{"id":12243,"date":"2008-12-04T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-04T07:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/life\/other\/judy_bart_kancigor_kosherfest2008\/"},"modified":"2015-10-30T02:38:12","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T07:38:12","slug":"judy_bart_kancigor_kosherfest2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/food\/judy_bart_kancigor_kosherfest2008\/","title":{"rendered":"A Festival of Kosher Food"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"image\"<\/div>\n

When Madison Avenue talks, the world listens…and buys! Years ago two ad campaigns did much to help bring kosher food into the mainstream. Remember the one for rye bread, \u201cYou don\u2019t have to be Jewish to love Levy\u2019s\u201d? And then there was \u201cWe answer to a higher authority\u201d from Hebrew National.<\/p>\n

Once the province of Orthodox Jews, kosher food is now one of the fastest growing segments of the food industry, and last month the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey, hosted Kosherfest, the world’s largest international kosher food trade show, now in its twentieth year.<\/p>\n

As the launching pad for new kosher products, Kosherfest brought over 600 manufacturers and distributors together with thousands of eager buyers. \u201cAttendance was even greater than last year,\u201d noted Vianna DiGristina, marketing coordinator for Diversified Business Communications, the show\u2019s producer.<\/p>\n

Today there are more than 100,000 certified kosher products with annual sales of $12.5 billion, according to Menachem Lubinsky, chairman and CEO of LUBICOM Marketing Consulting and the show\u2019s founder, and the public perceives these products as healthier and safer.<\/p>\n

According to industry analysts, only 20 to 33 percent of kosher food produced worldwide is consumed by Jews. So just who is buying them? Muslims, Seventh Day Adventists, Hindus and others who follow similar dietary restrictions, for starters.<\/p>\n

With 20 percent of the population lactose intolerant and millions calling themselves vegetarians of one sort or another, plus countless others who are health conscious, it is easy to see why kosher products have wide appeal. (The Mad Cow disease scare hasn\u2019t hurt either. Because of strict cleanliness requirements and butchering procedures, there has never been a case of the disease found in kosher beef.)<\/p>\n

As usual at these trade shows I attend, I sampled far too much, but what don\u2019t you do in the name of research! What follows is a totally subjective rambling on some noteworthy nibbles.<\/p>\n

My personal favorite by far was the goat cheese by Celebrity \u2013 I\u2019m torn between the rum raisin and cranberry with cinnamon. Made in Israel in the lower Galilee, the cheeses are distributed by Angel\u2019s Touch, manufacturer of all natural, gluten-free quiches and pizzas, also quite tasty.<\/p>\n

First in the nostalgia category were the Vegetable Cutlets by Ratner\u2019s, which since the landmark dairy restaurant closed its Delancey Street doors in 2002, now produces those menu favorites of yore in frozen form, minus the octogenarian waiters with their fingers in your soup.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m really excited about Zap peanut butter made with ten added vegetables and fruits, including spinach and beets, and loaded with anti-oxidants! I was wary at first, but this stuff really tastes just like regular peanut butter. I can\u2019t wait to try it on my grandkids (the real taste test!) next week. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n

The cheese blintzes by Golden \u2013 what can I say? \u2013 hard to resist in my grocer\u2019s freezer, much less warm and glistening as they beckon to me from the platter.<\/p>\n

Very moist and definitely habit-forming were the Brownie Bites from Shabtai Gourmet of Woodmere, New Year, which garnered first place in the \u201cBest New Passover Product\u201d category, a fourth win in seven years for the company. Zelda\u2019s Sweet Shoppe of Skokie, Illinois. took \u201cBest in Show\u201d for their Southern Pecan Pie.<\/p>\n

Manischewitz celebrates its 120th anniversary this year, and the company will be offering matzo in a special commemorative one-pound box for Passover. \u201cMay you live to be 120 is a special blessing,\u201d said David Rossi, VP of Marketing. \u201cWe went through lots of old photos to get this one.\u201d The wooden box with its nostalgic photo will retail for $7.99. And look for Passover Tam-Tams in full supply next season, Rossi assured me.<\/p>\n

Before we leave the food, I must mention Davida Aprons and Logo Programs, which won Best New Foodservice Product with its baby bib inscribed: \u201cI\u2019m Not Crying I\u2019m Davening.\u201d See www.davidaaprons.com for Davida\u2019s complete Matzah Mania line as well as gift ideas for every holiday.<\/p>\n

In addition to what I like to think of as Kosherfest\u2019s endless sample buffet, special events included a Sushi Competition won by Simply Sushi restaurants of Cedarhurst, Long Island, and Monticello, New York, and appearances by Levana Kirschenbaum, author of \u201cLevana Cooks Dairy Free!\u201d and \u201cLevana’s Table\u201d; Jeff Nathan, chef\/owner of Abigael’s restaurant and author of \u201cAdventures in Jewish Cooking\u201d and \u201cJeff Nathan\u2019s Family Suppers\u201d; Elan Kornblum, publisher and president of Great Kosher Restaurants International, Tammy Polatsek, author of \u201cAristocratic Fruits,\u201d as well as yours truly. Sharon Lebewohl was also on hand signing \u201cThe 2nd Avenue Deli Cookbook\u201d and promoting the new CD \u201cA Sabbath Meal\u201d that she did with actor Mike Burstyn.<\/p>\n

