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There's more to Jewish food and drink than chicken soup and kiddish wine. Let DailyJews guide you to discovering more about the delights of kosher cuisine and liquid refreshment. |
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26th November 2007 |
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| Tasty kosher smoked salmon |
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| If there is one food that is synonymous with being Jewish, it is of course smoked salmon. Now, tinned food giant John West has recently introduced smoked salmon to its range that is not just kosher supervised but actually quite good. |
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19th November 2007 |
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| Vienna goes turkey |
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| Looking for something that is quick, easy and tasty to eat? Then in less than a minute you can have two turkey viennas from Yarden. Coming in as a packet of eight and costing around £2, the viennas are a handy snack. |
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1st October 2007 |
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| Castel Grand Vin |
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| Having thoroughly enjoyed the delights of Castel Du Blanc (a white wine)from Domaine Du Castel, I had the opportunity to also try a bottle of their red - Castel Grand Vin – and happily it lived up to expectations. |
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24th September 2007 |
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| Understanding salt |
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| Why does one person love the taste of salty snacks, and another dislike it? An Israeli researcher has discovered that babies born with low sodium levels in their blood, have a particular fondness for salt that lasts throughout their lives. |
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17th September 2007 |
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| Bloom's goes to Edgware |
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| Bloom's has always been a Jewish landmark. First in the East End, then in Golders Green and now in Edgware. Having recently revamped its Golders Green branch, Bloom's has now opened up in Edgware on the site of the old Kinneret. |
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10th September 2007 |
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| Blanc Du Castel review |
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| Independent Israeli wine maker Domaine Du Castel has been causing a bit of a stir over recent years, and having sampled its 2005 Blanc Du Castel, Leslie Bunder is captivated and comments that this is a "gracious white wine". Find out more. |
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27th August 2007 |
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| Put some licorice in your life |
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| LicoLife, a new Israeli innovation from the licorice root, is a natural additive that is a breakthrough in the treatment of atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease and strokes. |
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20th August 2007 |
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| Dorot expands in USA |
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| Dorot Garlic & Herbs from Kibbutz Dorot has decided to establish a subsidiary in the USA to deal with importing the company’s trays of fresh garlic, herbs and spices from Israel as well as to manage logistics, marketing and sales across the USA. |
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13th August 2007 |
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| New Israeli tomato |
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| Scientists from the Neve-Yaar Research Center in Israel have developed a new strain of tomato with rose and lemon fragrances. The development was discovered during research to improve the taste of various fruit and vegetables. |
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6th August 2007 |
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| Indian delight from Kelman's |
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| Kelman's is one of London's longest established butchers and as well as selling you fresh products, the company also produces a range of pre-cooked fresh and frozen products including Chinese and Indian meals. We tried out two. |
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30th July 2007 |
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| Putting Hermolis to the test |
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| What do you do if you can't be bothered to cook something from scratch and can't be bothered to go out and get a takeaway and bring it home? Recently we put a lamb meal to the test to see how good Hermolis is. |
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23rd July 2007 |
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| Hi Honey I'm healthy |
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| Lin’s Bee Farm, a family run enterprise, is one of Israel’s leading manufacturers of honey and honey-based health products. Find out more about their products. |
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16th July 2007 |
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| Ralphy's review |
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| At first glace, Ralphy's in Edgware looks like a place you want to go to. It’s billed as a "traditional kosher New York Grill Restaurant full of American classics", so with that Leslie Bunder entered on a Sunday. Find out how he got on. |
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9th July 2007 |
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| Aunt makes it good |
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| Israel's Aunt Berta's has taken the fruits of the orchards and turned them into natural preserves, marmalades, sauces and spreads. Among its delights are pomegranate jelly, pink grapefruit marmalade and lemon and mint sauce. |
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25th June 2007 |
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| Yemenite soup in London |
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| Leslie Bunder is always on the look out for something different that's kosher but when it comes to soup and eating out, your choice is pretty much down to chicken soup. So on his quest for something different, he decided to try out The Whitehouse's Yemenite soup. |
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11th June 2007 |
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| Yarden gets beefy |
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| Think of Yarden and what comes to mind? Chicken, turkey and more chicken and turkey. But recently, beef products from this Israeli food giant have been arriving in the UK and offering some competition to existing pre-sliced deli suppliers. |
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4th June 2007 |
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| Land of hummus and pita |
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| Hummus is the common denominator for all Israelis. Ask an expatriate what he misses most, watch two Israelis argue for hours about where the best hummus is served, or try driving through the hummus-eateries filled streets of Jaffa on a Saturday and you'll understand. |
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28th May 2007 |
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| Chickpeas for life |
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| Researchers have long claimed that the nutritional benefits of chickpeas could be one of the reasons for the rise of civilization in the fertile crescent of Mesopotamia, now a team of Israeli scientists believe they have discovered the reason why. |
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21st May 2007 |
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| Dairy rise in Israel |
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| Sales of dairy products in Israel have gone up by 70 percent in the last week, ahead of the Shavuot holiday Tuesday, and cheeses comprised 45 percent of all dairy products sales, compared to 36 percent in an ordinary week. |
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14th May 2007 |
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| Coke is it |
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| Over the past few years, health food trends have been taking the world by storm, but only in Israel will the world's most popular soft drink be manufactured without preservatives or artificial food coloring. |
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7th May 2007 |
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| Kosher conference |
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| Passover mazot for celiac patients, rabbinical supervision via the internet, and second-rate Chinese seafood as kosher shrimps – these are only some of the gastronomic innovations discussed at a four-day-long kosher convention held in Jerusalem. |
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30th April 2007 |
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| Israel wines in Asia |
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| Israeli wines were featured at a wine tasting event in both South Korea and Japan in March, with one objective: Promoting sales and penetrating Israeli wine into these countries. |
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23rd April 2007 |
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| Israeli healthy eating |
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| A giant health food and organic supermarket is set to open in June in Israel's Netanya's Poleg commercial area. The store, which will be called Eden Teva Market, was built with a $6 million investment by businessman Guy Provisor. |
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16th April 2007 |
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| Israel's number 1 |
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| Dairy company Tnuva's milk in a carton with a twist-on cap is Israel’s leading food product, outselling the top twenty most popular food products in the country. |
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9th April 2007 |
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| Old school matzo balls |
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| Can't cook like your mother, but still want to offer the matzo balls just like mamma used to make? Well, you can always fake it by buying a glass jar of Manischewitz Matzo Balls in Broth. |
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2nd April 2007 |
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| Get the Max for Passover |
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| Pepsi Max has been making an appearance in kosher supermarkets for drinking over the Passover festival. So what is the can like? Is it a good alternative to Coke?
