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Food Kosher Steak House Prime for Meaty Month
It’s a busy month at New York kosher steakhouse Le Marais, with a Bastille Day party on July 14 and the launch of its meat-focused cookbook, “Le Marais: A Rare Steakhouse – Well-Done” (Gefen) on July 18. Chef Jose Meirelles co-authored with Mark Hennessey. In the book’s forward, former Senator Joe Lieberman and his wife…
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Food Chocolate Syringes to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth
Just when you recovered from the long weekend comes World Chocolate Day on July 7th. And Israeli-owned chocolate emporium Max Brenner in New York’s Union Square is stepping up to the plate with a Pina Chocolada drink, Melting Chocolate Truffle cake and, um, chocolate syringes. But the kicker is chocolate selfies – yes, images by…
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Fast Forward Could Kosher Slaughter Be in Danger After Brexit?
— A group working to safeguard kosher slaughter in Britain warned of uncertainty surrounding its mission following the British vote to exit the European Union. A spokesman for Shechitah UK said Tuesday that he fears losing the European Union’s protections of “faith communities” or seeing kosher slaughter put to a vote in Parliament that might be influenced…
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Food Kosher ‘Shrimp’ — and More Hot Dish
Coming soon to a kosher restaurant near you: shrimp. The U.K. Daily Mail reports that a San Francisco outfit called New Wave Foods has grown fake shrimp in a lab using red algae — which the crustaceans feed on — and baking it with a plant-based protein powder. Its very realness may become a problem….
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News Did Orthodox Union Water Down Kosher Standards To Keep Manischewitz Happy?
A rabbi who worked for the Orthodox Union, the world’s biggest kosher certifier, for 20 years is claiming in a lawsuit that the agency acquiesced to demands from Manischewitz, a client and the iconic matzo-maker, that it soften its standards. The O.U. let Manischewitz hire and pay for its own kosher inspector, a practice that…
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Food Teen Brothers On a Roll With Kosher Startup
As the interview drew to a close, the founder of the Bay Area’s latest kosher food startup checked notes on his cellphone to make sure he’d covered everything he wanted to discuss. At one point, he paused to take a call. A delivery of rice paper was late, stalling his operation. For a business owner,…
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Food Bacon Star of David — and All the Dish
Dish spent part of the weekend at NADA Art Fair, the younger, looser sibling of New York’s massive Frieze New York. Among the works on display: This bacon Star of David by New York artist Chloe Wise at the booth of Geneva’s Galerie S. Bertrand. Don’t panic; no pork was used in the creation of…
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The Schmooze ‘Sababa Snacks’ Seeks a Kosher Stamp for Its Medical Marijuana Edibles
With flavors such as molé spice-cacao-seeds, this gluten-free, vegan, soon-to-be certified kosher treat could easily be mistaken for the latest arrival in the Whole Foods snack aisle. Except for the fact that each fruit and nut cluster contains 20 milligram of THC — the active ingredient in marijuana. When creating “Sababa Snacks” — which are…
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