Moshe Korens Chopped Salad Kosher By Design A mouth-watering cookbook `for holidays and every day. SYBIL KAPLAN Special to the Jewish News S Authentic recipes for Israel Independence Day ANNABEL COHEN Special to the Jewish News T he night before is Yom HaZikaron, a time for us to remember the sol- diers," begins Birmingham resi- dent Moshe Koren. "At sunset [May 6, the Israel Independence Day-Yom HaAtzmaut] celebrations begin." Moshe lived with his family in Ramat Gan until 1977 when, at age 24, he moved to New York to study electrical engineering. Graduation brought him to Michigan to work with an Israeli company. It also brought him closer to relatives living in the etroit area. He still averages three or four s a year back to Israel. Moshe remembers with fondness the mmernoration of Israel's Independence ear. "The day after Yom 5/ 2 2003 82 HaZikaron, Israel's Memorial Day, is always a day off," said Koren. "When I was young, we'd get togeth- er at the city center and organize Israeli dances in the streets," he said. Then there are the parties. Families and friends get together all over Israel, usually spending the day outdoors. And it always includes food. "People go to city parks, the woods near the city and to the beaches for cookouts," said Koren. "My favorite is basar a la esh (meat on a fire) — a barbe- Moshe Koren cue. In the last few years, a CELEBRATING ISRAEL on page 83 everal years ago, The Kosher Palette, an elegant cookbook, was published as a fund-raiser by a New Jersey high school yeshivah. Susie Fishbein was its editor. Now Ms. Fishbein has edited another kosher cook- book of "picture-perfect food for the holidays and every day:" Kosher by Design (Artscroll/Shaar Press, $32.95 hardbound, 304 pages). For starters, the cover is lami- nated and conceals wire binding. There are 120 mouth- watering color pho- tographs and more than 250 recipes. The editor explains that this cookbook was enti- tled Kosher by Design because, "This book is for you, the cook who chooses to cook kosher and who wants to present beautifully designed dishes with style and grace." Each subject is attached to a holiday. Shabbat is appetizers; Rosh Hashanah is soups; erev Yom Kippur is salads; Sukkot is poultry; Simchat Torah is meat; Chanukah is fish; Tu b'Shvat is pasta and dairy; Purim is side dishes; Passover is Passover; Shavuot is dessert. Although the chapter attached to the hol- iday features specific recipes, the menu for each holiday has dishes from throughout the cookbook. Each chapter is introduced with an expla- nation and elegant photographs to illustrate how to create designed dishes for a typical KOSHER BY DESIGN on page 84 .