Top 5 Ways to Make Your Fast Easier
Here are some quick tips to make your fast a bit more bearable: 1. The day before the fast begins, take frequent drinks of water. 2. Eat a balanced meal before the fast....
Aug 8, 2016
By OU Staff
New Cookbook Offers Fresh Formula for the Kosher Home
How many cookbooks have you seen with a dedicated mushroom section? That’s the kind of innovative thinking Amy Stopnicki put into Kosher Taste, the new cookbook from Feldheim Publishers. (Hardcover, 300...
Jul 5, 2016
By OU Staff
Italy: A Gastronomic Adventure
Imagine: Open the terrace doors of your hotel balcony and the Mediterranean lights your room; a gentle breeze glides in, along with the smell and sounds of the sea. That’s exactly...
May 25, 2016
By Phyllis Koegel
Recipes & Tips for Eating Low Carb on Passover
If I were stuck on a dessert Island and I had to pick just one ingredient to take with me, it would probably be potatoes. Potatoes are delicious, full of carbs to...
Apr 14, 2016
By Chanie Apfelbaum
Passover Recipe Roundup
Pesach recipes are everywhere you look. Facebook alone abounds in groups dedicated to Passover recipes. We searched through some of our favorite food blogs for some easy treats this Pesach. Here’s a...
Apr 12, 2016
By Batya Rosner
Mishenichnas Adar Marbim B’Steaka!
Traditional hamantaschen may be filled with jam, but these meat-filled Purim treats are a sweet, sweet treat as well. As one blog comment read, “Everyone wants real food, but we want...
Mar 16, 2016
By Batya Rosner
New Twists on Hamentaschen
One of the most beloved foods of the holiday are hamantaschen, a cookie baked in a triangular shape with a sweet filling in the middle. While traditional flavors such as apricot...
Mar 9, 2016
By Batya Rosner
Kosher Brings Out the Best at Winter Fancy Food...
For the past 25 years I’ve been coming to San Francisco every year to attend the Winter Fancy Food show. I admit, getting out of the New York winter every January...
Feb 25, 2016
By Phyllis Koegel
Savitsky Talks with Norene Gilletz
Feb 17, 2016
By Stephen Savitsky
Celebrate World Nutella Day
When my children were young, whenever I brought out the Nutella from the kitchen cabinet they called it a “Nutella Fun Day.” We’d find a different use for Nutella each time:...
Feb 4, 2016
By Phyllis Koegel
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