Feeding Women of the Bible, Feeding Ourselves: A Jewish Food Hero Cookbook

by Kenden Alfond

Overview

Feeding the Women of the Bible is a modern Jewish cookbook that offers plant based recipes that celebrate and lift up the voices of the the female characters in the bible.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781684423286
Publisher:	Turner Publishing Company
Publication date:	03/10/2020
Series:	Jewish Food Hero Collection
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	59 MB
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About the Author

Kenden Alfond is a psychotherapist who started Jewish Food Hero as a community service project to support personal and environmental health. When she was 12 years old, she chose to become a vegetarian (and now is 99% vegan). She has a BA from Brown University and an MA in counseling psychology. In 2005, she went to India as an American Jewish World Service (AJWS) volunteer and went on to live and work in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Switzerland and Cambodia working on various projects for the United Nations and NGOs. In 2013, she obtained a certificate in plant-based nutrition from Cornell University. She started Jewish Food Hero to get healthier food onto Jewish tables around the world.

Table of Contents

Introduction 8 Esther’s Nourishing Grain Bowl 12 Eve 14 Story 14 Verses 15 Themes 15 Midrash 16 Prompts 17 Oat and Cinnamon Apple Muffins 18 Curried Winter Squash and Apple Soup 21 Sarah 23 Story 23 Verses 23 Themes 24 Midrash 24 Prompts 25 Kale with Horseradish Hemp Seed Dressing and Popped Amaranth 26 Chocolate Zucchini Cake 28 Hagar 30 Story 30 Verses 30 Themes 31 Midrash 31 Prompts 32 Blended Cucumber, Avocado and Mint Soup 34 Rose and Honey Halvah 36 Rebekah 38 Story 38 Verses 39 Themes 39 Midrash 40 Prompts 40 Lentil and Tomato Stew with Tamarind 42 Raspberry Lemon Meltaways 44 Rachel 46 Story 46 Verses 46 Themes 47 Midrash 47 Prompts 48 Toasted Almond Brown Rice Salad with Dried Cherries 49 Blood Orange and Black Sesame Polenta Cake 51 Leah 54 Story 54 Verses 54 Themes 55 Midrash 55 Prompts 56 Roasted Eggplant with Tomato, Onion and Zaatar 58 Vegan Cinnamon Date Pecan Babka Rolls 60 Dinah 62 Story 62 Verses 62 Themes 63 Midrash 63 Prompts 65 Vegan Cholent 66 Beet and Cabbage Sauerkraut 68 Tamar 71 Story 71 Verses 72 Themes 72 Midrash 73 Prompts 74 Baked Sweet Potato Mediterranean Nachos 75 Chocolate Hazelnut Truffles 78 Shifra 80 Story 80 Verses 80 Themes 80 Midrash 81 Prompts 82 Ludmilla’s Cauliflower and Bean Soup 83 Vegan Kibbeh Nayyeh 85 Zipporah 87 Story 87 Verses 88 Themes 88 Midrash 89 Prompts 90 Chinese Tofu Matzo Balls in Tianjin Sweet and Sour Sauce 91 Everything Bagel Edamame Rice Bowl (Donburi) 93 Miriam 95 Story 95 Verses 95 Themes 96 Midrash 96 Prompts 97 Galette with Pesto, Summer Squash, and Cherry Tomatoes 99 Triple-Almond Biscochos 102 Rahab 104 Story 104 Verses 104 Themes 105 Midrash 105 Prompts 106 Fermented Bread and Date Beer 108 Individual Potato Kugel Muffins 110 Deborah 112 Story 112 Verses 112 Themes 112 Midrash 113 Prompts 114 Mushroom and Walnut Gardener’s Pie with Butternut Squash Topping 115 Date Pecan Balls 117 Yael 119 Story 119 Verses 119 Themes 119 Midrash 120 Prompts 121 Power Slaw 122 Coconut Lime Black Chip Popsicles 124 Hannah 126 Story 126 Verses 126 Themes 127 Midrash 127 Vegan Potato and Spinach Patties 129 Gluten-Free Ginger Molasses Cookies 131 Abigail 133 Story 133 Verses 133 Themes 134 Midrash 134 Prompts 135 Spelt Sourdough Loaves 136 Vegan Rum Raisin Tapioca Pudding 138 Woman of Shunem 140 Story 140 Verses 140 Themes 141 Midrash 141 Prompts 142 Vegetable Broth with Kreplach 144 Maple Poached Pears with Cinnamon and Cardamom 146 Naomi 148 Story 148 Verses 148 Themes 149 Midrash 149 Prompts 150 Sweet Maple Vegetable Barley Salad 151 Rugelach 153 Ruth 156 Story 156 Verses 156 Themes 157 Midrash 157 Prompts 158 Vegan Fluffy Challah 160 Israeli Veggie Couscous with “Popcorn” Cauliflower and Sweet Chili Sauce 162 Esther 165 Story 165 Verses 165 Themes 166 Midrash 166 Prompts 167 Persian Carrot Jam (Moraba ye Haveej) 168 Persian Lentil Rice with Saffron, Roasted Pumpkin, Crispy Onions, and Dates 170 References 172 A Note on Inclusion 174 Acknowledgements 175

Editorial Reviews

01/13/2020

Food and lifestyle blogger Alfond (Jewish Food Hero) brings together in this delightfully eclectic vegan cookbook-workbook hybrid the writing of 40 different Jewish women and girls to highlight 20 biblical heroines, from Eve to Esther, with associations of each to a particular food and drink. Brief essays note the biblical and midrashic representations of each woman, “prompts” encourage readers to consider qualities applicable to their own lives today, and the recipes afford another way to experience the inspiration of biblical heroines. For example, Rebekah, whose son Esau gives away his birthright for a lentil stew, is presented alongside the recipe for a lentil and tomato stew. Contributions vary in depth and quality, but some themes emerge; for example, the gender inequality and patriarchal assumptions of biblical and midrashic texts, which have “resulted in a longstanding fear of—and prejudice against—women.” Though some recipes strain associations to particular biblical women, all are easy to make and fun, such as carrot jam, vegan chocolate truffles, and even beer. With contributors from all over the globe—and ranging in age from nine to over 80 years old—Alfond achieves her goal of creating a “multicultural/ multiethnic Jewish community vegan cookbook” and provides great food for thought, as well. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly

"Alfond achieves her goal of creating a “multicultural/ multiethnic Jewish community vegan cookbook” and provides great food for thought, as well."—Publishers Weekly

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