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"Passover is fast approaching (first seder is on April 16) so it is not too soon to start delving into cookbooks and manuals to find new recipes to delight your guests. You can’t go wrong with Joan Kekst’s Passover Cookery (Chandler, Arizona: Five Star, $24.95).
Not only does she describe the ceremonial foods of the seder table, but offers various recipes to suit different traditions.
For instance, one requirement for the seder plate is charoset, which symbolizes the mortar the Hebrew slaves used to make clay for their Egyptian taskmasters.
Kekst gives you not one, but six recipes for making charoset: Ashkenazi, Egyptian, Israeli, Moroccan, Italian, Turkish. You can pick any one and start a whole new tradition in your family.
Then there is gefilte fish. The author generously presents two different ways to create this culinary necessity for the dinner table.
There are variations for pareve, dairy and meat entrees. Quite a bit to choose from. Buy it!"
—Tim Boxer, 15 Minute Magazine, February 2003
"Joan Kekst has now made cooking for Passover "a piece of cake" with her new book, Passover Cookery.
—Intermountain Jewish News - Passover Foods - Special Section - Feature Story
"Preparing a Passover that pleases the pickiest palate can be a prickly problem. Luckily, a new book has appeared to make Passover preparations quick and the cuisine supreme. Passover Cookery: In the Kitchen with Joan Kekst has a cornucopia of ideas for everybody's favorite breadless week. It includes Sephardic and Ashkenazi recipes for soups, kugels, casseroles, and desserts, in addition to other courses and side dishes. There are also Seder table options for children, vegetarians, and the cholesterol conscious. For added convenience, the book features a six-week "Countdown to Passover" guide for cooks, giving step-by-step advice on how to plan day-to-day, from list making to koshering pots. Kekst's writing experience and expertise in the field of kosher cookery made this cookbook a logical extension of her work. A most delicious extension, indeed."
—Pass Over Provisions Panic
Jennifer Schulman
The B'Nai B'rith International Jewish Monthly
March/April 2001
"Joan has not only written the most complete and best-organized Kosher Passover cookbook, but what is more important, she tells in detail why the whole Passover experience for her extended family is an uplifting 'spiritual renewal' for all who come to her Seder. She rules out emphatically the familiar phrases, 'drudgery, Jewish women slavery, painful and laborious toil.' Make your Seder the way Joan does, and you and your guests and families will have a memorable, spiritual renewal."
—Rabbi Armond E. Cohen, Park Synagogue
"Whether you're a seasoned cook or a novice, Joan Kekst's Passover Cookery will provide new insights as well as new, delicious recipes for the holiday."
—Cynthia Dettelbach, Editor, Cleveland Jewish News
"Passover Cookery is the perfect gift for anyone planning their first kosher Seder. Recipes vary from easy to gourmet, traditional and contemporary. There are low-fat and low- cholesterol main dishes and desserts, specialties for children and a full page on beating egg whites. To get started, there's a preliminary guideline, Seder information, its symbols and a nice selection of Seder menus. The Countdown from six weeks on is particularly useful to busy people. Add Passover Cookery to your gift list."
—Sybil Kaplan, author of "Kosher Kettle: International Adventures in Jewish Cooking"
"Cookbook Takes Ache From Holiday"
Joan Kekst has now made cooking for Passover "a piece of cake" by collecting all the information cooks need in her new book, Passover Cookery: In the Kitchen with Joan Kekst....Passover Cookery immediately puts cooks on the right track with explanations of the holiday, its requirements, customs, unique cooking ingredients and the symbolic foods of the Seder table...More than simply an instructional cookbook, Passover Cookery depicts the pride and passion with which Jewish homemakers celebrate the eight days of Passover...The author provides a six week, "Countdown to Passover" guide to help busy cooks and their families break down their holiday preparation into easy, worry-free steps for each week. By following these steps, even first timers will find it easy to create a "Kosher for Passover" home, with healthy and meaningful dinners for all eight days of the holiday...The author also includes the Sephardic and Ashkenazi ethnic specialties, dishes that can be made in advance of the Seder, foods children will love, and low-fat, low-cholesterol and vegetarian recipe suggestions. A full description of the baking with egg whites as the leavening agent could make cooks' Passover baking rise to new heights."
