The Bottom Line
Ronnie Fein offers 175 easy-to-prepare recipes for today's kosher cook in her Hip Kosher cookbook. The book reaches out to kosher newbies, including the many outside the Jewish community, as well as kosher veterans looking for a fresh collection of quick, contemporary and delicious kosher recipes.
Pros
- The book's recipes are interesting and fresh, not traditional Jewish fare.
- The book's recipes are all quick and easy to make.
- The book's recipes, to appeal to today's cooks, tend to be healthy.
- The recipes are accompanied by helpful tips and suggestions.
- The introduction to kosher food reaches out to non-Jewish kosher newbies.
Cons
- Recipes are not marked D, M or P (dairy, meat, or parve).
- The book does not contain any photographs.
Description
- 175 easy-to-prepare, contemporary kosher recipes
- Recipes for soups, salads, grains and pasta, fish, meat, poultry, eggs and dairy, sandwiches, vegetables, desserts
- Menu suggestions, recipe variations, helpful prep hints about ingredients and tools and kosher cooking tips
- Introduction to kosher food
- Culinary essentials for the kosher kitchen
Guide Review - Hip Kosher, by Ronnie Fein
Ronnie Fein, an award-winning cookbook author, understands that kosher food is no longer limited to Jewish food and Jewish cooks.
Hip Kosher goes beyond traditional Jewish cuisine. The book does not provide recipes for brisket, potato kugel or matzo balls. Fein does, however, include recipes for contemporary American dishes such as Macaroni with Gorgonzola Cheese and Bread Crumb-Walnut Crust as well as eclectic food such as Strawberries with Balsamic Vinegar and Mascarpone.
Unlike many other kosher cookbooks, Hip Kosher speaks to the increasing number of cooks outside the Jewish community who have recently become interested in kosher food, primarily for health and humane reasons. Fein reaches out to Muslims, Seventh Day Adventists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, vegetarians, vegans, health conscious, lactose-intolerant, people with food allergies, people concerned with animal welfare, people interested in organic food, and people wishing to connect more spiritually to the food they eat. In her description of Jewish dietary laws, Fein does not assume her readers absorbed via osmosis knowledge of kosher laws from their Jewish grandmothers.
Furthermore, Fein focuses on the needs of contemporary kosher cooks, who are short on time and surrounded by affordable ready food. All of the book’s 175 recipes are easy-to-prepare and contain accessible kosher ingredients. Alongside many of the recipes, Fein includes menu suggestions, recipe variations, helpful prep hints about ingredients and tools and kosher cooking tips.
If you are new to kosher food or if you are a kosher food veteran who would enjoy a fresh collection of current, delicious and healthy kosher recipes that are easy-to-prepare, then Hip Kosher may make a wonderful addition to your kitchen library.
Hip Kosher goes beyond traditional Jewish cuisine. The book does not provide recipes for brisket, potato kugel or matzo balls. Fein does, however, include recipes for contemporary American dishes such as Macaroni with Gorgonzola Cheese and Bread Crumb-Walnut Crust as well as eclectic food such as Strawberries with Balsamic Vinegar and Mascarpone.
Unlike many other kosher cookbooks, Hip Kosher speaks to the increasing number of cooks outside the Jewish community who have recently become interested in kosher food, primarily for health and humane reasons. Fein reaches out to Muslims, Seventh Day Adventists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, vegetarians, vegans, health conscious, lactose-intolerant, people with food allergies, people concerned with animal welfare, people interested in organic food, and people wishing to connect more spiritually to the food they eat. In her description of Jewish dietary laws, Fein does not assume her readers absorbed via osmosis knowledge of kosher laws from their Jewish grandmothers.
Furthermore, Fein focuses on the needs of contemporary kosher cooks, who are short on time and surrounded by affordable ready food. All of the book’s 175 recipes are easy-to-prepare and contain accessible kosher ingredients. Alongside many of the recipes, Fein includes menu suggestions, recipe variations, helpful prep hints about ingredients and tools and kosher cooking tips.
If you are new to kosher food or if you are a kosher food veteran who would enjoy a fresh collection of current, delicious and healthy kosher recipes that are easy-to-prepare, then Hip Kosher may make a wonderful addition to your kitchen library.