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26th March 2007 |
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| Martha goes kosher |
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| Jewish cooking is not just for Jews as homemaker extraordinaire Martha Stewart is getting into the Passover spirit by offering a huge choice of recipes to make. |
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5th March 2007 |
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| Tasty home cooking |
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| A company based in London is offering real Sephardi style food that can be bought at many kosher retailers across town. Taste Of Back Home makes authentic delights that Sephardis would have eaten in India as well as Iran and Iraq. |
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19th February 2007 |
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| Shawarma aleichem |
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| If you want to sample one of Israel's most popular dishes, shawarma, you don't need to go to an Israeli restaurant, you can make it at home courtesy of Yarden. |
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29th January 2007 |
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| Rise in dried fruit |
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| The holiday of Tu B'Shvat brings sales of dried fruits in Israel to approximately $47 million, according to the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce. |
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15th January 2007 |
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| Healthy tea |
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| An Israeli company plans to introduce Glucodan, a herbal tea to the UK this year which it claims can substantially reduce the blood sugar levels of diabetics. |
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8th January 2007 |
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| Tivall expanding |
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| 2007 will mark the big 21 for Israeli veggie food company Tivall and never has its business been stronger. From Sainsbury's own brand hot dogs to Asda chicken style pieces, Tivall is making a major push into offering own branded products. |
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1st January 2007 |
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| Kosher shrimp delight |
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| At first glance, you might wonder why "shrimp" might be sold in Jewish grocery stores, but upon further inspection you soon discover that Jacob Le Pecheur "shrimp" is actually kosher fish that is shaped into shrimp and aims to taste like it as well. |
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25th December 2006 |
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| Tasty kosher burger |
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| London has seen an explosion in recent years of gourmet burger restaurants but until recently none of them were kosher. Now, with the addition of The Burger Bar, Jewish Londoners can get a tasty burger that's as good as any non-kosher around. |
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18th December 2006 |
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| Chicken delight |
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| North West London's Kosher Deli has been well established as the home of reasonably priced fresh meats, cold cuts and other prepared food. Over recent years, one of its most famous additions to its range of products on offer is fresh rotisserie chicken. |
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11th December 2006 |
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| A better bagel bite |
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| For more nearly two decades, Carmelli in Golders Green has been serving baked goods to Jewish Londoners. Its flavoured bagels have emerged as some of the biggest and best you can buy in the capital. |
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4th December 2006 |
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| Chanukah brew |
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| With just a two weeks to go before Chanukah arrives, Hebrew Beer from Shmaltz Brewing Company has announced its latest beer to not just coincide with its own 10th anniversary, but also to make it in time for Jews to drink over the festival of lights. |
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27th November 2006 |
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| Jews have their chips |
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| Strictly kosher chip lovers will soon be able to have their McCain chips with any meal they make at home. The chip giant has received kosher certification from the Sephardi Kashrut Authority for a number of products. |
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20th November 2006 |
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| Chicken shishlick's good... |
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| When to it comes to chicken nobody seems to know it better or have a bigger range of prepared chicken products than Yarden. And one of its more popular already cooked products frozen is shishlick. |
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13th November 2006 |
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| Yarden is big leggy |
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| Like chicken leg but don't want the hassle of getting them raw, coating them and then roasting the pieces? Well, Israeli chicken experts Yarden offers one of the easiest ways to enjoy chicken legs. |
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6th November 2006 |
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| Kosher food show |
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| Following on from last year's inaugural World Food Market which featured a kosher food exhibition, organisers are hoping to repeat the success this year when the show takes place on November 29 and November 30 at the Excel Centre in east London. |
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30th October 2006 |
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