KosherFest 2012, the "world’s largest kosher certified food and beverage trade show for the retail and foodservice industries," which takes place No...
Chef José Edgardo Soto has been cooking for more than 20 years in some of New York City's finest restaurants. The one thing he had never done in his career before taking on Basil restaurant in Crown Heights is cooking kosher.
Even though we belong to the Reform Movement and the camp our son attends is affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism, we keep a stricter level of kosher, one which calls for meat being ritually slaughtered according to Jewish law.
Even the name sounds authoritative. They are feted as one of great kosher additions to modern American cuisine. However, the "higher authority" they answer to might be called profits.
Following successful surgery, my mother is now in rehab in Indiana and, for the first time in God knows when, she won't be cooking three meals a day any time soon.
Food is now largely produced by huge corporate, industrialized farms hundreds or thousands of miles away from consumers. As our relationship to food dramatically changes, faith traditions are speaking up.
Drawing on deep Jewish religious traditions and values, the Jewish Food Movement is inspiring a new generation of Jews to lead lives of faith, justice, environmentalism, and community through their food.