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kosher restaurant jezebel to open in nyc
Where do you do your wine shopping? I see it all the time (Manhattan/Riverdale), but I also tend to shop at places with extensive kosher wine selections. For that matter, Trader Joes has a few non-mevushal wines (the Terrenal line), so it's not nearly that rare.
Burger.org Philadelpia, PA
In theory, even non-kosher Philly steaks come with or without cheese (or famously "wiz wit" or "wiz witout"). So it's not a huge stretch for kosher ones to be the cheeseless variety only. Carlos and Gabby's in NY actually does a decent substitute for the cheese (more or less a flavored oil based sauce), which isn't that hard, since it's more or less a fake cheese product in the first place that's used.
So what are you making for Shavout?
Tres leche(s) cake. Deliciously decadent, a great dessert, and not cheesecake!
Passover birthday cake. Not chocolate flour less
Angel food? Heavy on the egg whites, but it's what I leap to when I think of Pesach, since the cake meal is fairly minimal in quantity and the bulk is due to the egg whites.
ISO olives - preferably Kalamata - Kosher for Passover
I just saw them at Riverdale Kosher Market, in a jar. No idea what the price was, though.
Passover dessert with unsweetened chocolate?
Or, alternatively, unrefined (virgin) coconut oil instead of the margarine or butter. There's been a lot of discussion about it recently, and the Spectrum brand is KFP with the plain OU on the label. Might give you a slight coconut flavor, but far more pleasant to work with than the terrifying 1 lb. bricks of margarine that show up for Pesach.
EDIT: And of course, no Scotch for Pesach, either.
Visiting vineyards in Israel
Dalton was very nice to be at. Very nice and amicable person who ran a tasting, particularly once the really obnoxious tourists who started the tasting with us decided to wander off (apparently they had started playing guitar in the restaurant, earlier, without asking anyone).
There's a small pomegranate winery, called Rimon, just down the road from Dalton. They only have 4 or so wines, but the Port, in particular, was quite interesting.
I'm not sure that any vineyards really do a tour of the vineyard section, though. Rimon showed production facilities; I don't remember if Dalton did or not.
ISO olives - preferably Kalamata - Kosher for Passover
Maybe try asking Kosher Marketplace? They do their own runs of olives (including Kalamata) during the year; I have no idea whether or not they do a Pesach run, though.
What pesach kitchen utensils do you have?
For that matter, what would matzah balls be without schmaltz? My great grandmother's recipe features 2 tbs per 4 medium-to large balls.
Shmurah Matzo Recommendations -- It's that time of the year...
I've had Chareidim for the last couple of years and it's been quite good.
nyc - restaurants open after shabbat
Are you sure about Mike's Bistro? I know it does in the winter, but IIRC it didn't in the summer last year. They might've changed their policy, though.
nyc - restaurants open after shabbat
Estihana is, as well.
Edit: And now that I think about it, I think Mike's Pizzeria is as well. But in both cases you should try and get there when it opens because they fill up quite quickly.
Whole Foods Cheese- No longer supervised?
Iirc there was only one particular variety, and it was specifically labelled kosher. I've seen it within the last month, and I suspect it's more likely that your store just hasn't been carrying it.
Your Favorite Kosher Cookbooks
It's not actually a "kosher" cookbook, technically, but I'm a huge fan of Bittman's How To Cook Everything Vegetarian, which for obvious reasons can all be done kosher. For one labeling itself as kosher, I really like California Kosher, especially for some of the salads/slows inside.
List of kosher meats comparable to treif?
Venison is from a wild animal, and as such doesn't actually require nikor, which is why you can find it in the US. Traboring is easy; it's the nikor (which is only required on domesticated animals) that keeps people from making hindquarters meat more available.
List of kosher meats comparable to treif?
The 13th rib is a place often citing the back end vs the front for cows. The reason we don't see it in the US isn't primarily a kashrut one; it's because traboring and doing nikor are labor intensive and require training, and all commercial kosher meat suppliers save a lot of money by selling all of the back halves to treif meat suppliers. There are some chassidic communities that don't accept the back half as a matter of minhag, and the OU won't do back half meat as a matter of policy. You can find itin Israel, though.
A Kosher Aussie Foodie in Manhattan for 5 days - Where to Eat?!
Noidue does good dairy food, but be warned that they don't do reservations, so if you go at peak times (or any time on Sunday) you may need to wait a while.