Mark your calendars now for Kosherfest 2009, which will be held again at the Meadowlands, on October 27 and 28. See you there!<\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

\"image\"<\/div>\n

Judy Bart Kancigor<\/b> is the author of \u201cCooking Jewish: 532 Great Recipes from the Rabinowitz Family\u201d and can be found on the web at www.cookingjewish.com<\/a>. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Madison Avenue talks, the world listens…and buys! Years ago two ad campaigns did much to help bring kosher food into the mainstream. Remember the one for rye bread, \u201cYou don\u2019t have to be Jewish to love Levy\u2019s\u201d? And then there was \u201cWe answer to a higher authority\u201d from Hebrew National. Once the province of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":44602,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nA Festival of Kosher Food - OU Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Once the province of Orthodox Jews, kosher food is now one of the fastest growing segments of the food industry, as is attested to by Kosherfest 2008\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/food\/judy_bart_kancigor_kosherfest2008\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Festival of Kosher Food - OU Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Once the province of Orthodox Jews, kosher food is now one of the fastest growing segments of the food industry, as is attested to by Kosherfest 2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/food\/judy_bart_kancigor_kosherfest2008\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"OU Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-12-04T07:20:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-10-30T07:38:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/Kosherfest.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"870\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Judy Bart Kancigor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Judy Bart Kancigor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/food\/judy_bart_kancigor_kosherfest2008\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/food\/judy_bart_kancigor_kosherfest2008\/\",\"name\":\"A Festival of Kosher Food - OU Life\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/food\/judy_bart_kancigor_kosherfest2008\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/food\/judy_bart_kancigor_kosherfest2008\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/Kosherfest.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-12-04T07:20:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-10-30T07:38:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/#\/schema\/person\/46cc08c98ec634be55f01adb1dbc1531\"},\"description\":\"Once the province of Orthodox Jews, kosher food is now one of the fastest growing segments of the food industry, as is attested to by Kosherfest 2008\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/food\/judy_bart_kancigor_kosherfest2008\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/food\/judy_bart_kancigor_kosherfest2008\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/Kosherfest.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/Kosherfest.jpg\",\"width\":870,\"height\":320,\"caption\":\"Kosherfest\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/\",\"name\":\"OU Life\",\"description\":\"Everyday Jewish Living\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/#\/schema\/person\/46cc08c98ec634be55f01adb1dbc1531\",\"name\":\"Judy Bart Kancigor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/204c7c26f069b61862e6e3057def365b24bb16c2ac921cd49a8b5013c2db62f3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/204c7c26f069b61862e6e3057def365b24bb16c2ac921cd49a8b5013c2db62f3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Judy Bart Kancigor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/author\/judy_bart_kancigorou-org\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Festival of Kosher Food - OU Life","description":"Once the province of Orthodox Jews, kosher food is now one of the fastest growing segments of the food industry, as is attested to by Kosherfest 2008","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/food\/judy_bart_kancigor_kosherfest2008\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Festival of Kosher Food - OU Life","og_description":"Once the province of Orthodox Jews, kosher food is now one of the fastest growing segments of the food industry, as is attested to by Kosherfest 2008","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/food\/judy_bart_kancigor_kosherfest2008\/","og_site_name":"OU Life","article_published_time":"2008-12-04T07:20:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-10-30T07:38:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":870,"height":320,"url":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/Kosherfest.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Judy Bart Kancigor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Judy Bart Kancigor","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/food\/judy_bart_kancigor_kosherfest2008\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/food\/judy_bart_kancigor_kosherfest2008\/","name":"A Festival of Kosher Food - OU Life","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/food\/judy_bart_kancigor_kosherfest2008\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/food\/judy_bart_kancigor_kosherfest2008\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/Kosherfest.jpg","datePublished":"2008-12-04T07:20:00+00:00","dateModified":"2015-10-30T07:38:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/#\/schema\/person\/46cc08c98ec634be55f01adb1dbc1531"},"description":"Once the province of Orthodox Jews, kosher food is now one of the fastest growing segments of the food industry, as is attested to by Kosherfest 2008","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/food\/judy_bart_kancigor_kosherfest2008\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/food\/judy_bart_kancigor_kosherfest2008\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/Kosherfest.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/Kosherfest.jpg","width":870,"height":320,"caption":"Kosherfest"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/","name":"OU Life","description":"Everyday Jewish Living","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/#\/schema\/person\/46cc08c98ec634be55f01adb1dbc1531","name":"Judy Bart Kancigor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/204c7c26f069b61862e6e3057def365b24bb16c2ac921cd49a8b5013c2db62f3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/204c7c26f069b61862e6e3057def365b24bb16c2ac921cd49a8b5013c2db62f3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Judy Bart Kancigor"},"url":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/author\/judy_bart_kancigorou-org\/"}]}},"acf":[],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12243"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50641,"href":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12243\/revisions\/50641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}