Synopses & Reviews
This isn't your traditional kosher cookbook. Whether you're new to the kitchen, or new to keeping kosher, you'll love the array of creative and interesting recipes found in The Modern Kosher Kitchen. This modern cookbook includes recipes for preparing a family meal, hors d’oeuvres, vegetarian entrees, budget-friendly dishes, and new takes on holiday favorites for Passover and Hannukah. Don't worry about needing the talent or equipment of a professional chef. Ronnie Fein's recipes are creative and interesting, but never intimidating for home chefs. Throughout the pages of this cookbook, Ronnie also provides suggestions on what to serve with her dishes; how to change the dish from dairy to parve to meat (and vice versa); or how to change the recipe to suit a different need. You'll learn valuable tips on recipe shortcuts, information on unusual or new ingredients, and receive advice on product usage. Recreate your favorite family dishes and learn some new tricks with the help of The Modern Kosher Kitchen.
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"Fein is an enthusiastic food lover whose passion for world travel is reflected in globally influenced ideas. I can't wait to don my apron and start cooking from The Modern Kosher Kitchen." - Liz Rueven, editor/founder, www.kosherlikeme.com, and coauthor, 4 Bloggers Dish: Passover: Modern Twists on Traditional Flavors
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"With the ever-increasing kosher product range available, Fein's new, innovative, up-to-date bookallows us to continue moving forward with today's trends in the world of modern kosher cuisine." - Sharon Lurie, author, Cooking with the Kosher Butcher's Wife and Celebrating with the Kosher Butcher's Wife
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"With her knowledge of ingredients, her creativity, and the friendly, approachable clarity in her recipes, Ronnie Fein inspires us to cook deliciously and prepare new foods. So stock that pantry, as Ronnie suggests, and start cooking as you embark on this kosher culinary adventure." - Roberta Scher, cofounder and executive editor, KosherEye.com, and food and lifestyle columnist, The Jewish Georgian
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"Ronnie Fein's recipes seem to check every box for today's thinking cook. Healthy: check; Creative: check; Mindful: check; Delicious: check, check, check. This book is sure to get a lot of use in my family kitchen." - Jenny Rosenstrach, author, Dinner: A Love Story
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"If you're looking for kosher recipes beyond the traditional Ashkenazi and Sephardi specialties, this is the cookbook for you." - Faye Levy, author, Healthy Cooking for the Jewish Home and 1,000 Jewish Recipes
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"Readers won't need to worry about needing the talent or equipment of a professional chef. Ronnie Fein's recipes are creative and interesting, but never intimidating." - CBS Los Angeles
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"[Fien] incorporates contemporary ingredients and cooking techniques while adhering to the dietary laws. While she departs from tradition, many of her recipes can be considered modern interpretations of Jewish holiday food customs." - The Intermountain Jewish News
About the Author
Ronnie Fein left a Wall Street law practice many years ago, became a freelance food and kitchen appliance writer, and never looked back.She currently writes regular features for the food sections of several daily newspapers including
The Connecticut Post,
The Advocate and
Greenwich Time. She blogs at www.ronniefein.com as well as for other well-known Jewish and kosher websites, including Joyofkosher.com, Koshereye.com and Kveller.com. She is a board member and contributor to Jewish Woman Magazine (online and print editions) and contributes to the
New Jewish Voice, a monthly newspaper. Her magazine and newspaper feature articles have appeared in
Newsday, Cook's Illustrated, Consumer's Digest, Consumer Guide, Connecticut magazine,
Westport magazine,
Greenwich magazine and
Fairfield County Woman. In addition to food writing, she teaches cooking at the Ronnie Fein School of Creative Cooking and gives lectures and cooking demonstrations for many women's and charitable groups on the subjects of cooking and kitchen equipment.
Jamie Geller is one of the most sought-after Jewish food personalities worldwide. She is an award-winning TV producer and marketing executive at CNN, HBO, and The Food Network. She is author of Joy of Kosher: Fast, Fresh Family Recipes, founder of Kosher Media Network, and publisher of Joy of Kosher with Jamie Geller magazine and www.joyofkosher.com.