Kosher for Everybody: The Complete Guide to Understanding, Shopping, Cooking, and Eating the Kosher Way - Softcover

Garfunkel, Trudy

 
9780787975876: Kosher for Everybody: The Complete Guide to Understanding, Shopping, Cooking, and Eating the Kosher Way
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0787975877 ISBN 13: 9780787975876
Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2004

Synopsis

You don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy the benefits of kosher food. In fact, of the millions of people who buy kosher products, only 8% do so for religious reasons. In Kosher for Everybody, the ultimate guide to the ever growing world of kosher foods and services, you’ll find detailed information on

  • The meaning of kosher and how to interpret the symbols used to identify kosher products
  • Kosher meats and poultry
  • Cooking kosher, including  more than fifty tasty, easy-to-prepare recipes, from appetizers and soups to main courses and desserts
  • How to buy and prepare food that is healthy and kosher
  • Kosher wines
  • Buying Kosher products by mail
  • Kosher foods for vegetarians and those who suffer from lactose intolerance or an allergy to milk products
  • Where to find kosher hotels, resorts, camps, restaurants, supermarkets, and caterers in  the United States,  Canada, and worldwide
  • Traveling kosher, including kosher cruises, kosher tours, and travel agents
  • Kosher cooking classes
  • Online resources for the kosher consumer
  • And much more

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About the Author

Trudy Garfunkel, who lives and works in New York City, has her own publicity and marketing firm. She is the author of The Kosher Companion and three books of dance history.

From the Back Cover

You don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy the benefits of kosher food. In fact, of the millions of people who buy kosher products, only 8% do so for religious reasons. In Kosher for Everybody, the ultimate guide to the ever-growing world of kosher foods and services, you’ll find detailed information on

  • The meaning of kosher and how to interpret the symbols used to identify kosher products
  • Kosher meats and poultry
  • Cooking kosher, including more than fifty tasty, easy-to-prepare recipes, from appetizers and soups to main courses and desserts
  • How to buy and prepare food that is healthy and kosher
  • Kosher wines
  • Buying Kosher products by mail
  • Kosher foods for vegetarians and those who suffer from lactose intolerance or an allergy to milk products
  • Where to find kosher hotels, resorts, camps, restaurants, supermarkets, and caterers in the United States, Canada, and worldwide
  • Traveling kosher, including kosher cruises, kosher tours, and travel agents
  • Kosher cooking classes
  • Online resources for the kosher consumer
  • And much more

Praise for Trudy Garfunkel’s The Kosher Companion

"All the practical information and advice on kosher foods, shopping, and services (and a roundup of delicious recipes), that you will ever need."
–New York Daily News

"The ABCs of kosher food."
–Newsday

"Your search for anything kosher, under the sun need go no further than this useful primer that covers just about everything you’d want to know about kosher . . . deserves a spot on the shelf of any kosher kitchen–right next to the matzo meal."
–San Francisco Jewish Bulletin

From the Inside Flap

You don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy the benefits of kosher food. In fact, of the millions of people who buy kosher products, only 8% do so for religious reasons. In Kosher for Everybody, the ultimate guide to the ever-growing world of kosher foods and services, you’ll find detailed information on

  • The meaning of kosher and how to interpret the symbols used to identify kosher products
  • Kosher meats and poultry
  • Cooking kosher, including more than fifty tasty, easy-to-prepare recipes, from appetizers and soups to main courses and desserts
  • How to buy and prepare food that is healthy and kosher
  • Kosher wines
  • Buying Kosher products by mail
  • Kosher foods for vegetarians and those who suffer from lactose intolerance or an allergy to milk products
  • Where to find kosher hotels, resorts, camps, restaurants, supermarkets, and caterers in the United States, Canada, and worldwide
  • Traveling kosher, including kosher cruises, kosher tours, and travel agents
  • Kosher cooking classes
  • Online resources for the kosher consumer
  • And much more

Praise for Trudy Garfunkel’s The Kosher Companion

"All the practical information and advice on kosher foods, shopping, and services (and a roundup of delicious recipes), that you will ever need."
--New York Daily News

"The ABCs of kosher food."
--Newsday

"Your search for anything kosher, under the sun need go no further than this useful primer that covers just about everything you’d want to know about kosher . . . deserves a spot on the shelf of any kosher kitchen--right next to the matzo meal."
--San Francisco Jewish Bulletin

Reviews

This is certainly one of most up-to-date and user-friendly English guides to keeping kosher. One fascinating chapter surveys the history of kosher-keeping in America (did you know that Revolutionary-era Jews in Rhode Island "subsist[ed] on chocolate and coffee" for want of kosher meat?). The rest of the book is decidedly practical: Garfunkel (The Kosher Companion) rehearses the origins of the Jewish dietary laws and reviews the basic rules—e.g., meat products and dairy must be eaten separately, while some foods, like shellfish and pork, are flat-out forbidden. She explains how to decode the symbols that indicate a packaged food is certifiably kosher, and lists many (though by no means all) national products, from Celestial Seasonings tea to Planter's peanut butter, that have obtained kosher certification. Readers are also treated to delicious-sounding recipes, and a lengthy list of kosher eateries all over the country. The glossary is right up front, so readers can easily double- and triple-check the meanings of unfamiliar Hebrew and Yiddish terms. Garfunkel's efforts to make kosher-eating relevant and interesting to a diverse readership are a bit of a stretch, and it is likely that, title notwithstanding, Jews will be the primary audience for this book. But anyone who does delve into it will find a wealth of clear information.
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Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0787975877
ISBN 13 
9780787975876
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
272