This is the Forward’s coverage of kosher food, which follows Jewish dietary law.
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Food The 6 Trendiest Foods Of 2017 — Now Available At Kosher Restaurants
Kosher isn’t entirely unwarranted: that the food is bland, or too oily and over-seasoned; that corners are cut: boxed pasta and canned sauce are bought; that the staff is rude or overbearing. But kosher consumers are becoming increasingly sophisticated about the food they eat. And that sophistication has led to a demand for a greater…
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Fast Forward Trump Envoy Jason Greenblatt Greeted With Kosher Food At UAE Iftar Dinner
Jason Greenblatt, the adviser on negotiations to President Trump who is busy trying to re-start Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, was invited on Wednesday to an Iftar, the dinner ending the day of fasting during the Muslim month of Ramadan, at the residence of Yousef Al Otaiba, United Arab Emirates’ ambassador to Washington. What Greenblatt found on…
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Fast Forward Linda Sarsour’s Brother Works At Kosher Restaurant — And Some Want Him Fired
(JTA) — A New York kosher restaurant is under fire for employing the brother of Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour. The Jewish Defense Organization, considered to be a Jewish extremist group, has taken aim at Izzy’s Brooklyn Smokehouse restaurant, calling on it to fire Mohammed Sarsour, The New York Jewish Week reported. Sarsour, known as Moe,…
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Food Why Are There No Kosher Russian Restaurants In New York?
I recently stood in line with more than a thousand Russian Jews, waiting for sushi — the highlight of Saturday night’s dinner at the Limmud FSU conference, which is the largest gathering of Russian-speaking Jews in North America. It was kosher sushi, of course. The other meals at the event, held at a Hilton Hotel…
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Community Wine Of The Week: A Kosher Riesling Available for Under $20…On Amazon!
Engel Reisling 2016 — Finger Lakes, New York This is one of those wines that’s dangerous to drink alone; too smooth to stop at just one 5 ounce standard serving, I find myself wanting to drink it from a tall glass filled with ice — sophistication be damned. This sounds blasphemous, I know, but with…
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Food Gourmet Kosher Restaurant Set To Open At Tulane
Kosher-keeping freshmen heading to Tulane this fall will finally have an easy time gaining the freshman fifteen like their fellow (non-kosher-keeping) classmates: gourmet kosher food will be available at the university’s Hillel house. This August, a restaurant called Rimon –– which is hebrew for pomegranate –– will open at 912 Broadway Street. The chef, Daniel…
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Food Which Ice Cream Brand Is Big, Gay — And Defiantly Kosher?
Kosher ice cream lovers have a lot to celebrate this Pride month, specifically in the form of a pint of Big Gay Ice Cream. That’s because when the ice cream truck-turned-brick-and-mortar shop decided to package its popular soft serve to be sold nationally, it sought and received kosher certification. The pints of soft-serve deliciousness, which…
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Food Jamie Geller’s Halva-Inspired Frozen Yogurt
Silan, AKA date honey, is a dark, sweet, concentrated fruit syrup that can be used much in the same way as honey, molasses or maple syrup. In Israel, silan is everywhere — drizzled over roasted veggies, slathered with tahini in pita, stirred into yogurt and featured in braising liquids, salad dressings and marinades. Sold in…
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