kosher

Waiting Between Eating Meat and Dairy

Why some Jews wait six hours, while others wait one or three.

Glassware and Kashrut

Whether glassware can be rendered fit for kosher use depends on who you ask.

Are Hebrew National Hot Dogs Kosher?

The company says they are, but many rabbinic authorities disagree.

Is Kosher Food Blessed by a Rabbi?

Blessing food does not make it kosher, nor is food that has not been blessed necessarily unkosher.

How to Get Started Keeping a Kosher Home

There is no single standard for keeping kosher, and therefore no single standard for keeping a kosher home. But here's how to get started.

Is Kosher Food Healthier?

Like most ways of eating, a kosher diet can be very healthy — or very unhealthy.

Making Kosher Wine On His Own

Benyamin Cantz runs a tiny kosher winery on three acres in the mountains outside Santa Cruz.

The Spiritual Trauma of Taking a Life

How the kosher practice of waiting between meat and dairy reminds us of Moses' discomfort with violence.

Is Quinoa Kosher for Passover?

Is this South American "superfood" a grain?

Apple Cake with Honey

Why choose just one Rosh Hashanah classic when you can combine them?