by Guest Columnist Renee Chernin Do a Google search for Tu B’Shvat and you’ll read that it is a “minor holiday” on the Jewish calendar. It’s true that there are no required observances on the 15th of Shvat; no extra shul time is required and there’s little preparation or learning in advance. To...

Score with a Super Menu by Guest Columnist & KosherEye Friend, June Hersh You might not know (or care) who is playing in this year’s Super Bowl. You might think that a tight end is what you get as a result of a good workout or a vigorous run. You might not watch the high priced commercials or lip...

photo: Beantown Jewish Gardens We continue our conversation with Naftali Hanau, founder and CEO of Grow and Behold Kosher Pastured Meats. What makes pastured meat different? You can taste the difference in meat that was raised on grass. The animal literally got the chance to be an animal: chickens...

In this feature, which is part two of our 2012 forecast, we are sharing a kosher wish list gathered from KosherEye staff and readers. Although some of these products may be available in large, limited metro areas, our readers across the country hope to see them more accessible locally and on the...

The KosherEye View 2011 was a year of exciting and innovative food trends – many are still happening, some have ebbed. It’s time for KosherEye to share our 2012 culinary forecast.* We invite you to share your thoughts and predictions with us! Food Prices Going up, up, up due to higher fuel costs,...

Around the World with a Kosher Menu By Guest Columnist Gayle Squires Growing up, I used to watch the ball drop in New York every New Year’s Eve. One of my favorite parts of the broadcast was watching crowds across the globe gather to celebrate the incoming year. They’d generally start in Sydney,...

By Eileen Goltz In the midst of preparing all those homemade cookies and potato pancakes we need for Chanukah there is one food item that while necessary for the latkes (in my opinion) is often over looked, picked up at the last minute and comes out of a jar. Yes, I'm talking about the applesauce....

In celebration of the bright lights of Hanukkah, our popular holiday series, Cooking with the Stars returns. We are focused on the frying pan, sharing luscious latke and dessert recipes, contributed by an extraordinary panel of 10 culinary stars. Renee Chernin − Burmuelos, the Sephardic Hanukkah...

Our Second Annual KosherEye Gift Guide KosherEye is pleased to present our second annual kosher holiday gift guide.* Many of our readers have requested that we suggest wonderful kosher gifts for corporate or individual giving. Gift yourself, your business clients, your staff or family and friends...

Dinner and Conversation with the Social Media On Monday, November 7th just prior to the start of 2011 Kosherfest, the world’s largest kosher trade show, 26 members of the online kosher media including bloggers, website owners, magazine editors and cookbook authors, gathered at Solo Restaurant in...

We continue our conversation with Chef David Kolotkin, Executive Chef of Solo and Prime Grill restaurants in Manhattan. What are your favorite comfort foods to serve at home? Stew! I especially enjoy veal stew served over risotto; Hardy braised dishes, Fresh pasta and homemade ravioli. What are...

Country Captain-ish Thanksgiving FeastThis Year the Turkey Gets a Makeover Wife/Husband Team, Chef Laura Frankel & Chef Dennis Wasko Laura: I love turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy. But, does the world really need me to write another recipe for the All-American Classic? I think not. Last year,...

To Her Table by Guest Columnist & KosherEye Friend, Gayle Squires, Kosher Camembert.com My grandmother – the one on my father's side – was a school teacher. Kindergarten in fact. She had a smile and somethingnice to say to everyone. She kept cookies in her car to give to toll collectors. She...

Rubbermaid – For The Kitchen Organize, Store, Serve Rubbermaid began in 1920 as the Wooster Rubber Company, a maker of toy balloons. In 1934, the company pioneered the rubber housewares business with the introduction of the first rubber dustpan! And, then in 1955, the company produced its first...

Allens Inc. Quality Vegetables Allens, Inc., is a family–owned and operated vegetable processor. Allens, Inc. began as Allen Canning Company in 1926 near Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Earl Allen started the company and helped it survive The Great Depression and severe droughts of the 1930s. Earl's son...

David Elliot Poultry Farm – Kosher Turkey Talk Expert David Elliot Poultry Farm was started in 1940 by David Fink z”l, and his brother, Elliot Eichler. At the beginning, the company was a hatchery – with chicks sold to Irish, Welsh and English farmers – which explains the choice of the Anglicized...

Chef Laura Frankel – Kosher Turkey Talk Expert LAURA FRANKEL is the Executive Chef at Wolfgang Puck Kosher Catering at the Spertus Institute for Jewish studies in Chicago. She is the author of Jewish Cooking For All Seasons (Wiley) and Jewish Slow Cooker Recipes (Wiley – read the...

Chef Avram Wiseman – Kosher Turkey Talk Expert Chef Avram Wiseman, is the Dean of Student Affairs at the Center for Kosher Culinary Arts (CKCA). Chef Avram Wiseman is a highly experienced professional chef and culinary educator. Early in his career, he held an astonishingly diverse number of...

We are continuing our chat with Chef Avram Wiseman, CKCA Dean of Student Affairs / Head Culinary Instructor. Obviously, you have a love of cooking. When did it begin? It started at a very young age. When I was 5 I would watch my aunt make carrot pies in the busy kitchen of her farm. The kitchen...

Sweet Genius − Kosher Baker − The Competition Paula Shoyer on The Food Network When we first interviewed Paula Shoyer, author of The Kosher Baker and recent reality star of The Food Network's new show, Sweet Genius – Disco Genius episode– she was not able to reveal any details of the actual...