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Jewish Cooking For All Seasons: Fresh, Flavorful Kosher Recipes for Holidays and Every Day

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I COOK A LOT OF BON APPETIT AND [...] RECIPES. I THINK THIS COOKBOOK IS JUST DELICIOUS!! PICTURES ARE GREAT, RECIPES ARE VERY TASTY AND FULL OF DEPTH. WHENEVER I WANT A SURE HIT I PULL THIS ONE OUT AND MAKE SOMETHING. I LIKE THAT IT IS ORGANIZED BY SEASON. NOTE THAT HER QUANTITIES ARE SOMETIMES VERY LARGE. I JUST WISH SHE CAME OUT WITH ANOTHER COOKBOOK ( I DONT ENJOY SLOW COOKING).

I have bought other books by this author and am never disappointed. The recipes are not simple...some have many fussy steps...not for the novice cook. That being said if you are an accomplished cook looking for wonderful meals for holidays or Shabbos you will not be disappointed. If your looking for quick easy to make meals, this book is not for you.

This book is full of excellent recipes that are well described with easy to follow step by step instruction. It's full of suggestions so it makes running of the kitchen easier for me. I love this book. Coney Cullati, Santa Maria, CA.

We received this book right before Sukkot (actually, we were hoping for this!), and we were happy to note (and use) some of the recipes. It was definitely worth the money!

As someone who keeps kosher and is looking to learn how to cook I checked this book out from my library with high expectations. Unfortunately it is not the best cook book. My problem is that if you are learning to cook or do not have much experience with the cooking a lot of the recipes in this book are complicated. Don't get me wrong I'm not saying I was expecting peanut butter and jelly. Kosher cooking is all ready more expensive and complicated. So why use recipes involving pricey and hard to get ingredients like venison or buffalo. I realize Frankel's background is a chef and owning restaurants however a lot of use just want good food that is simple to make. I have no doubt that the all the recipes in the book taste great. It's just that most people don't have the time to make them. Frankel talks about not using non dairy substitutes to make dairy desserts parve because they won't taste as good. That's nice we all know butter makes desserts taste good but keeping kosher means you can not have dairy desserts if you have meat meals like a lot of us do on holidays not to mention butter is not healthy. Frankel owned the Shallot's restaurant in New York which I ate at several years ago but is now closed. She used to own the Shallots in Chicago but no longer owns it. In addition that restaurant has changed location several times. The reason I mention this is because as a chef she doesn't seem to have the best track record with her restaurants. I suggest any book in the Kosher by Design series or anything by Joan Nathan or Rabbi Gil Marks which are all better kosher cookbooks.

This book is filled with delicious recipes which can be made and enjoyed by everyone who loves good food. I love the idea of using the best the season has to offer. This is defineitely one of the finest cookbooks.

We have not yet had the opportunity to try any of the recipes in the book. But just by reading through it both of us are more excited than we can describe with the opportunities that it offers. Neither of us remembers a cookbook that contains so many interesting and mouthwatering ideas as this one.