Meet that little old winemaker, Ben-Zaken
Meredith Price
April 11, 2008
Profile of winemaker Eli Ben-Zaken, owner of Domaine du Castel winery, a family operation in the Judean hills in Israel.
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Food
Finally — delicious kosher wine
Jeff Smith
April 11, 2008
\”Quietly and without attracting much consumer attention,\” said wine critic Mark Squires, \”Israel has developed a wine industry that will confound preconceptions.\”Only in the past 25 years has there been any real quality wine produced in the Promised Land that deserved attention. But now the plot — though thankfully not the wine — thickens. A growing number of boutique winemakers have turned the corner qualitatively and are making some superlative wines. Indeed, there is one Israeli wine that plays on the world stage and merits inclusion in any great cellar: Domaine du Castel.
Certifying kosher food in China keeping rabbis busy
Alison Klayman
March 21, 2008
With the kosher certification of more than 300 food factories in China, each producing multiple products, America\’s largest kosher-certification company, the Orthodox Union (OU), has more than doubled the number of certifications it does in China just in the past two years.
Top tastes of Purim wrapped up together
Judy Zeidler
March 21, 2008
The theme for our family Purim dinner this year will be blintzes, but the preparation will be a little different and will include ingredients that are symbolic for the holiday.
The secret life of etrogs
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
September 28, 2007
Ari Greenspan and his colleague, Ari Zivotofsky, a neuroscientist at Bar-Ilan University, have an ongoing project to document all manner of etrog, the Aramaic word for citron, traditions from pockets of time and place in the Jewish world
A sukkah by the sea where produce is on the menu
Judy Zeidler
September 21, 2007
Ellen Hoffman and Neal Castleman live in a contemporary two-story home that covers a narrow lot in Malibu. We have been guests for several years at one of the dinners the couple host during Sukkot, which are held in a sukkah Castleman built on the only space available — their rooftop patio overlooking the sea.
Meme’s in the kitchen, making memories
David Suissa
September 9, 2007
I remember the moment well. I had just picked up my 74-year-old mother at LAX, and as we entered my new house in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood, I proudly showed her the new kitchen.\n
Is the pomegranate the perfect fruit?
Judy Zeidler
September 9, 2007
When I see pyramids of pomegranates displayed in a market it\’s difficult to deny them space in my shopping cart. Buy them at your local farmers market when they are in season since they keep for several weeks in a refrigerator.
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