Jewish Sweets - Jewish Food Hero Collection by Kenden Alfond Hardcover

About the Book

A new community cookbook from the Jewish Food Hero, Jewish Sweets features diverse Jewish bakers and dessert recipes selected by a social media competition, inviting readers into a uniquely global, and uniquely sweet, Jewish dessert-making experience.

Book Synopsis

Jewish Food Hero presents a new community cookbook-connecting the global Jewish community through 100 delectable recipes and heartfelt stories from bakers around the world.

Featuring diverse Jewish bakers from across the globe, Jewish Sweets will whisk readers into the kitchens of dessert chefs from all over the world, inviting them into a uniquely sweet Jewish dessert-making experience. The recipes gathered within are the result of a social media competition conducted by Jewish Food Hero Kenden Alfond to bring together global recipes from a diverse range of contributors. These desserts span a broad range of traditional Jewish dishes and inventive adaptations, from classic black and white cookies to hamantaschen with matcha red bean filling, celebrating the diversity of modern Jews. What results is a sweet collection of great recipes sure to foster love and connection in your own home and across the globe. With Dairy, Pareve, Kosher for Passover: Dairy, and Kosher for Passover: Pareve recipes, there's something for every baker and every occasion.

Join us in the kitchen and may these recipes bring you a sense of togetherness and hope in challenging times.

Review Quotes

"Jewish Sweets offers a delightful glimpse into the various desserts crafted in Jewish homes around the world. With recipes that span generations and continents, this community cookbook truly reflects the richness and diversity of Jewish cuisine. The sweetest part of the book? The profits from the sales will be donated to charitable Jewish organizations!" --Benedetta Jasmine Guetta, author of Cooking alla Giudia

"Jewish Sweets, the newest addition to the Jewish Food Hero collection, celebrates the rich diversity of Jewish culinary traditions. The book is organized into four delightful categories--dairy, pareve, dairy kosher for Passover, and pareve kosher for Passover--each filled with mouthwatering recipes that are better and more tempting than the last! You'll be eager to bake them all!" --Dr. Hélène Jawhara Piñer, author of Sephardi; Jews, Food, and Spain; and Matzah and Flour

"Kenden Alfond has done it again, collecting must-try recipes from Argentina to Yemen, reflecting the tastes (and stories) of the global Jewish experience. [Jewish Sweets] is sure to become a go-to book for holiday, Shabbat and other baking." --Faith Kramer, author of award-winning 52 Shabbats: Friday Night Dinners Inspired by a Global Jewish Kitchen

"Author Kenden Alfond took the meaning of a community cookbook to a whole new level with the publication of Jewish Sweets: A Worldwide Community Cookbook of 100 Dessert Recipes... Whether you are looking to try baking for your first time, or you want to learn about customs from around the world, this cookbook serves equally as a coach and a book solely for reading." --TC Jewfolk

"Jewish Sweets offers a delightful glimpse into the various desserts crafted in Jewish homes around the world. With recipes that span generations and continents, this community cookbook truly reflects the richness and diversity of Jewish cuisine. The sweetest part of the book? The profits from the sales will be donated to charitable Jewish organizations!" -Benedetta Jasmine Guetta, author of Cooking alla Giudia

"Jewish Sweets, the newest addition to the Jewish Food Hero collection, celebrates the rich diversity of Jewish culinary traditions. The book is organized into four delightful categories--dairy, pareve, dairy kosher for Passover, and pareve kosher for Passover--each filled with mouthwatering recipes that are better and more tempting than the last! You'll be eager to bake them all!" --Dr. Héeacute;lèegrave;ne Jawhara Piñntilde;er, author of Sephardi; Jews, Food, and Spain; and Matzah and Flour

"Kenden Alfond has done it again, collecting must-try recipes from Argentina to Yemen, reflecting the tastes (and stories) of the global Jewish experience. [Jewish Sweets] is sure to become a go-to book for holiday, Shabbat and other baking." --Faith Kramer, author of award-winning 52 Shabbats: Friday Night Dinners Inspired by a Global Jewish Kitchen

"Author Kenden Alfond took the meaning of a community cookbook to a whole new level with the publication of Jewish Sweets: A Worldwide Community Cookbook of 100 Dessert Recipes... Whether you are looking to try baking for your first time, or you want to learn about customs from around the world, this cookbook serves equally as a coach and a book solely for reading." --TC Jewfolk

About the Author

Kenden Alfond is a psychotherapist who began Jewish Food Hero because she was looking to connect with other Jewish people who care about healthy eating and modern Jewish life. She lives in Paris, France.

Kenden is also the author of:

• Jewish Food Hero Cookbook
• Feeding Women of the Bible, Feeding Ourselves
• Beyond Chopped Liver: 59 Jewish Recipes Get a Vegan Health Makeover
• Feeding Women of the Talmud, Feeding Ourselves
• Kosher Macros: 63 Recipes for Eating Everything (Kosher) for Physical Health and Emotional Balance.

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