This is the Forward’s coverage of kosher food, which follows Jewish dietary law.
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Food What’s With the Two Dishwashers?
SHORT, SERIOUS ANSWER: “Having two sets of dishes and two dishwashers keeps anything that touches meat and milk products separate.” MORE EFFECTIVE RETORT: “There’s a part of me that wonders about it too, and yeah it was an extra $400 for a dishwasher, but the world is not going to end. Some people buy shoes…
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Food How to Cook Like the Chef at a Top Kosher Steakhouse
This is an occasional column in which the writer evaluates a new cookbook by making some of its recipes, sharing the dishes with friends and asking her guests what they think of the results. She recently cooked her way through “Le Marais: A Rare Steakhouse…Well Done” by Mark Hennessey and Jose Meirelles (Gefen Publishing House)….
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Food How to Taste 300 Kosher Wines in a Day
Time to pick a designated driver: More than 300 kosher wines and spirits will be on hand for sampling at this year’s Kosher Food & Wine Experience, the annual extravaganza hosted by distributor Royal Wine. Among wines making their debut at KWFE 2017, February 13 at Chelsea Piers in Manhattan, are Terra di Seta Assai,…
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Fast Forward Jewish Butchers Hawk Kosher Heritage Chickens
— Heritage chickens raised under humane conditions are now available for consumers who observe the laws of kashrut. The Jewish Initiative for Animals, or JIFA, has partnered with two kosher meat providers – KOL Foods and Grow and Behold – to bring over 1,000 heritage chickens to kosher processing plants. The chickens are available for purchase online….
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Food WATCH: How White House Kitchen Goes Kosher for Hanukkah Party
At tonight’s White House Hanukkah party, where President Barack Obama will light the menorah for the last time as Commander in Chief, the festive food being served will come out of a kitchen that meets the highest standards of kosher observance. So how is this feat accomplished? Rabbi Levi Shemtov, who oversees the kasherizing process,…
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Fast Forward Britain’s New 5-Pound Note May Not Be Kosher
It may be “chewable, washable and harder to fake,” but Britain’s new 5-pound note may not be kosher. Unveiled with a fanfare in September, Britain was excited to follow a number of other Commonwealth countries in using a more durable polymer instead of a traditional cotton base. But it was revealed today — to the…
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Food Is Zagat Guide Ignoring New York Kosher Restaurants?
Your tax dollars at work: New York City councilman David G. Greenfield is calling on the restaurant-guide giant Zagat to up its coverage of kosher eateries. The 2017 guide has “none of the delicious kosher dining options” that exist in Brooklyn, Greenfield’s district, he said. It does list eight Big Apple kosher spots this year,…
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Food Turkey Day, the Jewish Deli Way
Ben’s Kosher Deli is offering a Thanksgiving Feast for 10 (at all its locations) that clocks in at $229.90. The extravaganza includes whole roasted turkey, stuffing and gravy, cranberry-pineapple compote, cole slaw and a relish tray. And Chompie’s, the “New York Style Deli-Restaurant and Bakery” owned by Arizona’s Borenstein family, will serve a straight-up Thanksgiving…
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