(JTA) — When Susie Fishbein wrote her first “Kosher By Design” cookbook nearly 15 years ago, she saw an opening in the market for a book in the style of mainstream cooks like Ina Garten and Martha Stewart. “Those were my idols,” she told JTA. As such, Fishbein dreamed of writing a kosher cookbook that…
If you have a lot of money and time to spend in the holy land, you would be lucky to find yourself on one of kosher cookbook author Susie Fishbein’s tours. She recently led a group of 34 from the Negev to Sfat to Tel Aviv — with stops at the artisanal Lachma Baker, a…
When I talked to cookbook author Susie Fishbein in September, she was at home in Livingston, New Jersey poised to whip up her mother’s recipe of peach cake with soy milk for Shabbat dinner. The 44-year-old mother of four (her youngest child is 10, the oldest 18) is proudly awaiting publication of her eighth cookbook…
Exploring local cuisines around the world when you keep strictly kosher can be supremely challenging. So when celebrity kosher chef Susie Fishbein tasted an authentically prepared Cornish hen with a chocolate port sauce in Portugal at a Shabbat dinner, she was excited and intrigued. This summer, she will help other kosher foodies, get an authentic…
Dairy or parve Makes 8 servings Nonstick cooking spray 4 ounces good-quality semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate 1⁄2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter or margarine 4 large eggs 11⁄2 cups sugar, plus more for coating ramekins 3⁄4 cup matzo cake meal 2 tablespoons potato starch 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1) Preheat oven to 450˚F. Generously coat…
Dairy or Parve Makes 30-36 truffles 12 ounces good-quality semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate 2⁄3 cup heavy cream or nondairy whipping cream 2 tablespoons Dutch processed cocoa powder 2 tablespoons confectioner’s sugar 3 tablespoons finely chopped unsalted pistachios, almonds, or hazelnuts 1) Finely chop the chocolate by hand or in a food processor fitted with a…
This blog is cross-posted from the Joy of Kosher. Click here to read the original post. The release of “Kosher by Design Teens and 20-Somethings” marks the seventh cookbook in the Kosher by Design series for best-selling author, Susie Fishbein. Susie’s latest book is designed for those who don’t want too many steps and/or have…
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