Jewish Sweets
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.
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Book details
- Author
- Kenden Alfond
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 328
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Series
- Jewish Food Hero Collection
- Subjects
- Cooking › Regional & Cultural › Jewish & Kosher
Cooking › Courses & Dishes › Desserts
Cooking › Holiday
Cooking › Methods › Baking - Topics
- Jewish desserts · kosher baking · Jewish holidays · community cookbook · Passover recipes · global Jewish cuisine · traditional Jewish recipes
- ISBN-13
- 9798887980065 (Paperback)9798887980072 (Hardcover)
About the author
KENDEN ALFOND is a psychotherapist with over two decades of clinical and humanitarian experience across multiple countries, and the founder of Jewish Food Hero.
Alfond holds a BA in Literature from Brown University and an MA in Counseling Psychology from Naropa University.
When she’s not writing, Alfond draws on her background in psychology to advance plant-based and vegan food on Jewish tables worldwide through her organization Jewish Food Hero, which she founded in 2015. Her work addresses mental, emotional, and physical health alongside environmental concerns.
Kenden lives in Paris, France, with her husband and daughter.