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Chicken Soup in the Slow Cooker
Warms the body and the soul! An easy slow cooking, one pot meal, and a KosherEye cold weather favorite; perfect for weekday dinners and Shabbos lunch. This recipe for Slow Cooker Chicken Soup will become a favorite. |
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Ukrainian Blintzes
Martha Stewart likes these Ukrainian Blintzes, and so do we. But, are they really latkes? Presented on the Martha Stewart show by Martha's staff member Danielle Dolinsky, who is Jewish and of Ukrainian heritage,
As avid Martha fans, we decided to try them. The recipe took about 10 minutes to assemble and 15 minutes to fry these cheese blintzes. They are round, rich and certainly resemble latkes. So let's call them cheese latkes. Did you know that the first latkes were actually cheese latkes? After you taste these, we think you'll want to return over and over again to this heirloom recipe. Top them with confectioners sugar, sour cream, crème fraîche.Thank you Danielle and Martha!
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Hanukkah Fried Desserts
Hanukkah is the time for frying – latkes, latkes, latkes! But we give no short shrift to fried desserts – mainly doughnuts, doughnuts, doughnuts. Our frying pan has been working overtime with these once a year, delish dessert recipes: traditional Sufganiyot, divine Doughnut Ice Cream Sandwiches, and our piece de resistance on the side, Chocolate Doughnut Hot Chocolate. |
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Chocolate Chip Pound Cake
Our KosherEye Friend, Gayle Squires, a.k.a. Kosher Camembert, has fond memories of Thanksgiving family dinners at her grandmother's house. One of the highlights of the meal was her mother's Chocolate Chip Pound Cake and she is sharing this treasured recipe with our readers. Gayle also shared her delightful memories of those fun filled dinners – Thanksgiving Memories at Bubbie's.
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Buy Israel Week
Win 2 Free Tickets to Israel from our Friends at JDeal.com.
Jdeal.com, the largest daily deal site targeting the Jewish market, is holding a Buy Israel week November 28th–December 4th. In honor of this upcoming event, EL AL Airlines is sponsoring a give–away for 2 free tickets to Israel through November 23rd at 4 PM.
 To qualify, go to the www.buyisraelweek.com/contest web site, enter your email address, you’re referring organization (KosherEye) and like both the Buy Israel Week and the EL AL Facebook pages. The winner will be announced on these two Facebook pages at 4:30PM ET on November 23.
Good luck! Shalom to the lucky winner! |
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Help Fight Hunger
KosherEye supports MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger. We challenge our readers to make a donation to this worthy organization. To start the challenge, KosherEye is donating $180. To accept our challenge, please click through on the Mazon graphic and make a donation.
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Kosherfest 2011
Kosherfest, the world's largest kosher–certified products trade event was held last week at New Jersey’s Meadowlands. The exhibit hall was bursting with tasters, testers, and lookers on every aisle. The crowds, and they were substantial, enjoyed noshing their way through the exhibits. According to Bill Springer, Kosherfest co-producer, “This year’s Kosherfest was sold out with a waiting list. It is a good sign … that the kosher symbol is becoming more important to consumers than ever before, and that buyers are eager to see and taste new kosher products and learn about trends in the marketplace.”
Some Buzz from Kosherfest:
- Tofutti – How busy this exhibit was with a freezer full of parve milk-free frozen snacks. We tried to get a taste of Yours Truly, a parve cone, but alas, too crowded.
- The Simply Bar High protein nutrition bars – both milk and gluten free. Seven varieties.
- No. 209 – The only kosher for Passover gin in the world. We’ll be tasting this one, and developing some kosher for Passover recipes.
- And speaking of drinks – Moses Vodka and their new Date Vodka From Finland - gorgeous bottles, ultra premium vodka, both kosher and kosher for Passover. We tasted it and loved it - very smooth and a favorite.
- Jacks Gourmet Sausage – We've written about this product previously, and were delighted to see them so successful at Kosherfest.
- Manischewitz – Wow! A vending machine with hot food. Hope that they place this all around the U.S.
- Zelda’s- Their Passover chocolate frogs are now classic. But, wait until you see and taste their newest creature- Kosher for Passover locusts. We also enjoyed their moist, delicious parve everyday cakes especially the caramel apple and lemon flavors.
- Michel Cluizel Chocolate – from Paris. The line is beautifully packaged and OU parve.
- The Kosher Cook – Silicone challah mold. This one is for the challah baker who wants to avoid the shaping step. Can’t wait to try it.
- Fruit of the Land – Tishbi Passion Fruit and Strawberry Champagne Preserves.
- Schmerling – Rich deep dark chocolate with hazelnuts- irresistible! Parve! Passover!
- Mikee’s introducing their new mango duck sauce.
We will be tasting, testing, and reporting on these and other Kosherfest finds in detail over the next few months. There was so much more - crepes, artisan breads, flavored sausages, Asian specialties, frozen ready-to-eat meals, pastries, ice cream, Greek yogurt, and organic juices. And there were the classics like Koppers, Gus’ Pickles, Paskesz, Alprose, Streits, and Osem. We will be reviewing, featuring, and sampling additional Kosherfest products in the coming weeks and months. We just couldn’t taste it all!
KosherEye also had the pleasure of coordinating a pre-Kosherfest Social Media dinner event at Solo Restaurant in Manhattan. Twenty-six members of the kosher media gathered to eat, tweet and meet. The conversation was lively, and the menu exceptional. We will be sharing the mouthwatering menu, and hopefully some recipes!
The attendees also had the pleasure of tasting Champagne Drappier, introduced and imported by Royal Wine. These are the first authentic French kosher cuvees to come to the U.S. They were fabulous!
We enjoyed attending an author-blogger event at the show. Moderated by Esti Berkowitz of PrimeTimeParenting.com, and Leah Schapira of CookKosher.com, the chef-author panel featured Levana Kirschenbaum, Jeff Nathan, Paula Shoyer, Jamie Geller, Gil Marks, and Susie Fishbein. The authors discussed growth and trends in kosher food. Some issues shared were the need for healthier ingredients and less sodium in kosher products.
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Giveaway Drawing
The Winners of the David Elliot Kosher Turkeys are:
We have winners – 10 of them! Congratulations to the following people who were randomly selected. And what are they thankful for?
- Amy Goldkin: "For all my music students who show me everyday their love for music."
- Aura Haft: "My husband has a job."
- Chayala Davis: "For waking up each morning..."
- Cindy Steele: "For my job."
- Eunsil Go: "For my family. The greatest gift from G-d!"
- Latonya Ramsey: "For my daughter Katelyn."
- Naomi Silbermintz: "For Thanksgiving. A time when all Americans get together to count our blessings."
- Sharon Schmidt: "For my two (grown) wonderful children...".
- Sherry Taxman: "I am thankful for health, happiness, family & friends."
- Shimon Ghertner: "To move from the cold to sunny California..."
 Thank you to everyone who entered – some really great entries! And what are we, KosherEye, thankful for? That is so easy – we are thankful for you, our wonderful readers!
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The Winners of The Brisket Book Cookbook are:
Pam Bluth & Ruby Grossblatt! And what would they name our handsome steer with the gorgeous eye? Ruby submitted Mesmereye & Pam submitted Stew.
The winning entries were selected by Stepahine Pierson, author of The Brisket Book. "I LOVE these!!! You have the best fans/readers.They're all terrific and made me laugh on a rainy day! Thanks so much and all best, Stevie"
 Congratulations! Thank you to everyone who entered – some really great entries! We agree with Stephanie, we do have the best fans/readers!
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