By Martinne Geller Thu Jul 26, 5:31 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) – PepsiCo Inc. will spell out that its Aquafina bottled water is made with tap water, a concession to the growing environmental and political opposition to the bottled water industry. According to Corporate Accountability International, a U.S. watchdog group, the world’s No. 2 Continue Reading »
A reader notified us that she had been in Cafe Muscat with three other people waiting for a table for 35 minutes when in walked a family who went over the maitre d’, said hello and schmoozed for a few minutes. All of a sudden, the maitre d’ spied a table being vacated and told Continue Reading »
The following story appeared on YNET: America goes kosher Madonna drinks Canaan wine, Paris Hilton orders kosher steaks, Bono eats sushi under the supervision of the Beth Din, Donald Trump holds his meetings at one of Manhattan’s kosher restaurants – and everyone burns calories to the tunes of Sarit Haddad and Eyal Golan. Kosher is Continue Reading »
SEATTLE – Starbucks Corp. said Monday it was raising prices for its coffee and other freshly made drinks in most of its U.S. stores by 9 cents this month, citing rising costs, including dairy products, energy and fuel. In a statement issued after markets closed, Starbucks said the price hike will take effect July 31, Continue Reading »
There is a new game in town, boys and girls. This is a new web site with a simple premise: put a whole lot of kosher restaurants together in one web site and make it easy to order from any of them. From the web site’s own statement: Hungry for some Kosher? CrazyKosher.com is a Continue Reading »
In an article entitled “New Power of Kosher Blogs are a Mixed Blessing, Kashrus Officials Say” which appeared in Kosher Today on Monday, July 23, 2007, the claim was that there are blogs out there that rush things into print long before they ascertain the truth of what they write. The article quoted Rabbi Moshe Continue Reading »
We never knew there are so many different kinds of avocados. We thought that Hass avocados are all there are. Gosh, were we ever wrong! DONNIE: sort of looks like a light green papaya, and grows to as much as 6 inches or more. Flesh is light and mild. Due to size, this one is Continue Reading »
BEEF 1. Prevent burger bulge by pressing your thumb into the center of patties while they’re still raw. They’ll fill out again as the meat cooks. 2. Hands off! While constantly flipping the burgers might make you feel like you’re really playing with fire, it doesn’t do much good for your meat’s moisture. For killer Continue Reading »
From the “I’m Not Martha” list: GINGER * Ginger is commonly used as a spice in cuisines throughout the world. Though commonly referred to as a root, it is actually the rhizome. * In the fresh state, it has a characteristic staghorn-like appearance; dried ginger is usually sold in form of an off- white to Continue Reading »
Long time KN readers know that we love honey. Every year for Rosh Hashanah we try to find a new honey to serve at the table, a honey that we have not yet tried. Well, here are some new candidates: Tupelo- Light golden amber with a slight greenish cast. Sweet, floral and fruity. Manuka- From Continue Reading »
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