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MEA CULPA! WE MESSED UP!

Posted on January 21, 2010

We meant to change the line in the previous post about the Hollandaise sauce being good on chicken! We meant to change it to fish!! Needless to say, we took the recipe from a non kosher source and were sloppy in our editing. Please forgive us!!

THE NEW YORK TIMES ON KOSHER FOOD

Posted on January 15, 2010

Jan 13, 2010 The article begins: For Some, ‘Kosher’ Equals Pure By KIM SEVERSON Published: January 12, 2010 THIS year, for the first time, glatt kosher food will be sold at the Super Bowl. Certainly, faith will prompt some of the fans at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., to line up at one of Continue Reading »

WAR AGAINST SHECHITA IN EUROPE

Posted on January 14, 2010

FROM KOSHER TODAY, MONDAY, JAN 11, 2010 The Never-Ending Saga of the War Against Schechita in Europe Continues on the Web London…It used to be that the battle against animal rights extremists were fought in each country, but since the founding of the European Union (EU), the battle has shifted to the EU. The organization Continue Reading »

PEPSI THROWBACK- LIMITED TIME OFFER

Posted on January 11, 2010

by Nicki Gostin Old-time soda aficionados and those curious to try something new have reason to celebrate in the New Year. Pepsi will be distributing a limited edition of Throwback Pepsi and Throwback Mountain Dew. The Throwback contains real sugar instead of HFCS. HFCS stands for high fructose corn syrup–used to make all mainstream sodas Continue Reading »

THANKS FOR THE TIP!

Posted on December 31, 2009

BOSTON—Dr. Mark Mincolla, Ph.D., natural health care practitioner at Santi Holistic Healing in Massachusetts offered his top five nutritional supplements to watch in 2010 to New England Cable News, which was posted on the Boston Globe’s Web site. Mincolla said these five supplements will be beneficial to health management in the coming year: * ACE Continue Reading »

ISRAELI KNESSET TO ATTEMPT TO REFORM KASHRUTH CERTIFICATION

Posted on December 30, 2009

From Kosher Today (Dec. 28, 2009) Knesset Set to Adopt Reforms in Kashrus Certification Jerusalem…by Idele Ross, KosherToday Israel Bureau Chief and Staff Reporters…Rising abuses of kashrus in Israel are being addressed by the Knesset Comptroller’s Committee. It is determined to introduce new guidelines to assure that eating establishments that claim to be kosher are Continue Reading »

THE NYTIMES ON CONVERTS TO JUDAISM AT CHRISTMAS TIME

Posted on December 29, 2009

This past week, the New York Times had an article about people who have already converted to Judaism a/o people in the process of converting to Judaism and the problems they face at Christmas time. The article was actually fairly sensitively written, but, at the same time, was written by someone with no knowledge of Continue Reading »

MORE ODD BALL STUFF

Posted on December 24, 2009

Years ago, when the Kosher Nexus Newsletter was in its infancy, we wrote about a somewhat unusual product. The product appeared with the Paradise label. Certification was OU, pareve. What was the product? Ham Glaze! In truth, there was nothing wrong with using the product (duh), but the name did give us pause. And probably Continue Reading »

KOSHER CANDY CANES???

Posted on December 23, 2009

The other day, we were walking in the airport. A young couple approached and offered to share “the good news about” you-know-who. We politely declined. The lady offered us a candy cane and said, “Don’t worry- it’s kosher. We were so stunned, we took it and walked away. As we walked away, we looked at Continue Reading »

ATTENTION COSTCO SHOPPERS

Posted on December 8, 2009

Snapple Juice drinks at Costco has a variety pack with Mango Madness, Kiwi Strawberry and Fruit Punch. There is an O/K kosher parve on the shrink wrap covering of the case and on each bottle of mango and kiwi drinks. The Fruit punch bottles do not have an O/K and they contain grape juice as Continue Reading »