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Passover Food Memories from a Food Maven

Posted on May 6, 2008March 6, 2018 by blacksunAdmin

Norene Gilletz reviews Jewish Home Cooking: Yiddish Recipes Revisited

“Food can connect us to our past. In fact, food is often our very last and only connection to our pasts, enduring long after the old language has been forgotten and other traditions have died. There’s many a Jew, for instance, who identifies as a Jew mainly through his or her love of pastrami, or potted brisket, or chicken soup with matzo balls.”

In his poignant introduction, Arthur Schwartz invites his readers to join him on a wonderful, mouth-watering and sentimental journey through the memory-filled pages of his newest cookbook, Jewish Home Cooking: Yiddish Recipes Revisited (Ten Speed Press, $35, color photographs by Ben Fink).

Food for Shabbat

Posted on March 6, 2008April 3, 2018 by blacksunAdmin

The Sabbath is considered the most important of all holy days. Shabbat begins at sundown on Friday evening and ends after sundown on Saturday. Women and girls usher in Shabbat by reciting the blessing over the candles prior to sunset. The head of the household or any male over 13 recites Kiddush (the blessing which sanctifies the Sabbath) over the wine. The two Challahs are blessed. The Sabbath meal follows and often there are guests at the table. The meal is social and leisurely. Chicken Soup and Gloria’s Limelight Roast Chicken are perfect fare for the Sabbath meal.

Divine Kosher Cuisine

Posted on March 5, 2008April 3, 2018 by blacksunAdmin

A Book Review by Norene Gilletz

DIVINE KOSHER DISHES – A TAPESTRY OF TASTES FOR PASSOVER

I have a huge collection of nearly 2,000 cookbooks on my bookshelves and scattered throughout every room of my house. My collection continues to grow because of the many books that cross my desk for review. For the past several months, I had been anxiously awaiting the arrival of Divine Kosher Cuisine by Barbara Wasser and Rise Routenberg as I wanted to review the book for my Passover column. I was totally blown away when I finally received the proofs. What a labor of love!

Read more “Divine Kosher Cuisine” →

The Soup of the Day

Posted on January 17, 2008April 3, 2018 by blacksunAdmin

by the late Eileen Mintz, The Mercer Island Reporter, January 2008

My friend and cookbook author, Norene Gilletz, is a master in the kitchen, designing recipes for easy and healthy cooking. Enjoy her Black Bean and Corn Soup.

Holding Your Hand to Health

Posted on January 10, 2008November 17, 2017 by blacksunAdmin

by Judy Creighton, Metroland (The Canadian Press), 10 January 2008,

Norene’s Healthy Kitchen, by Norene Gilletz (Whitecap Books, $34.95)

If your New Year’s resolutions include pursuing a healthier lifestyle where food is concerned, then Norene’s Healthy Kitchen could be the help you need.

The recipes have been written to “hold your hand” while you cook, says its author, Norene Gilletz, a Toronto cooking instructor and food consultant.