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Ultimate Kosher Thanksgiving Guide on Kosher.com

Kosher.com Dishes the Dirt on Thanksgiving

Need help with Thanksgiving? Our guide shows you how to shop and cook for the ultimate kosher Thanksgiving celebration.

Check out the Ultimate Kosher Thanksgiving Guide

Read our Kosher Turkey Buying Guide

Get Cooking Tips for the Perfect Thanksgiving Meal

Learn How to Deep Fry a Kosher Turkey

Plus, try these menus:

Kosher Cooking in Season Thanksgiving Menu

Quick & Kosher Thanksgiving Menu

Southern Style Kosher Thanksgiving Menu

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Kosher.com Donates a Year’s Worth of Free Kosher Groceries to NCSY’s 18th Annual Chinese Auction

Kosher.com Donates a Year’s Worth of Free Kosher Groceries to NCSY’s 18th Annual Chinese Auction

Grand Prize Winner to Receive Shopping Spree Worth $12,000 at the World’s Largest Online Kosher Supermarket

Cedarhurst, NY - - November 17, 2009 - Kosher.com, the world’s largest online kosher supermarket, will be providing the Grand Prize at NCSY’s 18th Annual Chinese Auction, it was announced today. The Grand Prize winner will be able to shop online at kosher.com and receive a year’s worth of free kosher groceries, delivered to their door, valued at $12,000. The drawing will take place on Saturday Night, December 5, 2009 at Kingsway Jewish Center in Brooklyn, with tickets on sale throughout the month of November.

In light of today’s challenging economic times, the items at this year’s auction are affordable necessities crucial to the Jewish family, as opposed to the luxury items that were auctioned off in years past. Given this theme, Kosher.com was a natural fit, as kosher food is the bedrock of the Jewish home and family.

“We are excited and thrilled to play such a significant part in NCSY’s 18th Annual Chinese Auction by providing this year’s Grand Prize,” said Jamie Geller, CMO of Kosher.com. “Our site is the ultimate destination for all your kosher food needs. We have a full service butcher department, fresh bakery, and prepared foods alongside everyday groceries and our prices are supermarket competitive. While most people still need to shop at many different stores in order to get all their kosher food items, at Kosher.com, we have over 15,000 items available for purchase with just a click of the mouse. And, with free delivery in the New York Metro Area, including parts of New Jersey, and FedEx delivery nationwide, there really is no easier, more cost effective way to buy kosher groceries!”

“Kosher.com’s mission is to deliver kosher food to everybody everywhere and NCSY’s mission is to bring the concept of kosher food to everybody,” said Rabbi Aryeh Lightstone, Regional Director of New York NCSY. “NCSY reaches out to people everywhere, bringing them closer to Judaism and making it easier for them to do everything from keeping kosher to observing the Sabbath. We teach the importance of keeping kosher always, in the home, outside the home, on the college and high school campus, and on vacation. But while it’s easy to preach in our backyard, it’s particularly challenging for teenagers and college students to keep kosher in those far-flung locations. The Kosher.com grand prize is a fantastic Grand Prize, and it helps us accomplish our goal of helping people observe a kosher, Jewish lifestyle.”

In addition to providing the Grand Prize, Kosher.com will be lending NCSY its14′ tall shopping cart, to promote the upcoming auction. The giant shopping cart on wheels features a V8 engine, steering wheel and pedals accessed from a child’s seat that can hold three adults. The overgrown shopping cart measures 7′ wide, 16′ long and 14′ tall, and will be helping NCSY Auction organizers sell tickets in Brooklyn on Sunday, November 22 from 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. on the corner of Avenue J and Coney Island Avenue.

About Kosher.com
The new Kosher.com features over a dozen departments offering more than 15,000 kosher products for delivery, with more products being added daily. The site serves as the only ultimate destination for the best kosher has to offer, coupled with a wide variety of kosher recipes, kosher cooking tips, content and multimedia that are highly informative and helpful for the kosher consumer. Focused on the U.S. Market, Kosher.com offers nationwide delivery via FedEx as well as free delivery in Manhattan, Riverdale, Washington Heights, Brownstone Brooklyn, Bergen County and surrounding communities, with plans to expand its free delivery service to customers in Connecticut and beyond. More information is available at http://www.Kosher.com.

