Table of Contents

Shabbat; pesach; shavuot; rosh hashanah; sukkot; chanukkah; purim.

Promotional Information

Sharon Luries s first book, "Cooking with the Kosher Butcher s Wife," became the trusted name in kosher cooking as every product used was certified kosher. Continuing in the same light, "Celebrating with the Kosher Butcher s Wife" can best be described as cooking with the kosher butcher s wife all year round . The Jewish calendar year has many significant festivals each with their own unique specialty dishes. Written in a fun, humorous style with personal stories, each chapter in "Celebrating with the Kosher Butcher s Wife" highlights a different Jewish festival with a brief explanation. Featured festivals include Pesach (Passover), Shavuot, Sukkot, Rosh Hashanah, Purim, Chanukkah and Shabbat.Sharon gives a contemporary feel to traditional dishes with fun anecdotes, delicious recipes and stunning full-color photographs. Each chapter opener gives you stunning and innovative ideas for decorating and laying your own table, and is followed by a short introduction to the specific festival, before launching into an assortment of mouth-watering recipes for starters, main courses and desserts.

About the Author

Sharon Lurie married into a fourth-generation family of butchers and, after experimenting and creating for 25 years, can now prove that meat from the forequarter need not be tough, dry and boring! As well as distributing her original recipes to customers, Sharon contributes recipes to the SA Jewish Report. Since the launch of her first book, Cooking with the Kosher Butcher's Wife published by Struik Lifestyle, she has been writing articles for many local magazines and doing cooking demonstrations of her new recipes.

Reviews

A worthy meat dish adds to any celebration. "Celebrating with the Kosher Butcher's Wife" is packed cover to cover with recipes from Sharon Lurie, focusing on celebrating and recipes from herself, her family, with the aim of celebrating many Jewish festivals, although the recipes within can be embraced by anyone from any walk of life. With full color photos throughout and comprehensive recipes, "Celebrating with the Kosher Butcher's Wife" is a fine pick for any cook book collection.