Gluten Free Cornbread

Gluten-Free, parve or dairy, fructose-free

Many thanks to Gluten Free Girl for helping us finally make a delicious gluten free cornbread. I’ve copied the recipe below and made a few changes of my own. We ate it last night with chili and braised greens, and it pleased both our gluten eaters and our gluten free-ers. Continue reading “Gluten Free Cornbread”

Beyond Kosher: Eating Chickens

We attended Hazon‘s (New Jewish Food Movement) food conference at Walker Ranch in Petaluma, CA last week and I’ve been greatly affected by the discussion of “beyond kosher,” is it “fit to eat?”   Rabbi Marc Soloway started the session by exclaiming that the rabbinic tradition had never imagined what our agricultural food production of the last 50 years would look like.   Continue reading “Beyond Kosher: Eating Chickens”

Cheese Making and Kashrut

For those of use who have a love of cheese making and a concern for Kashrut (keeping kosher), cheese making presents some unique challenges.  Rennet which is used to separate milk solids, lipase which adds flavoring to (mostly) Italian hard cheeses, and basic cultures which gives cheese its unique flavor all have a variety of Kashrut issues.

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