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…
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…
Mexican food is a popular kosher catering request at Mitzuyan Kosher Catering.
The weather is starting to warm up in Toronto! Are you thinking picnic yet?
Does any bread taste better than challah? Probably not! Challah, that twisted, doughy staple of Shabbat is a huge favorite in our community. Our kosher catering business makes challah for bar/bat mitzvahs and Oneg Shabbat at temples and venues throughout the Toronto area. We can make it the traditional way or with adjustments for…
Have you ever noticed that Jews and Irish both consider corned beef their special cuisine? With the Irish national holiday coming up, I wondered: who created this dish? How is it that two very different communities came to like it so much? Irish and Jewish, or St. Patrick’s Day and Purim I recently discovered a…
Passover is a pretty amazing holiday. As we celebrate it well into a sixth millennia, it’s remarkable how little the main event has changed over time and throughout the world. Here at Mitzuyan Kosher Catering, we try to honor both Ashkenazic and Sephardic foods in our regular kosher menus and Passover specials, but even we…
Many  Jews in North America are Ashkenazic, descended from the Jews of Eastern Europe, France, and Germany. Notably absent from this European theater are the Sephardic Jews, who come from southern European countries, particularly Spain and Portugal. Historically, these Jews had strong cultural ties to Northern Africa and the Middle East. In fact, the word…
