My wife and I have taken to watching a lot of the Food Network in the wake of the writer’s strike, and while they have a lot of interesting ideas, I generally trust my wife with the cutting boards in our kitchen more than I would any Food Network chef, because virtually none of them seem to know how to cook kosher.
That reminds me of a quick story about kosher diets and food. And air travel.
One aspect of air travel where Jewish and messianic folks seem to get the shaft is in food service. While most passengers are treated to hot meals, the last time I was on an airplane and ordered the kosher meal, all I got was a bagel and some salmon-flavored cream cheese. Granted, it was good, but when you consider other passengers were getting hot, fully-cooked meals, it seemed like the short straw.
One of the challenges for the recently-wrapped reality series, The Next Iron Chef, was for the contestants to cook good airplane food.
I think someone should take up the challenge to offer up not just good airplane food, but good kosher airplane food. Now that would be a challenge!
Tags: airplane food, cutting boards, Food Network, kosher, The Next Iron Chef