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Fruit and Nut Couscous Salad Ingredients 1 tbsp. Grated orange peel 3 tbsp. Raisins 1/4 cup Chopped walnuts, lightly toasted 1/4 cup Finely chopped fresh parsley 1 Large orange 1 cup Uncooked Israeli Couscous 1 1/2 cups Orange juice 2 tbsp. Olive Oil 2 tsp. Fresh lemon juice 1 tbsp. Freshly grated ginger Directions 1. Continue Reading »
Brunswick Sardines in Olive Oil – A consumer reported fi nding krill, a small crustacean similar in appearance to a small shrimp, in some cans of Brunswick Sardines in Olive Oil. The product code of the cans in question is 0215CB Best By Aug 2015. Sardines are a small herring and are a natural seafood Continue Reading »
At first we thought this was Jewish water- as in So, nu? Then we discovered that this is a new brand of OU certified water. Sonu water is organic and uses flavors from fruit grown without pesticides or chemical additives. Sonu is sweetened with natural, evaporated cane juice. As a result, you get only pure Continue Reading »
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 »
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 »
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 »
In the Shulchan Aruch, we read about the possibility of cooking chicken in almond milk and the inherent problem of marit ha-ayin (ie, it looks trefe). Needless to say, today with all the pareve stuff out there such as soy milk and ersatz “creamer,” we are used to seeing combinations that earlier generations might have Continue Reading »
Since 1817, seven generations of bakers from Austria and Hungary have been baking these incredible baked goods according to a secret family recipe. Grandpa’s cakes are OU Pareve, Pat Yisrael. So what does Grandpa offer? How about: Original Cinnamon with California Walnuts, Grandpa and Granny Smith Apple Walnut, Banana Walnut, Chocolate Chip Europa, Wild Blueberry, Continue Reading »
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 »
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 »
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