PASSOVER: Our Favorite Treat For Everyone

Matzo “toffee”: white chocolate with pistachios and dark chocolate with almonds. Photo courtesy MysteryLoversKitchen.com.   Passover food and beverages (including wine) are a $2.5 billion to $3 billion industry. It sounds unbelievable, but according to KosherToday.com, some 30,000 different kosher-for-Passover products were produced specifically for Passover 2012. You may see shelves at the supermarket filled…
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Tofu Chocolate Mousse Recipe For National Chocolate Mousse Day

[1] A chocolate mousse alternative that can be vegan (photos #1 amd #3 © House Foods). [2] Garnish the mousse with fresh berries, such as blackberries (above) or raspberries (photo © American Heritage Chocolate). [3] House Foods Soft Tofu (photo © Calorie Friend). [4] A package of organic Soft Tofu.   Allergic to eggs? Lactose…
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PASSOVER: Gluten-Free Matzo

Millions of Jews will celebrate a week of Passover beginning Friday, April 6th. The holiday commemorates the biblical story of the Exodus, in which the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt, after God inflicted the ten plagues upon the Egyptians. As the story goes, the Jews had to leave Egypt immediately. They gathered…
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