Enjoy Thanksgiving "Who is wealthy… he who is happy with his lot." Pirkei Avos (4:1) Gratitude means not taking what we have in life for granted. This is what brings us true happiness and wealth. Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving surrounded by dear family and friends! The KosherEye Team

Our First Annual KosherEye Gift Guide KosherEye is pleased to present our first annual kosher holiday gift guide.* Many of our readers have requested that we suggest wonderful kosher gifts for corporate or individual giving – our team has tasted, tested and selected these picks. Gift yourself,...

Ruling the Roost Empire Kosher Poultry, is the world's largest kosher poultry processor. It was founded on the principle of producing premium-quality poultry while observing the Jewish dietary laws. Based in Central Pennsylvania – the company takes pride in the fact that 25% of its customers are...

*Postcard is courtesy of The National Museum of American Jewish History, an important new Jewish landmark, currently being constructed on Independence Mall in Philadelphia. An excerpt from a writing by Rabbi Michael J. Broyde in Torah from Dixie: Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday. It is...

Cookbook Author, Recipe Creator, Memory Keeper We are sharing a delightful story from our KosherEye "Foodie" Friend, Ronnie Fein, author of the cookbook, Hip Kosher: 175 Easy-to-Prepare Recipes for Today's Kosher Cooks (Da Capo Press). For many people, food evokes memories. How many times have you...

Author of Kosher Nation: Why More and More of America's Food Answers to a Higher Authority, Schocken Books Tell us about yourself: I was not brought up in a kosher home, but in the last few decades, I have become more Jewishly learned. There seems to be a growing number of liberal Jews going...

Why More and More of America’s Food Answers to a Higher Authority More and more Americans are buying kosher, seeking kosher and eating kosher. The new book Kosher Nation, by Sue Fishkoff (Schocken Books), traces the growth of kosher certification in America. No longer is kosher just a holy way of...

2010 Manischewitz Cook–Off Winner How to Win a Cooking Contest From a Two–Time Winner Everyone dreams of winning! When we buy that $1 lottery ticket for the $50 million possible payoff, we have already decided how to spend the money and whether to choose the cash option. Let’s see… after we pay...

An Edible History in One New York Tenement This is a book filled with culinary nostalgia. It is about sharing the details of immigrant food and life in one building – 97 Orchard – the melding aromas of customs, traditions and history in a densely populated area. It is part text book; explaining...

Norene’s Healthy KitchenEat your way to good health! Norene Gilletz is a culinary icon in both Canada and the U.S. She grew up in Winnipeg, raised her family in Montreal, and now resides in Toronto, Canada. She is a mother of three and hastwo granddaughters and three grandsons. So what does she do...

Ooh La La! Duralex Lys Square Glass Bowls with Lids Win a set of the new, gorgeous Lys Square Bowls, from Duralex. These contemporary square glass bowls, with blue snap fit lids, are designed for Serve and Store usage and are available in five sizes: • 3 1/2-inch• 6 3/4-inch• 4 3/8-inch• 5 1/2...

Organic Valley Farmer–Owner Holter Farms is a 207–acre dairy farm in Jefferson, Maryland.Owned and operated by Ron and Kathy Holter, it is part of the farmer–owned Organic Valley Cooperative family. We had the pleasure of visiting the farm and speaking with Ron and his son Adam. From the time we...

Healthy, Humane, and Kosher* Organic Valley is a farmer-owned co-op. It all started in 1988 with seven founding farmers. Today the cooperative has grown to 1,652 families producing 200 organic products, most of which are kosher! In the past 22 years, family farms from across the country have...

Chai Poultry When he, along with two partners purchased Chai Poultry in 1988, CEO Charles Weinberg, had one goal in mind for the Toronto, Canada based company, “to create a world renown product.” Over two decades later, the company seems to be succeeding. The plant is now processing and shipping...

Wise Organic Pastures – The Poultry Farm Now it's on to the Farm – a 50-mile drive from the plant. As city dwellers, we did not know what to expect at the “chicken” farm. Wise Organic Poultry contracts with farmers willing to raise chickens to its high specifications – combining humane methods,...

Certified humane raised and handledFor starters, the chicken had access to clean food and water, according to third-party inspectors with expertise in animal welfare. Free-range, free-roamingThe chicken has had access to the outdoors, even if that means only that the door to the chicken house was...

Wise Organic Pastures – The Processing Plant Our Bubbie and “grand” Bubbies may have known how to make a famous roast chicken and of course, chicken soup, but certainly did not face the same chicken challenges that the kosher shopper faces today. Most chicken is no longer raised in the back yard!...

Griller's Pride, Glatt Kosher Meat and Poultry Griller's Pride produces a full line of Glatt Kosher meat and poultry and the company is an example of what hard work and determination can accomplish. Peter Swerdlow arrived in the United States from Johannesburg, South Africa in 1996; owning and...

Perfectly Done, Perfectly Kosher! – Part 3 Now that you know all about the different types of beef and which cuts are kosher, it’s time for you to beef up on beef preparation. But there is one more factor you may have to take into account when perusing the butcher’s shop:the cost. Some cuts tend...

Dry-aged beef is exposed to air so dehydration can improve the beef’s flavor. Here’s one method suggested by Jennifer Armentrout at Fine Cooking: Buy a prime boneless beef rib. Unwrap the beef, rinse it thoroughly, and use paper towels to pat it dry. Do not trim the fat off of the meat Wrap the...