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I ♥ Kosher: Beautiful Recipes from my Kitchen

May 4, 2019
2 min

I ♥ Kosher: Beautiful Recipes from my Kitchen

Kim Kushner is an author, culinary instructor and mother of four. Her cooking style reflects her busy, multitasking life and her cookbooks were some of the first to showcase beautiful, modern kosher cooking that is light, healthy, and international. I own dozens of kosher cookbooks (and hundreds of cookbooks in all), and one of the most unusual (and helpful) things in I ♥ Kosher is Kim’s detailed illustrated guide to kitchen tool essentials, freezer and fridge essentials, and

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"Perfect for Pesach" review

Jun 1, 2017
3 min

"Perfect for Pesach" review

Naomi Nachman grew up in Australia watching her mother and grandmother prepare weekly feasts for her family. She started her own kosher personal chef business The Aussie Gourmet to provide kosher meals for families within Long Island's Five Towns. In 2007, she created a Culinary Arts program at Camp Dina and is the director of the Culinary arts program for VIP-Ram’s Pesach program in Florida. She also hosts “Table for Two with Naomi Nachman” on the Nachum Segal Network and

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The Silver Platter: Simple Elegance

Traditional Jewish Baking

Jan 19, 2017
6 min

Traditional Jewish Baking

As a longtime fan of Anne Taintor and the Brass Sisters, I love anything that combines my love for retro / vintage style with nostalgic and heirloom recipes. Carine Goren, self-taught baker and popular Israeli TV host / cookbook author, combines both of these with aplomb. In “Traditional Jewish Baking,” Carine has taken beloved classics and updated them for modern kitchens. As she writes in the introduction, “If you let me hold your hand, we will master these nostalgic recipe

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Bubbe and Me in the Kitchen

Dec 4, 2016
3 min

Bubbe and Me in the Kitchen

I first heard of Miri Rotkovitz’s “Bubbe And Me in the Kitchen” via Facebook, where I’m a member of several Jewish and kosher groups. I adore classic Jewish comfort food; although I didn’t grow up in a Jewish household, my Polish great-grandmother was a cook for wealthy Jewish families in Poland, and some staple dishes of my childhood were very similar (stuffed cabbage rolls, kasha with mushrooms, buckwheat knishes, poppyseed strudel). Some of my earliest memories in the kitc

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Kosher By Design Brings It Home: picture-perfect food inspired by my travels

Sep 6, 2016
3 min

Kosher By Design Brings It Home: picture-perfect food inspired by my travels

Susie Fishbein’s bestselling series “Kosher By Design” goes out with a bang with the final ninth volume “Kosher By Design Brings It Home.” Inspired by Susie’s travels to France, Italy, Mexico, Israel, and North America, you’ll find kosher versions of favorites such as Korean short ribs, lasagna bolognaise, and shoyu tamago ramen (which normally has a pork-based broth here in Japan). I have several kosher cookbooks that I cook from regularly (Including The Joy of Kosher and

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Take your tastebuds on a culinary adventure along the Silk Road

Jun 7, 2016
3 min

Take your tastebuds on a culinary adventure along the Silk Road

I've been vegetarian for over ten years, and am always looking for creative, healthy ways to spice up my cooking. I've taught students from more than 100 countries, including many from Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan) who were eager to share their languages and cuisines with me. However, there are very few cookbooks that focus on this region, even less so from a vegetarian context, so this is one cuisine that remained relatively u

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Spiritual Kneading Through The Jewish Months: Building the Sacred through Challah

Apr 11, 2016
4 min

Spiritual Kneading Through The Jewish Months: Building the Sacred through Challah

I previously reviewed Dahlia Abraham-Klein’s Silk Road Vegetarian: Vegan, Vegetarian and Gluten Free Recipes for the Mindful Cook [Vegetarian Cookbook, 101 Recipes] for Amazon, and loved the blend of Middle Eastern and Central Asian flavors; low-fat and full of flavor, there are also many gluten-free and dairy-free recipes (including baked goods). In her latest book Spiritual Kneading, Dahlia combines meditation and reflection with the traditionally feminine task of making, b

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The New Kosher

Nov 8, 2015
3 min

The New Kosher

I have cooked from (and reviewed) numerous kosher cookbooks over the years, but I have to say that Kim Kushner’s “The New Kosher” is quickly becoming one of my favorite titles in my collection. True to its title “Simple Recipes to Savor and Share,” you’ll find contemporary gems such as giant ricotta ravioli with cinnamon, miso-tahini glazed cod, braised beef ribs with cider-rosemary sauce, and some fabulous ideas for brunch (the spinach and feta quiche with heirloom tomatoes,