—By Debra A. Aleksinas, 2001 Republican-American - Waterbury, CT Guide to Passover Cooking
Passover Cookery is a user-friendly guide for the novice, and an excellent resource for experienced cooks. Recipes are given for each course of the meal and for the symbolic foods for the Seder plate; they're a mix of traditional and new recipes, both Sephardic and Ashkenazi."
—Published in Palisades Bergen News (New York City) Palisades, NJ-'Seder Means Order'
"Cookbook author Joan Kekst believes an increasing number of Jewish families suffer from what she terms "tradition deficit." In these families, religious customs are as forgotten as the discarded toaster in the attic.
It's for these "deficit" families that Kekst wrote a comprehensive blueprint for Passover traditions and foods."
—Karen Fernau of The Arizona Republic - Feature Story
Cooking for Passover now a "Piece of Cake"
"Kekst is passionate about Passover."
—Jewish Press, Omaha, NE
Passover Cookery: In the Kitchen with Joan Kekst (Five Star Publications, $24.95), is designed to avert stress during the pre-holiday rush. It includes a summary of the Passover story and the holiday's customs, and features a six-week "Countdown to Passover," which enumerates such vital preparatory steps as "Six Weeks Ahead: Make a master list and reserve time for major household chores; share with family members" and "One Week Ahead: Purchase vegetable staples, potatoes, onions, dried fruits, nuts, soda pop."
—Review from Forward
Food, Food and More Food ...
Passover Cookery is more than a collection of recipes. It's a Passover primer, with equal appeal to mavens and neophytes.
...the book features a variety of fruit desserts and sorbets as well as defatting options throughout.
Passover Cookery is no ordinary matzo masquerade on parade. I'll be serving her Chicken Roulade with Scallion Sauce year-round. Ditto her New York Style Cheesecake and Chocolate Mousse. Her full page on the proper beating of eggs is alone worth the price of the book!
—Judy Kancigor,
Fullerton News Tribune
Author of "Melting Pot Memories."
Mousse Meets Moussaka
"Always on the lookout for new approaches to holiday cooking, a neat book recently caught my attention. Passover is both a joy and a challenge for the best of kosher cooks, but Passover Cookery eases the preparation and adds interesting culinary combinations in the eight days of Passover, where the foods are unlike that of any other Jewish holiday."
"Recipes from her private collection are clear, concise and user-friendly. Traditional and creative contemporary dishes are included, and color photography highlights some of the innovative dishes. ...[Passover Cookery is] perfect to add good taste and excitement to any Passover menu."
—Ethel G. Hofman,
Syndicated
"This comprehensive cookbook includes easy-to-understand explanations of the holiday, its requirements, customs, unique ingredients and symbolic foods."
—Phoenix Home & Garden
Book Bite
"Joan Kekst has now made cooking for Passover "a piece of cake" by collecting all the recipes you could ever need in her new book."
"Passover Cookery" puts you on the right track with explanations of the holiday, requirements, customs, unique cooking ingredients and the symbolic foods for the Seder table."
—Cook Book Review Nine
By Sheilah Kaufman
"Cooking for Passover is Now A "Piece of Cake" With Joan Kekst's New Cookbook - Passover Cookery"
—Griffin's Modern Grocer,
Hackensack, NJ
"It's probably the most widely observed Jewish home ritual, and as a result, its preparation can be daunting.
But in Passover Cookery, In the Kitchen With Joan Kekst (Five Star Publications, $24.95) Joan Kekst, a Cleveland food columnist and kosher cooking instructor, offers helpful tips and tasty recipes for not only the all-important Seder, but for all eight days of Passover..."
—Books for Cooks
Mercury News, San Jose, CA
Prepare Feast Traditionally for Passover
Carolyn Jung, Mercury News
"Joan Kekst is a Cleveland food columnist, lecturer, kosher cooking instructor, and passionate cook who in "Passover Cookery" has compiled and indispensable guide designed for the novice cook seeking to prepare a memorable Passover dining experience."
"Passover Cookery is a "must" for anyone facing the preparation of their first Passover celebration, and has much value for even the more experienced Passover kitchen cook."
—Wisconsin Bookwatch,
Internet Bookwatch,
The Midwest Book Review
"Passover cooking by the book is easy"
—Gazette,
Iowa City, IA
Web site: http://www.joanskosherkitchen.com
ISBN 1-877749-44-3
$ 24.95 US / 37.50 CAN
Published by Five Star Publications, Inc
Published 2001
Paperback
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