Everybody knows the word — it’s commonly used in the American vernacular as an expression that something is genuine, authentic, honest or legitimate. But few people seem to know what the word actually ...

We are fortunate that while Passover commemorates events of a very ancient era, we live in extremely modern times. As we rush around shopping and cooking for the holiday this year, we don’t even need ...

Starbucks has never been 100% kosher, per se (and we’re not talking about its illusions of third-wave coffee grandeur). For years, it has been functionally kosher, with certification groups like ...

There’s a simple reason Halle Goldblatt likes to tour breweries on vacation: People who keep kosher can sample the product.

A kosher-certifying agency said it can no longer vouch for the kashrut of many beverages served by the coffee giant after announcing this week that it was ending its kosher information program, under ...

Here are two sources for kosher recipes and information. – “Kosher By Design” (ArtScroll/Shaar Press, $29.99), by Susie Fishbein, includes more than 250 recipes along with holiday menus and wine lists ...

“Don’t Get ‘Mad,’ Get Kosher. Kosher Meat Is Safe,” reads an enormous red-and-yellow banner hanging in front of Santa Monica Glatt Market on Santa Monica Boulevard near Sawtelle Boulevard. Well, maybe ...

Around the world there are increasingly large numbers of people who are “going kosher,” and by 2025, the market for kosher food is likely to exceed $25.6 billion. The rush for kosher food and ...

On a Monday morning in November, two men sat on the edge of a field in Carpinteria, 85 miles north of Los Angeles. The older one, middle-aged, wiry and bareheaded, had the face of someone who has ...