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Food, Family and Tradition: Hungarian Kosher Family Recipes and Remembrances

Dec 7, 2014
2 min

Food, Family and Tradition: Hungarian Kosher Family Recipes and Remembrances

"Food, Family, and Tradition" is part memoir, part cookbook, all love. It traces Lynn Kirsche Shapiro's family roots in Czechoslovakia and Hungary and the tragedy of the Holocaust, as well as family dishes that were preserved and handed down for future generations. The book began as Shapiro's way to complete two unfinished legacies: her mother's recipes and her father's autobiography, but along the way became so much more, chronicling the richness of Jewish life in Eastern Eu

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The Gefiltefest Cookbook

Sep 1, 2014
3 min

The Gefiltefest Cookbook

It is no secret that food plays an enormous part in Jewish identity and celebration. Gefiltefest is a British Jewish food charity whose mission is to bring people together to explore the relationship between Judaism and food, educating and enthusing them about all aspects of Jewish food including food heritage, ethics, culture and traditions. The charity is proud to be at the forefront of Britain's Jewish food movement and stages a hugely popular annual festival. To coincid

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Cook in Israel: Home Cooking Inspiration

Aug 31, 2014
3 min

Cook in Israel: Home Cooking Inspiration

Winner of the 2013 Gourmand Award: Best First Cookbook and Best Cookbook Photography, the beautiful "Cook in Israel: Home Cooking Inspiration" will lead you on a colorful journey through (kosher) Israeli cuisine. Packed with delicious, easy to follow recipes, "Cook in Israel" draws on the author's Jewish-Greek heritage and the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean flavors of her Tel Aviv home. Orly has been offering popular cooking classes and culinary tours of Israel since 2009.

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Silk Road Vegetarian

Jun 21, 2014
3 min

Silk Road Vegetarian

I've been vegetarian for over ten years, and am always looking for creative, healthy ways to spice up my cooking. I've taught students from more than 100 countries, including many from Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan) who were eager to share their languages and cuisines with me. However, there are very few cookbooks that focus on this region, even less so from a vegetarian context, so this is one cuisine that remained relatively u

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Apr 6, 2014
3 min

The Joy of Kosher

Jamie Geller, the "Jewish Rachael Ray" and founder of the Kosher Media Network, is the author of several successful cookbooks, magazines, a popular website, and a TV show. In the beginning, though, she was raised on takeout and it wasn't until her mid-twenties that she gravitated to Jewish observance. The "Bride Who Knew Nothing" was at first clueless about cooking; joining her husband's family meant celebrating more than 100 traditional holiday meals annually for the immedia

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The Holiday Kosher Baker

Nov 3, 2013
3 min

The Holiday Kosher Baker

I've long used Joan Nathan's The Jewish Holiday Baker and Marcy Goldman's A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Baking as my standbys in years past, and was very excited to see the upcoming Holiday Kosher Baker. My Polish grandmother was an excellent baker, and made many wonderful yeast breads and pastries, including cheese babkas, that I've been seeking to recapture. Beginning with the gorgeous cover photo with its embossed silver pomegranate edges, this is a beautiful cookbook tha

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A must-have for kosher kitchens and fans of Jewish desserts (At Oma's Table)

Jul 15, 2008
3 min

A must-have for kosher kitchens and fans of Jewish desserts (At Oma's Table)

Doris Schecter’s At Oma’s Table is part memoir, part cookbook. It begins with her early memories of life in Vienna, then as a refugee in Italy and later the United States. Filled with vintage photographs of the author and her family, the introduction would have made a fascinating full-length biography. Doris tells of her early years spent in Italy (Hitler’s army entered Vienna shortly after she was born in 1938) as a “free prisoner.” In July 1944, Doris and her family were in

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"Olive Trees and Honey"

Jul 14, 2007
2 min

"Olive Trees and Honey"

"A land of wheat and barley, of grape vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey . . . you shall eat and be satisfied." Deut. 8:8-10 Tracing vegetarian Jewish Diaspora recipes is no easy task: Rabbi and chef Gil Marks has created a painstakingly researched cookbook that at times reads more like a history book. With recipes from Azerbaijan to Yemen, Olive Trees and Honey is a catalogue of the vast variety of Jewish vegetarian cuisines, including ch

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