Catholic Church vs. Gordon Ramsay

Australia's Catholic church is seeking to stop television networks from broadcasting chef Gordon Ramsay's profanity-ridden reality shows.

05- 7-08 in Religion | Link | add to del.icio.us | Digg this story

Passover Panic

The Wall Street Journal reports that a kosher cooking crisis is emerging due to a shortage of special kosher-for-Passover margarine. "Margarine-gate, that's what we're calling it," says Rabbi Moshe Elefant, chief operating officer of the kosher division of the Orthodox Union.

04-18-08 in Religion | Link | add to del.icio.us | Digg this story

The 11th Plague?

Due to production problems at its Newark plant, Manischewitz won't be making Tam Tam crackers for Passover this year.

04- 2-08 in Religion | Link | add to del.icio.us | Digg this story

Caviar Conundrum

Gastronomica explores how caviar, once considered forbidden under Shiite dietary laws, became halal (pdf)

07-13-07 in Religion | Link | add to del.icio.us | Digg this story

That's Not Kosher

Religion: Supermarket chain Roche Bros. offers a Shabbat Dinner with all the fixins', but said meal is not Kosher.

09-28-06 in Religion | Link | add to del.icio.us | Digg this story

Beurger King Muslim

Religion: A new restaurant in Paris called Beurger King Muslim offers an American-style fast-food menu prepared according to Islamic halal requirements.

08- 5-05 in Religion | Link | add to del.icio.us | Digg this story

$28K Sandwich

Religion: Ten year-old grilled cheese sandwich bearing the likeness of the Virgin Mary sells for $28,000 on eBay.

12-21-04 in Religion | Link | add to del.icio.us | Digg this story

Pizza of Affliction

We Jews eat matzah to remind us that our ancestors were slaves in Egypt. We make it into pizza because we're Americans now, and slave food sucks. The pizza of affliction.

04- 9-04 in Religion | Link | add to del.icio.us | Digg this story