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A typical off ering from Kosher Catering Philadelphia
Photo by Daniel Israel
unconventionally arranged in atypical serving surfaces (think
repurposed paper clip holders), are her specialty.

“It is very important to me, always, with anything I did, that
everything had to look as good as it tasted,” Rosen said. “People
eat with their eyes fi rst, and I always wanted it to be really creative,
whatever menu I did.”
Eye-catching as she tries to be, there are also little tricks to use.

Pigs in a blanket — or, in the parlance of kosher caterers, “minia-
ture hot dogs wrapped in puff pastry” — can be presented on a bed
of wheatgrass, for example. It’s not an ostentatious presentation,
but it’s the kind of creativity clients increasingly expect.

Th e “kosher world oft en moves a little bit slower than the
regular world” when it comes to these catering innovations, Rosen
said, but those gaps are closing.

Daniel Israel has owned his catering company, Kosher Catering
Philadelphia, for just three years. But even he’s seen marked
changes in that short period.

Th e Northeast Philadelphia native spent time working at the
now-closed Deux Chemineés when he was still in high school, and
worked as a mashgiach and chef for a few years. In his three years as
the head chef of his catering outfi t, he’s noticed that customers who
may have once shelled out for caterers to come in from Lakewood,
New Jersey and New York are going with more aff ordable options.

Additionally, for events where just a few of the guests keep kosher,
clients seem to increasingly opt for a few sealed kosher meals to be
arranged, rather than an entirely kosher event.

Changes or not, Israel still follows his true north.

“I’m in it to make good food,” he said. ❤
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