About NCSY 18th Annual Chinese Auction
The grand prize for this year’s auction is a year of free food delivered right to your door from Kosher.com, a $12,000 value. In addition to the Grand Prize, there is also a Platinum Prize and sixty other great prizes that make up the main auction. The drawing will be held on Saturday Night, December 5 at Kingsway Jewish Center in Brooklyn, and will feature a hot meat buffet, live music, and interactive prize tables. There will also be viewing nights, where people can see the prizes and bid, in West Hempstead, New Rochelle, Queens, and the Five Towns throughout the month of November. Tickets can be purchased and items can be bid on by mail, fax, phone and online, at a viewing night, or at the main event. For cost and ticket information and information about these events, or to place a bid, go to www.ncsyauction.com or call 516.569.6279.

Kosher.com Thanksgiving Delivery Schedule

Please note the following important Thanksgiving delivery information:

Local Delivery (NYC/Surrounding areas)

Kosher.com will not be offering local deliveries on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, 2009. The last day to place Thanksgiving orders for local home delivery is by 3:00PM EST on Tuesday, November 24, 2009  for delivery on Wednesday, November 25th.

National Delivery

For national delivery, all orders with transit times of 3 days or more must be submitted by 4:00PM EST on Friday, November 20, 2009 and shipped 2-day air for delivery on Wednesday, November 25th.

Orders with transit times of 1 or 2 days submitted by 4:00PM EST on Friday, November 20th may choose standard shipping for delivery on Wednesday, November 25, 2009.

Also: Win a Kosher.com $250 Shopping Spree! Deadline ends November 30th.

Raise the Steaks this Labor Day

Steak On The GrillBest Kosher.com Cuts for the Last Party of the Summer

For many, Labor Day is bittersweet. We all love the long weekend, but we’re sad to kiss the endless days of summer goodbye. For the perfect send off, why not grill up some super steaks?

Whether you’re cooking for a couple or a crowd, steak is a great choice. Steaks require very little preparation and are easy to cook. With cuts like Kosher.com’s rib steaks and kosher NY strips all you need is a little seasoning, a little oil and a hot grill. Place the steaks on a well-oiled grill at a 45 degree angle and cook over high heat for one minute. Then rotate the steaks 90 degrees and cook one minute more (the steaks will develop great grill marks). Turn your steaks over then turn down the heat to medium low or move the steaks to a cooler part of the grill so they can cook through without burning (about 4-7 minutes depending on desired doneness). Since the meat undergoes a certain amount of “carryover cooking” during the rest, it is best to take your steaks off the grill before they’re done; undercook them by 5°F (see the temperature guide below).

Off the grill, steaks should rest, on a warm plate tented with aluminum foil, for approximately 10 minutes before serving. Resting also helps redistribute a steak’s juices so don’t cut into the meat until the resting is complete. There is nothing better than a juicy steak; cut your steak too early and all the juices will end up on the plate.

If you’ve got a lot of mouths to feed, choose a skirt steak, shoulder steak or London broil. Marinate the meat in an acid-based marinade of your choice for anywhere from 30 minutes to overnight. The marinade adds flavor and the salt, sugar and acid tenderizes the meat by breaking down the fibers. Remove the meat from the marinade, season, and cook on hot and well-oiled grill like you would any other steak. After resting the meat, slice it on the bias and serve.

The Dos & Don’ts of the Best Kosher Steaks You’ll Ever Eat
Do pick thicker steaks over thinner ones. Denser meat cooks more slowly and evenly and you are less likely to overcook the meat.

Do use an instant read meat thermometer to check the internal temperature of your steak, taking it off the grill about 5°F shy of the desired degree of doneness (see the temperature guide below).

Do serve plenty of appetizers like Guacamole and Chips to keep your guests happy and entertained while you grill.

Guacamole and Chips

Do throw some chicken cutlets on the grill and serve atop this fresh parve Sun-Dried Tomato Caesar Salad for those guests who might not like steak (as crazy as it sounds, these people do exist).

Sun-Dried Tomato Caesar Salad

Do serve some great sides like Spicy Sweet Potato Fries and Israeli Salad.

For dessert, do offer your guests something light and refreshing like a Tea Biscuit and Sorbet Tower.

Don’t use sweet barbecue sauces; the sugars will burn leaving your steak tasting like carbon. If you plan to use barbecue sauce as a glaze, put it on during the last couple of minutes of cooking or, better yet, serve it as a condiment.

Don’t overcook your meat!

Internal Cooking Temperatures for Steak

Rare 120°-125°F
Medium-rare 130°-135°F
Medium 140°-145°F
Medium-well 150°-155°F
Well done Not recommended for steak

Click here to see my video on how to make guacomole and chips.