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recipes from Jewish organiza-
tional cookbooks. In Quick
and Easy, recipes were
selected for ease and speed of
preparation. However, the 330
recipes are not based on "con-
venience foods," but rather re-
ly mainly on fresh meats, fish
and vegetables.
The recipes follow the laws
of kashrut, although there
were ingredients in some
recipes that I have been
unable to find under kosher
supervison (like mango
chutney). The recipes fall
under the general categories
of appetizers and beverages,
soups, salads, sauces, main
dishes, quick breads, coffee
cakes, desserts and Passover.

A Tasteful Sampling
Of Judaica

GLORIA KAUFER GREENE

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dealing with the laws of
kashrut is clearly explained
and will be very helpful to
anyone just starting to keep a
kosher kitchen. Under each
chapter heading, such as ap-
petizers, soups, main dishes
and desserts, the author had
designated those recipes
which fall under the
categories of meat, dairy and
parve (neither meat or milk) so
that the reader will have a
clear idea about which foods
may be served together.
Kosher Cuisine is a nicely
done book with many in-
teresting recipes
Quick and Easy is the third
in a series of cookbooks from
Triad Publishing, which culls

L

ast Thanksgiving
weekend, my family and

I had some delicious
treats. No, I'm not speaking
of our turkey dinner, but
rather of the Orthodox
Union's national convention
held in Baltimore. An OU Ex-
hibition at the Convention
Center was opened to the
public at no charge. It includ-
ed about 50 booths with all
sorts of Judaica: art work,
books, jewelry, hand-painted
kippot, OU-certified food and
more. It was the FOOD, as
well as a new kosher cooking
magazine, that particularly
interested me — from a pro-
fessional point of view, of
course!
Our first taste was of an ab-
solutely delectable babka
(sweet yeast cake) from Heis-
ler Food Enterprises, Inc.,
who also had samples of
assorted quiches that seemed
to disappear like hotcakes.
Empire Foods provided tasty
corned-turkey slices and
other poultry "cold cuts." A
folder available from Empire
included photographs of that
company's impressive selec-
tion of frozen poultry prod-
ucts, baked goods — includ-
ing bagel pizzas, waffles and
garlic bread — and vegetable
products. I have to admit
that I was previously un-
aware of the amazing variety
this company has to offer.
My sons' favorite booth
was Krums Chocolatiers,
where we were offered a taste
of delicious marzipan — filled
dark chocolates. On display
(and available for purchase)
were their incredible choc-
olate seder plates, chocolate
lollipops in the shapes of
various Jewish symbols, and

many other rich treats. An-
other booth enjoyed by the
children was Herr's, where
there were baskets of crunchy
snacks such as potato chips
and pretzels.
It was almost impossible to
get close to the Kedem wine
booth, where adult visitors
sipped samples from Kedem's
large kosher collection of
sweet and dry wines, as well
as cordials. I resisted, lest my
mind be distracted from the
serious business of re-
searching this article.
Try as I might, I was never
quick enough to get one of
Bernan Foods' hot hors
d'oeuvres, each batch of
which disappeared almost as
soon as it was removed from
the oven. However, I was told
by a reliable source (my oldest
son, who is faster and more
nimble than I) that the
knishes are great. Even he did
not get a chance to try "Ber-
nie's East Bagel Dog" from
Bernan, an innovation if I
ever did see one! It is compos-
ed of a long thin bagel which
conceals within it a kosher
beef frank. The whole is in-
dividually packaged in a
plastic wrapper and frozen —
ready to heat and eat.
Miller's Cheese provided
not only samples, but also
copies of the company's ap-
pealing recipe booklet. Al-
ways on the cutting edge
when it comes to kosher
cheese, Miller's now has a
yogurt cheese, French brie
and camembert, string cheese,
feta and bleu cheese in addi-
tion to it's wide variety of
standards.
The OU Exposition was my
introduction to one of the
newest and most interesting
products on display: Soygurt
from Cream of the Bean, Inc.

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