Ess Gezunterheit! Eat in Good Health
Congregation Beth El’s Sisterhood has published several community cookbooks since its founding in 1951, but its most recent, Eat in Good Health, reflects the updated tastes and diets of the times.
Holy Chow: A Divine Pursuit
Ami Schreiber is a software developer, but he always dreamed of owning a Chinese restaurant. Holy Chow, the new kosher Chinese restaurant in Kemp Mill Shopping Center, is his dream come true.
Fast Casual with Jewish Values
Justin Rosenberg’s fast-casual Honeygrow is the chain that almost wasn’t. But after his 94th solicitation resulted in investment, he developed a concept that is peppered with hidden Jewish inspiration and values.
Cooking Up a Happy Ending
After years of sharing “delicious but doable” recipes on her blog, “Once Upon a Chef,” Jennifer Segal’s new book of the same name continues that theme and style, just in countertop format.
Finding the Beat of Food and Health
Born and raised in Israel, Chef Zipora Einav works as a private chef to many celebrity clients. Her first book pairs healthy recipes with a classical-music CD with techno beats.
DC’s “Cool” New Restaurant
Restaurateur Ashok Bajaj’s new Sababa brings modern and traditional Israeli and Middle Eastern flavors to Cleveland Park. And its name, which means “cool,” has its own special story.
Following the Crumbs of Family History
Congressman Jared Polis traces his family’s history through recipes passed down from his great-grandmother, grandmother and mother and recorded in community cookbooks and even encased in plastic in a Rolodex.
Alon Shaya: A Chef and a Storyteller
Award-winning chef Alon Shaya’s new cookbook isn’t your ordinary cookbook. Instead of appetizers, entrees and desserts chapters, it’s broken up into short stories about his life with recipes for each period.
Pass Over the Cooking to Someone Else
Don’t have time to cook or space to host? That doesn’t mean you have to pass over Passover! All around town there are plenty of restaurants putting together special meals.
Bringing Jewish Values to the Table
Before Mikey Fabian was the sous chef at Rosario (and soon at Rappahannock Oyster Company) or line cook at 1789 and Rose’s Luxury, he was in BBYO and a student at CESJDS.
