A Healthier Shavuot: My Favorite Cheese Plate

By Elana Horwich
Published on May 15, 2013

The Trader Joe’s List

By Arielle Adelman
Published on April 17, 2013

How Kosher is Your Milk?

By Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz
Published on June 7, 2012

Trader Joe’s comes up against some tough cookies

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on May 17, 2012

Trader Joe’s got slammed last week by a combination of hysteria and hoarding by kosher bakers when word leaked out that its semisweet chocolate chips were going from pareve to dairy.

The goat herd: A story of chevre, Shavuot and backyard goats [RECIPE]

By Rob Eshman
Published on May 15, 2012

The most common question people ask when they visit our home is: “Why the goats?” We live in the city. A few houses west of us, four lanes of Lincoln

Tnuva drops Brooklyn distributor following labor campaign

Published on November 14, 2011

Tnuva, Israel’s largest dairy company, said it will not renew its contract with its Brooklyn distributor, which is accused of underpaying workers and firing employees illegally.

Say Cheese: Recipes for Shavuot

By Judy Zeidler
Published on May 31, 2011

During Shavuot, it’s a custom to serve dairy foods, such as cheese blintzes, cheese noodle kugels, cheesecake and even ice cream. But have you wondered where this tradition comes from?

Say ‘grazie’ for ricotta-filled Italian delights

By Judy Zeidler
Published on May 17, 2007

Shavuot begins exactly seven weeks after Passover and brings with it centuries of food traditions. Because some say milk and cheese symbolize the purity of the Torah, it is the festival when dairy foods are normally served. The holiday also celebrates the spring harvest, a time when a new crop of fresh vegetables and fruits begin to appear.

Got Shavuot?

By David Suissa
Published on May 17, 2007

But unlike Rosh Hashanah -- which has the irresistible attraction of a new year and a new beginning -- and other holidays that have their own attractions, Shavuot seems to miss that special sizzle that could engage mainstream Judaism.

Kids Page

By Abby Gilad
Published on June 9, 2005

Do you like ice cream? Cheesecake? Blintzes?

Well, Shavuot is the holiday for you. That's when the dairy queen grants us our wish: to eat all the sweetest, milkiest foods we want.

A Hole in Kosher L.A.

By Diane Arieff
Published on December 11, 1997

By deciding to introduce meat products into its formerly all-dairy outlets, Noah's Bagels has provoked a strong response from observant Jewish noshers

Dining Out…

By Rob Eshman
Published on December 11, 1997

As a rule, you don't go to museums to eat. Unless you're like me -- someone who, when push comes to shove, prefers great food to great art. I make no apologies: The last time I visited the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, I ate a tasteless, watery and expensive fruit salad in the cafe there. That I remember. What exhibit I was there to see I've long forgotten. It had something to do with famous dead artists.