Passover begins this evening and it seemed like a good time to feature a store that caters exclusively to those who keep kosher.
Kosher.com makes food and products available through the internet that previously could really only be found at local specialty shops. In some smaller cities these shops are few and far between and so this online presence could be very helpful for some. They offer a pretty complete range of kosher products, including travel meals and a kosher bakery.
Of particular note is their butcher shop, where you can find beef, chicken, lamb, turkey and veal. Meat prepared under kosher dietary rules is generally fresher and more humanely slaughtered than other commercial products, and so this might be of interest even to cooks who don't keep kosher at any time.
They also include some helpful resources, like candle-lighting times by date and an Ask the Rabbi link.
The store is presently closed for Passover; all orders will ship after the holiday.
Any experience with Kosher.com? Do you keep kosher now or for Passover, and if so, do you buy your kosher products anywhere special?
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Unfortunately, no experience with kosher.com. But hoping my fellow commenters can help. Looking for a downloadable free haggadah--any ideas? I found one for the "velveteen rabbi" and it looked perfect--not too orthodox, not too poetic and touchy feely--but for some reason it won't print out past page 7 (out of 56).
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I found this site Googling and it looks like they have a few options: http://www.jewishfreeware.org/downloads/folder.2006-01-07.0640323187/
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Yes, I used them this year.
They didn't ship very promptly, but when they did everything was in good condition.
I find their website frustrating because they don't list ingredients for many of their products, or closeup photos of the packaging, and I have food allergies so I have to know these things before I buy.
They sent me one wrong thing, but when I e-mailed them about it they sent out the correct item promptly without requiring me to return the mis-shipped item. That was great.
They have lots of good non-gebrokts / gluten-free Pesach stuff, but they're only open for about a month for Pesach stuff, and then they close down in mid-march and only re-open a few weeks after Pesach is over.
I would order again, but not if I needed something promptly - And only if I could find some other way of figuring out what the ingredients of a product are.
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