Basics
By Giora Shimoni, About.com Guide to Kosher Food
What is kosher? Does a rabbi's blessing make a food kosher? Why do some kosher products have K symbols and others OU symbols on their package? What is meant by a kosher kitchen? Given clear explanations, the term kosher is easy to understand. Learn the basics about buying kosher food and kosher cooking.
- What is Kosher?
- Kosher Food Labels and Kosher Terms
- How to Buy Kosher
- How to Kasher a Kitchen
- Help from Kosher Cooks
- Kosher Cookbooks
- Quick Kosher Cooking
- Nutritious Kosher Cooking
- Kosher Cooking for Kids
- Kosher Cooking Worldwide
What is Kosher?
Kosher food is food prepared in accordance with Jewish Dietary Laws. Jewish Dietary Laws are rules and regulations concerning food that are derived from Biblical laws and rabbinical extensions. Learn more about what is and what is not kosher.
Kosher Food Labels and Kosher Terms
The "kosherness" of a food is indicated by a symbol printed on the food package. Each symbol represents a particular agency's certification that the food has been processed in accordance with the Jewish Dietary Laws. Learn how to read kosher certification labels. And find explanations of terms such as Fleishig, Hashgacha, Hechser, Shechita, Tevilas Keilim and other words having to do with keeping kosher in this Glossary of Kosher Terms.
How to Buy Kosher
Where can you find kosher meat? Which restaurants are kosher? How can you organize a kosher trip? What is the difference between kosher and non-kosher wines? This information is designed to assist consumers of kosher products.
How to Kasher a Kitchen
Kashering, the act of making a kitchen kosher, is a complicated process. These sites aim to assist anyone who wants to kasher a kitchen and/or maintain a kosher kitchen.
Help from Kosher Cooks
These wonderful kosher cooks have agreed to share some of their favorite kosher recipes with you. Find recipes that were perfected in the kitchens of kosher chefs, restaurants, caterers, and enthusiasts from around the world.
- Anna
- Chana Shimoni
- Nechama Cohen
- Susan Portman
- Sara Adar
- Paula Levine Weinstein and Julie Komerofsky Remer
- World of Mouth Catering
Kosher Cookbooks
To the delight of those who keep kosher, the recent boom in kosher food sales has been accompanied by the publication of more kosher cookbooks. Which kosher cookbooks are best?
- The Kids Kosher Cookbook, by Miriam Zakon
- Kosher by Design: Short on Time, by Susie Fishbein
- Kosher by Design: Picture-Perfect Food, by Susie Fishbein
- Kosher by Design: Kids in the Kitchen, by Susie Fishbein
- Kosher by Design: Entertains, by Susie Fishbein
- Classic Kosher Cooking, by Sara Finkel
- Levana's Table: Kosher Cooking for Everyone, by Levana Kirschenbaum
- EnLITEned Kosher Cooking, by Nechama Cohen
- A Taste of Challah, by Tamar Ansh
- Nutrilicious, by Edith Rothschild
- That Hungarian's in my Kitchen by Linda F. Radke
Quick Kosher Cooking
If your busy schedule leaves you little time for cooking, you don't have to settle for pasta again. With the right collection of recipes at their disposal, busy cooks can prepare and serve creative, eye-pleasing and scrumptious home-cooked kosher meals.
Nutritious Kosher Cooking
Kosher food is one way to lead a more conscientious life, and nutritious food is one way to a healthier body. For the good of your body and soul, enjoy these healthy kosher recipes.
Kosher Cooking for Kids
These are kosher recipes by and for children. Find recipes with few ingredients and easy instructions that enable kids to cook by themselves. And find recipes for dishes especially loved by children.
- Kosher Recipe Index for Kids
- Kids Cook Kosher Entrées
- Kids Make Kosher Salads
- Kids Bake Kosher Desserts
Kosher Cooking Worldwide
Any food can be kosher if it is prepared with kosher ingredients and in a kosher way. In an effort to ease your search for different kinds of kosher food, these kosher recipes have been organized into ethnic groups, including Mexican, Italian, Indonesian, Asian and more. Jewish cuisine is broken up into Ashkenazic and Sephardic.
