Fast Forward Belgium Region Approves Ban On Ritual Slaughter
(JTA) — The parliament in the Belgian region of Flanders unanimously passed a resolution last week banning ritual slaughter without stunning. The decision will go into effect beginning in 2019. The resolution follows a similar decision approved in May by the Walloon Parliament in southern Belgium, Belgium’s largest region, which is home to just a…
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Fast Forward A Crown Heights Pizza Joint Loses Its Kosher Certification
Though Basil, a pizza joint in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, may have won the battle, it may yet lose the “pizza war.” The restaurant recently had its kosher certification — or hechsher — revoked by OK Kosher, a New York-based kashrut agency. (The restaurant remains open to the public.) Until OK Kosher’s “Kashrus Alert,” Basil was…
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Food Potato Salad And Pool-Side Picnics
In May I introduced my new column, the goal being to share exactly how I cook with Forward readers. Each month I share a piece of my work-in-progress memoir along with a few kitchen-tested, five-ingredient recipes. (Salt, pepper, oil and water are freebies.) My memoir jumps around through time and space, which can be hard…
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Recipes Jamie Geller’s Israeli Potato Salad
I love this potato salad that my “real” Israeli sister-in-law Chanie is always whipping up for family get-togethers. It reminds me so much of the Romanian salad I grew up with, a chicken-based take on salata de boeuf. Made from leftover chicken-soup chicken, it was mixed up with everything you see below. Here I’m sharing…
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Recipes 5-Ingredient Potato Salad With Arugula And Tomato
Classic potato salad can be so heavy, and in the summer months I love to lighten things up. Peppery arugula, sweet cherry tomatoes and bright lemon say “summer potato salad” to me. How ‘bout you? 1½ pound small red potatoes, scrubbed and halved 4 tablespoon champagne vinegar or white wine vinegar 4 tablespoon olive oil…
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