Supported formats: iPhone, iPod touch, iPad Kosher vacationsIsrael is the land of milk, honey and kosher eating. Better than that, Israel is the mecca of kosher vacations. And while your kosher vacation must of course include the classics like a trip to the Kotel, scenic hikes and endless walking tours, make sure to step off of the straight and narrow and plan your ultimate kosher wine-tour.The Kosher Wine Society app will help any wine enthusiast with their ultimate vacation. The application includes both an explanation on what it means for a wine to be kosher, a kosher wine quiz, as well as a directory of vineyards in California and Israel. Road tripping with your iPhone? The application connects you right to your iPhone maps function for GPS directions.
Supported formats: iPhone, iPod touch, iPad Hit the streetsThere are those occasions where you just can’t be bothered, or you’re on the road, and since we’ve made this all about your appetite we may as well address the proverbial driver of your whims; your stomach. You guessed it, there’s an app for that.Let your iPhone and your stomach form a harmonious union and check out Rusty Brick’s Kosher, a handy app that uses your GPS location to find all of the kosher restaurants around you. Sorted by meat and dairy, each restaurant profile comes replete with reviews, a cuisine and price profile, and more.While this application is still in its infancy, we predict it’ll do nothing but improve, as the only thing lacking are more users to leave reviews and enrich the profiles—which are contributed to by users.
Supported formats: iPhone, iPod touch, iPad Look it upDid you know that according to kashrut laws, green asparagus requires a thorough check for insects prior to eating while white asparagus may be eaten without any “further checking?”Perhaps this is the kind of information you’ve been looking for, perhaps you consider this too much information—regardless, for the cost (free), we feel confident that cRc Kosher will be of some use.The application includes a thorough and well-organized database of both non-processed foods and brand-name drinks. Traveling around the world? Don’t leave cRc Kosher at home: They’ve even included a searchable, global list of approved kosher-certification agencies around the world.
Supported formats: iPhone, iPod touch, iPad Neither hunger nor food comas preclude prayerImagine these two scenarios: In the first, you are starving; in the second, you’ve eaten, your pants are bursting, and a gigantic mess is waiting for you in the kitchen. Regardless, in either situation, there are blessings that need to be said, and pronto.The app iBless Food will do exactly that. Replete with a searchable food-database, you can look up the food you ate or are intending to eat, and find the blessing. For those who are less well versed with the blessings, you can both hear the blessings and read them in either the original Hebrew or the transliteration.
Supported formats: iPhone, iPod touch, iPad Appaholic is a bi-weekly column which thematically reviews mobile apps with a Jewish or Israeli twist. If you have an app to suggest, send details to appaholic.jpost@gmail.com.Follow @JPost_Lifestyle