Green bean casserole is 65 years old.This is the original, from a magazine ad for Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom soup and Durkee’s French Fried Onions. The recipe was created in 1955 by Dorcas Reilly, a home economist for the Campbell Soup Company headquartered in Camden, New Jersey. The company put the recipe on its Cream of

Several weeks ago I was telling my grandchildren how much I used to love root beer floats. Today many have probably never heard of them nor have many ever tasted root beer but there was a time when it was a refreshing way to cool off in the summer. In fact we would just pull up in our car to an A&W, which was renowned

Transition to OU Kosher supervision brings improvements to ‘Shabbos Mode’ on GE ovens and refrigerators.

(Courtesy of OU) OU Kosher is in the process of certifying several GE Appliances (formerly GE) to help observant Jews keep the laws of Shabbos.

The wonderful pleasure of sweets is part of our heritage, as the seven species of the Land of Israel include grapes, figs, pomegranates and dates. Date honey is the source of the famous description of Israel as “The Land of Milk and Honey.”

Far away from Eretz Israel and over 1,000 years ago

• 3 cups almond flour*
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ⅓ cup orange juice
• ½ cup light oil such as avocado or canola
• 1

In this week’s parsha, the sea splits—so we will be making a banana split!

Ingredients:

• 1 medium banana, peeled and split lengthwise
• 1 scoop each vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cream
• 2 tablespoons sliced fresh strawberries or 1 tablespoon strawberry ice cream topping
• 2 tablespoons

Let’s say you were in the mood for a really nice meat meal.

You could travel to one of the finer kosher steakhouses in Teaneck, Deal, Long Branch or Brooklyn. With gas, tolls and dinner costs, you’re looking at a few hundred dollars for the outing

Parshat Bo inspiration:

“The Lord said to Moses: ‘Stretch forth your hand toward the heavens, and there will be darkness over the land of Egypt, and the darkness will become darker.’ So Moses stretched forth his hand toward the heavens, and there was a palpable darkness

Like everyone else, we at The Jewish Link had in-person events that were canceled last week because of the rise in COVID cases. It seemed that everyone I know was waiting on results for at least one family member, and wine tasting was a lower priority than everyone’s

By Margie Pensak

In November, at the annual Kosherfest trade show, the president of STAR-K Kosher Certification, Dr. Avrom Pollak, met with Rabbi Menachem Genack, CEO of OU Kosher. During the conversation, Pollak extended to Rabbi Genack an invitation to visit STAR-K headquarters and deliver a

No, you’re not dreaming... you just arrived at the entrance of IT’SUGAR, a whopping three-story candy shop inside the American Dream Mall. Kosher visitors are welcomed by an entire kosher candy section on the first floor, appropriately labeled “IT’SKOSHER.” But a slight turn to the left, and

Around the year 1300, the word “snack” came into use from the Middle Dutch or Flemish word meaning to snap or chatter. I’m not sure when it came to mean a small bite.The oldest potato chip company was founded in the early 1900s. You can offer these to family and friends any time.