There are two fleishig Indian places with generally accepted hashgachot, Dakshin and Shalom Bombay. There are a great number of dairy ones, but none has a mainstream hashgacha, to my knowledge. Shalom Bombay is under the OU; Dakshin is under R' Mehlman, who isn't particularly known outside of Manhattan, but he's on a decent number of shul lists and such. Both have lunch buffets at reasonable prices, while the menu can be a bit more.
There's a conveyor belt sushi place called Sushein downtown. My wife and I really enjoyed it, but there have been some people who were not so impressed.
If you are looking to spend more on a meal, Pardes (which is in Brooklyn) has gotten great reviews, and Mike's Bistro (at 72nd street) is fabulous. I'd suggest either over Prime Grill any day.
Chocolate Tea ???
My wife has a chocolate chai in her cabinet, made by Zhena's Gypsy Tea, that's under the KSA.
Kosher wedding in New York City Area
Which side of NY? Despite both being "NYC area," NJ and Long Island (as well as the outer boroughs) are very different.
I can say that our wedding was at Shelter Rock Jewish Center. The decor is nice, and the food was fantastic (in-house caterer); we got compliments up to a year later. 250-275 is about the limit for size, though; we had 260 and while it wasn't overcrowded, I don't think they could've accommodated many more. You need to take a cab from the LIRR station, but it's a quick ride.
Sephardic Temple in Cedarhurst is also popular, and had good food, but there were one or two aspects of the decor I've been unimpressed by. The LIRR is in walking distance, but cabs don't seem to run there on Sundays.
Both of those were quoting prices under $100pp, though if you include tax and tip it may come out over.
Can kosher "crabmeat" be used to make crab cakes?
Yep. Monkfish lacks scales (or at least, discernible ones). Kosher fish require scales that can be removed without tearing the skin. They also require fins, but I'm not aware of any fish that lacks fins while having the proper sort of scales.
Kosher Parmigiano-Reggiano
Last place I saw it was at Kosher Marketplace; Fairway and Zabars don't seem to have it anymore.z
Cheese
A lot of cheeses have it because tablet-k holds that cheese with vegetarian rennet isn't "cheese" and therefore does not require a Jew to put in the rennet. (Note: this post isn't an attempt to praise or condemn said practices; it's just to explain the reason for the switch).
Best Costco in NY area for kosher meat? (or any other stores?)
Fairway's website (fairwaymarket.com) has the specials for all of the stores except for the ones in Manhattan. It's possible that shoelace was referring to Douglaston or Plainview, give his/her mention of everfresh.
Cholent
I'm pretty sure it's just cheesecloth sold in a bag shape. It's sometimes sold as "soup bags" or something like that.
Packaged broth?
Imagine (and Pacific, also) have kosher chicken broths, as well. But they may be difficult or impossible to find any many areas.
Estihana, Manhattan Good, Bad or Ugly??????????
The crispy beef is a great dish- great texture, great taste (sweet and a little spicy and savory). Definitely well worth getting as an appetizer.
2 saucepans and a teapot from Amazon- but which type?
My wife is (sadly) moving across the country to (happily) work on a PhD, and since I'm not moving yet and we still have the apartment, we decided to outfit a kitchen for her with more basic stuff. We'd like to order some of the items so they'll be there the day after she arrives but not beforehand; in practical terms, that means order through Amazon with Amazon Prime, since the 2-day shipping will set things up perfectly. There are a few unopened things we have already, like knives, which we're sending, and a few others, like a Lodge skillet, which we know we want.
What we're still trying to figure out two main things: saucepans and a teapot. In terms of saucepans, she'd like something in the 1.5 quart range (perfect to make things like rice or oatmeal), and something larger, in the 4-5 quart range, for larger dishes and soups. We don't have a specific requirement for materials, though we do prefer a stainless (or possibly anodized) interior, rather than a non-stick interior. We have Calphalon Tri-Ply at home, but something a cheaper would be nice.
The other question is a teapot/teakettle. For her own reasons, she'd prefer a stovetop one. Here we have no idea what to look for, so any advice would also be welcome.
Thanks ahead of time for any help.
Kosher cheese at Whole Foods
Here's a direct (.pdf) link to the Star-D's letter: http://www.star-k.org/loc/kosher_letter_11671_wfmprivatelabellpwfmpl.pdf
Kosher Catering under $60/pp
They are. Do note that the 62pp probably didn't include service charges, which definitely adds a good amount.
