This is the Forward’s coverage of kosher food, which follows Jewish dietary law.
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Food Talking Kosher Pork With Iconic Foodie Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan considers himself a nature writer, but since publishing “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” in 2006, he’s become a major voice in the cultural revolution currently happening around such food issues as sustainable agriculture, health and locavorism. Pollan is such a cult figure among foodies that people follow him around the grocery store and the farmers…
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Food Mixing Bowl: BBQ Contest; Kosher Burgers
Meet the world’s most accomplished Israeli sommelier. [The NY Jewish Week] Get ready for the second annual Long Island kosher BBQ cook-off. Trust us, you’ll want to save your appetite for this one. [Yeah That’s Kosher] Serious Reading: four delicious books to devour this summer. [Serious Eats] High-end burgers are showing up all over kosher…
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Food In Kosher, We Trust?
Eating food is an exercise in trust. In today’s day and age, where most eaters are extremely disconnected from the process that gets our food from farm to fork, we need to be able to trust our food producers, manufacturers, and cooks that the food is what it says it is, and it does not…
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Food Jamie Geller’s New Show Gives Us a Taste of Israel
Jamie Geller, often dubbed the “Kosher Rachel Ray,” is the first to admit that making aliyah was a challenge. But nine months in she’s saying “what took me so long?!” Geller captured her family’s trials, tribulations, and successes of moving to Israel last August in the documentary series “Joy of Aliyah.” Based on the success…
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Fast Forward Kosher Diner Owners Play Hero on Chicago Highway
Brothers Ken and Daniel Hechtman, owners of a kosher diner, helped saved several people from a fiery wreck in suburban Chicago. While driving back Sunday night from their kosher diner in Skokie, a semi-truck in front of them on the Edens Expressway in Northfield swerved into another car, causing an explosion. Daniel Hechtman, 54, ran…
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Food Mixing Bowl: Shabbat Dessert, Falafel Secrets
If you’re looking to spice up your Shabbat dinner routine, try these tomato jalepeno matzo balls. [Boston.com] Some handy kosher travel advice — if you’re luck enough to be going to South Africa anytime soon. [Yeah That’s Kosher] The secrets of New York’s King of Falafel. [Serious Eats] There’s something so delightfully springy about honey….
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Food The Bison Burger Incident
“BISON?!?” I exclaimed to my dad who had just told me to try a new type of burger. I was ten years old, standing in my kitchen, eating what I thought was a typical dinner. I was actually halfway through with the patty when my dad informed me this wasn’t from a typical cow; rather,…
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Fast Forward Feds Shut Kosher Large Warehouse in Queens After Rat Infestation
Customers can wave goodbye to KoJel kosher foods products like instant noodle soup and pudding — at least for a little while. V.I.P. Foods, the Queens food supplier that manufactures the products, has had roughly $1 million worth of inventory seized due to rodent infestation, The New York Times reported. The federal Food and Drug…
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