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Rosh Hashannah Foods

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…

Summertime Shabbat
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Summertime Shabbat

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…

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Kosher Catering Promotion in Toronto

 Mitzuyan Kosher Catering   Kosher at its best Under the supervision of COR Now Offering All Inclusive Catering Packages  Starting at $55.00 pp   It’s time to expand the horizons of what kosher catering can provide. The stigma of a handful of meals and tastes that can be prepared under kosher certification is a thing…

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Celebrate Canada Day Kosher-Style!

Happy Canada Day everyone! If you’re entertaining friends, or are a guest asked to bring something to nosh on, we’ve have ideas for food you can share whilst keeping everything kosher and remain in the holiday spirit. And while the Toronto forecast calls for scattered thunderstorms on July 1 (of course), don’t let the rain dampen…

Catering Mashgichim Keep Us on the Kosher Path
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Catering Mashgichim Keep Us on the Kosher Path

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….

It’s Spring: Enjoy a Refreshing Kosher Drink
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It’s Spring: Enjoy a Refreshing Kosher Drink

I hope everyone had a nice Shavuot and Victoria Day weekend! If any major city in North American has earned a place in the springtime sun, it’s got to be Toronto. Let’s lift a glass of white wine, or perhaps a margarita, and say L’Chaim! It’s finally spring in Toronto and time for a refreshing…

Shavuot, the Kosher Feast of Weeks
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Shavuot, the Kosher Feast of Weeks

Saturday evening marks the start of the two-day holiday of Shavuot, the “Feast of Weeks” that marks 50 days since the start of Passover and commemorates Moses’ delivering the Ten Commandments to the Hebrews. Shavuot also marks the summer grain harvest (not yet the time here in Toronto!) and initially began as a pilgrimage festival to Jerusalem. Celebrate…