For those lucky enough to be making Pesach at home we present you with a Guide to Kashering the Kitchen for Pesach (PDF) courtesy of Artscroll Publications. This guide is chapter 15 of The Kosher Kitchen – A Practical Guide by Rabbi Binyomin Forst, a great resource for those who… keep a kosher kitchen.  Read More

Martha Stewart receives a tour of the machine-made Matzah baking process at Streit’s Matzah factory on the lower East side of Manhattan.  Read More

Kosher cookbooks. There are so many, yet never enough. Which is why we are delighted that a new one – Dining In Again – has just been released. Please share your feedback on the recipes! Click here for a PDF of 6 recipes from the book. Click here for a PDF of 33 pages from the book.  Read More

Even those who appreciate fine wine may be looking for something different for the Sedarim. The taste of fine wine is savored by slow sipping and not by gulping down the glass – or kos – in one long drink as is required by the Seder. Good wines also tend to have a high alcohol content which makes it difficult for those of us with responsibilities... Read more

Keeping an avocado from browning is one of those small kitchen challenges that we all encounter. We’ll pour some lemon juice on it or wrap it in saran wrap but the brown color seems to always inevitably appear. Check out this short video for a simple method – and let us know if it worked for you!  Read More

An interesting study, that was published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, compared the rate of peanut allergies of Jewish children from the United Kingdom and Israel. The astonishing result was that the UK kids were ten times as likely to have a peanut allergy than the children from Israel. The scientist who conducted the study,... Read more

Somehow we women always seem to brag how many potatoes we’ve peeled for Pesach. Well, watch this tip from Idaho Potatoes and you’ll brag how fast you peeled this year’s mountain of spuds.  Read More

Heinz uncapped a new design for their ketchup packets. To make your dining experience easier and more fun, you choose whether you want to peel back the wrapper to dip, or tear off the tip to squeeze. Heinz is also launching a new product labeled “simply Heinz” which is a ketchup made with sugar compared to high fructose corn syrup used in the original... Read more

Chances are you are starting your day on the wrong foot. According to Consumer Reports latest test of 37 different blended coffees, none – not even one! – met its “excellent” or “very good” ratings! Blended coffee is the most popular type of coffee that contains beans from more than one region. The best ratings, which earned a rating of... Read more

If you are looking for something different to serve this Shabbos Tu B’Shvat you may want to try a bottle of Zachlawi Fig Arak. Arak is a strong aniseed (black licorice tasting) flavored alcoholic drink favored by Middle Easterners.  The fig variety is made from concentrated fig juice that is distilled numerous times with a combination of fennel,... Read more

Providing our children with healthy snacks for the day is a conundrum that we all deal with daily during the rushed early morning hours. Of course there are the healthy snacks that never get eaten (or cost a fortune and taste awful) and the unhealthy snacks that are… well… unhealthy. Enter Funky Monkey Snacks. Funky Monkey freeze-dries slices and... Read more

No, it doesn’t mean you have fat fingers. Chefs and cooks have recently been adding an inexpensive tool not normally  found in the kitchen, the medical tweezer, to their collection of cooking utensils, enabling them to put the final, delicate touches on a dish. “I was using tweezers to handle a thin stream of strawberry purée frozen with liquid... Read more

What’s the healthiest diet? High-fat, low-fat or no-fat? High-protein or Vegan? The truth is people have thrived on all of the above diets. The common factor amongst all successful eating plans is they consist of whole foods with minimal processing. Hint: if you’re food has a barcode, you’re not eating close to the source. Foods found in their... Read more

The NY Times has an article on the fact that most kosher food is actually purchased by non-Jews.  Market research by Mintel determined that three out of five kosher consumers purchase kosher products because of their perception that it is higher quality than its non-kosher shelf neighbors and not for religious reasons. This has translated into forty... Read more

Create personalized cookies using these adorable cutters in scalloped-rectangle, heart and star shapes. Customize the cutters by sliding in letters or premade words to form a name or message. When you press the cutter into the dough, your lettering is imprinted on the cookie. The set includes three cutters, seven premade words (Welcome, Happy, Birthday,... Read more

Cheerios will be selling a new chocolate flavor, which will be certified OU Parve, beginning January. Is this just a new sugar cereal under the guise of the healthy Cheerios brand or will this be a healthier Shabbos cereal alternative?  Read More

MSNBC reports that General Mills, the maker of Lucky Charms, Trix and Cocoa Puffs, will further reduce the amount of sugar in its cereals marketed to children. The move, announced Wednesday, comes as many food companies alter their products and face growing scrutiny from consumers, regulators and health groups over the nutritional value of their foods. General... Read more