You can enhance the kosher food menu that you prepare for family functions or special events with chicken skewers.  Very simple and easy to do. First step is  to cut one piece of boneless chicken breast into small cubes which you will eventually thread onto skewers. Cut it into 10 cubes. This recipe serves ten…
Not sure about how to go about with your wedding decorations? Read on to find out. Nailing down a theme Before you start picking out decorations for you wedding reception you need to decide on the theme that you want to go with. There are many wedding themes that you can experiment with, but…
Pinterest For Weddings You use it when you need ideas to do up your hair, you use it to check out mouth-watering recipes, and you can use it to plan your wedding too. Yes, we are talking about Pinterest. Using Pinterest for weddings may sound a little bizarre to some, but think of it, isn’t…
I have to be brutally honest, I am not a fan of kosher wine. I can only rely on the reviews of expert wine connoisseurs and the recommendations from people that I know. Rosh Hashanah is the beginning of a new year, so it is appropriate to have new wines at the dinner table….
The coming of Rosh Hashana brings with it the promise of a sweet new year and a reminder of the repentance through which we hope to earn its blessings. It is a uniquely Jewish tradition to twin hope with the idea of earning a reason to be hopeful. Honestly facing up to the mistakes and…
Rosh Hashanah meals include many foods which have symbolic significance. I came across an article by Melissa Clark in the New Your Times which clearly describes and puts into perspective symbolic food and Jewish holidays. Melisa Clark (New York Times, September 17, 2014) states “Every Rosh Hashanah, Jews smear honey on sliced apples and…
A summertime Shabbat is often a less formal affair, even for those who are pretty informal to begin with. For one thing, Shabbat starts late; here in Toronto sundown is around 9 pm in July and we’re in the southern part of Canada. By 9 pm, everyone’s just about relaxed anyway as work ended a for most people a…
If our Executive Chef is the heart of our kosher catering business, the mashgichim who work with us are certainly the soul. A mashgiach is a person trained and certified by a kashruth (kosher law) agency to supervise a kosher establishment like Mitzuyan Kosher Catering. While mashgichim are often rabbis, this is not a requirement….
One of my goals with this blog is to share my enthusiasm and knowledge about kosher food and perhaps nudge people to think a little more deeply about where their food comes from. For example, did you know milk isn’t automatically kosher? It’s more than just knowing it came from a cow or goat; a…
It’s still cold here in Toronto but at least the temperatures have stayed well above freezing. And if the forecast can be trusted, we may even hit the 50s next week! Even better, today was Opening Day for Major League Baseball. You know spring’s gotta be on the way. More MLB Teams Serve Kosher Foods…
Passover is just a week away! This is probably the weekend you’ll be cleaning out your cupboards to remove chametz, which is any food or food product that contains leavened products. Clear out the beer, pizza, cookies, bread, and pasta. But why waste all of it? Sell or Donate Your Chametz As a kosher caterer,…
I know you’re being really careful about what foods to remove from your home as you prepare for Passover. However, there are a lot of Passover foods approved for the holiday but you may want to consider because their ingredients have more salt, sugar, and oils that can be detrimental to your health. <Ducking to…
