THE GREATEST HITS of KOSHER: In this epic collaboration, the world’s top kosher cookbook authors come together to bring you the greatest collection of their most iconic recipes + best new creations. As you turn the pages, you’ll keep saying, “I love this one! And this one, too!”. Best of Kosher Features 84 of kosher’s most popular recipes, with each authors’ latest adaptations and tips + 45 brand-new recipes — your favorite authors’ best! Meet the authors and hear their behind-the-scenes stories + fun facts you didn’t know. Recipes from: Chanie Apfelbaum, Between Carpools, Miriam (Pascal) Cohen, Victoria Dwek, Susie Fishbein, Rivky Kleiman, Sina Mizrahi, Renee Muller, Naomi Nachman, Danielle Renov, Daniella Silver, Leah Schapira, & Rorie Weisberg
Susie Fishbein is an everyday cook who loves to share her passion for cooking and entertaining with friends and family. Her enthusiasm for food and entertaining led to the creation of her best-selling cookbook, Kosher by Design, published in 2003 by ArtScroll Shaar Press. Since then, Fishbein has debuted Kosher by Design Entertains, Kosher by Design Kids in the Kitchen Kosher by Design Short On Time and the NEW Passover by Design. Combined sales in the series have exceeded 250,000 copies. Her next project Kosher by Design Lightens Up! is due in November 2008.
Susie travels the country sharing culinary techniques through book signings and cooking demonstrations. She has appeared on national television shows such as The Today Show, Living It Up with Ali & Jack and Sheila Bridges Designer Living, as well as Martha Stewart Radio . She presented her cooking talents at the International Festival of Food and Wine at Epcot Center in Orlando in October, 2006. She has also taught at the prestigious Degustibus Cooking School in New York as well as onboard Chosen Voyage kosher cruise lines.
As a wife and the mother of four children, Susie understands the demands of modern living and creates cookbooks that balance contemporary and traditional tastes. She is a graduate of Queens College in New York and taught fourth grade for several years at a progressive school in Oceanside, New York.
Leah Schapira is the co-founder of COOKKOSHER.COM, a popular online kosher recipe exchange, and the author of the bestselling FRESH & EASY KOSHER COOKING. A self-taught cook, Leah expresses her love of cooking through her polished food articles, her busy website, and her exciting cooking demos and classes. DAIRY MADE EASY is Leah's fifth release with ArtScroll/Shaar Press. Leah resides in New Jersey with her husband and family.
Raised in the pristine surroundings of southern Switzerland's Lake Lugano, Renee Muller learned to cook in the traditional Northern Italian tradition emphasizing freshness, simplicity and flavor. When she moved to the US in 2002, she continued honing her culinary skills. On a whim, she entered and won a recipe contest which landed her a regular column in a national weekly Jewish magazine. Our Table is her first foray into refining, compiling and sharing her favorite recipes in a single volume, all time—tested and confirmed by her most discriminating tasters ? her family, friends and tens of thousands of column readers. Gifted with an artistic eye for presentation, Renee has become an in—demand food stylist, working frequently with world—class food photographers. A popular writer and professional foodie, Renee lives in Lakewood NJ with her husband and children.