Customer Reviews

Kosher By Design

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This book is great for someone who wants to kick up to notches on your daily meals. I used scalloped potato recipe for the first time for Rosh Hashanah this year, and it turned out to be great. Everyone really enjoyed and I'm buying a copy for a gift.

Another one that I tried was asparagus with pecan but it wasn't a hit as the potato..

Am I the only critical owner of this book? The pictures and layout are indeed stunning, but I found when I tried to produce the recipes many were overly sweet (chocolate pecan pie) or rich, and contained many very fattening additive rich ingredients.

I was skeptical about getting this book - just because a book has great pictures in it doesn't mean that the recipes are any good. This book is different. I haven't made a recipe yet that I didn't like. It also turns out exactly as pictured in the book. (I just made the white and dark chocolate mousse dessert and it looks incredible!) My sister-in-law told me that my Sunken Apple and Honey cake looks so good it should be pictured on the cover of a magazine! I highly recommend this book.

Since I enjoyed "The Kosher Palette" Immensely I was eager to get my hands on this book. It more than fulfilled my expectations. I own over 50 cookbooks and have studied many many more both kosher and not kosher from my local library. I have found some cookbooks with good recipes and some that are well written and organized. This cookbook is both. The recipes are excellent and clearly written. The photos and layout are beautiful. It is truly a work of art both in a visual and gastronomical sense.

I received this book as a gift. It is so beautiful that I browsed through it a couple of times before I actually picked it up to find something to cook!
Of the recipes I tested and tasted: Sesame Noodles (I made it without the chicken, and it was a yummy side dish - no leftovers there!!), Lemon Bundt Cake (nice, but not "wow"), Chocolate Pecan Pie (now here's a great find - for all those pecan pie lovers out there, who think the traditional recipe is a drop too rich and sweet, here's one for you!! The chocolate adds the right touch to balance the sweetness in this recipe! Still is great with a cup of milk, but it won't leave you nauseous like regular pecan pie!), and the Challah Napkin Rings came out beautiful and tasty!
I'm planning my Shavuos menu now - first on the list are the Baby Blintzes, of course! (One look at the picture and I knew I have to make it!)

When looking for a gift for my jewish friend, I came across this cookbook with it's eyecatching pictures, along with it's clear explanation of the holidays and their meanings. This convinced me that this was the perfect gift for her.

The look of surprise and delight on my friends face when I gave it to her confirmed what I had thought when I first spotted it. I know she will enjoy it for years to come.

I would recommend this book to anyone who is in need of a gift for a friend, family member or anyone who likes to cook.

The search for the best Matzoh Ball soup has ended. That along with some of the recipes in Susie's book helped make our Passover dinner the most tasteful and enjoyable ever. The pictures and the easy recipes made the cooking of it a family affair. It will even encourage me to visit Mom more often as she experiments further with recipes in the book.

I loved the photos, and I enjoyed the writing about the cultural significance of the Jewish holidays (I'm not Jewish, but I was buying a gift for a Jewish friend). But what I really liked was that I was able to prepare one of the desserts, and it looked like the photo! The marble fudge cookies were easy to make and looked great. They were very tasty, too!!

Susie Fishbein has done it again! If you thought Kosher Palette was it, then you must think twice as Kosher by Design is on top of the world. Gourmet, deliciously appealing mouth watering recipes that are easy as 1-2-3 to make.
This is a perfect gift for your Wife, Mother, Mother-in-law, Grandma, etc.
My own mother hasn't cooked in over 15 years, so I thought I would send this magnificent and beautifully designed cookbook to her. You wouldnt believe it, but she is now going to remodel her entire kitchen! She loves cooking again and my father is ecstatic. If that doesn't say enough about this then I don't know what does.

Once again, Susie Fishbein has proven to be the Queen of Kosher!
This is a must have for every kitchen.. no longer will you wonder about what you should make for the holidays.
Treat yourself, your mother-in-law, or that new bride to this fabulous cookbook. The pictures, descriptions and helpful hints are just great. Get it and be happy! Enjoy!!