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Quick & Kosher - Recipes From The Bride Who Knew Nothing Hardcover – November 13, 2007

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The only cookbook that wants to get you out of the kitchen!

This is the hilarious story of Jamie Geller, a spunky young TV exec who came into marriage and kosher cooking without knowing a spatula from a saucepan. Determined to master cooking, yet pressed for time, she was dismayed to find that most cookbooks consider an hour of preparation time quick, and presumed more culinary skill than many of us have. So Jamie set out to compile her own special collection of quick and easy recipes and Quick & Kosher is the result of her quest.

This one-of-a-kind cookbook contains more than 160 recipes requiring no more than 15 minutes to prepare, 120 full-color photos, clear step-by-step instructions, reliable prep and cooking times, tips and techniques, and advice on pairing wines with various dishes. Recipes range from traditional to exotic, and are well indexed and cross-referenced.

Several special sections such as Setting up Your Kitchen, Secrets of the 15-Minute Chef and Shopping Like an Expert are the result of extensive insider interviews with food professionals who helped facilitate Jamie's path to culinary mastery. These sections offer practical answers to the questions you've always wanted to ask: how do I buy meat, fish, produce, groceries, and wine?

Is this a cookbook? An autobiography? A kitchen handbook for brides? It is all of these and more, for Quick & Kosher will amuse, inspire and teach even skilled cooks a thing or two. I wrote Quick & Kosher says Jamie Geller, because you and I are in the same boat. We want to serve up something tantalizing for dinner, but between kids, careers, and carpools, we have no time to patchka!

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Jamie Geller is the debut host of Simply Kosher, a new cooking series launched by the Orthodox Union website. She is a freelance producer for HBO and the Food Network. She is also a nationally syndicated food and lifestyle columnist, Jamie's articles have appeared domestically and internationally via the Jewish Press (America s largest independent Jewish weekly newspaper); American Jewish Life, The 5 Towns Jewish Times, Mother's Helper Magazine and online. She and her husband have two daughters, with a third on the way. They live in Monsey, NY.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Feldheim (November 13, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1583309608
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1583309605
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.8 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.75 x 1.5 x 10.25 inches
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Jamie Geller is the only best-selling cookbook author who wants to get you out of the kitchen – not because she doesn’t love food – but because she has tons to do. As “The Bride Who Knew Nothing”

Jamie found her niche specializing in fast, fresh, family recipes. Now the "Queen of Kosher" (CBS) and the "Jewish Rachael Ray" (New York Times), she's the creative force behind JamieGeller.com and "JAMIE GELLER" magazine.

Jamie and her hubby live in Israel with their six super kids who give her plenty of reasons to get out of the kitchen - quickly. Check out her new book, JOY of KOSHER Fast, Fresh Family Recipes and her new family meal plan “Fresh Families”.

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Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2023
I'm always looking for quick and easy recipes and trying to make more Jewish foods. This book is wonderful! I found a used copy as it seems to be out of print and to my surprise it's autographed. I hope I enjoy is as much as "Barbara" seemed to. So far the things I have made have been really good.
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2011
Quick and Kosher recipes from the bride who knew nothing.

Pros (theres a lot of them)
1.Fun to read- In between recipes, Jamie tells us her hilarious cooking fiascos

2.Simple recipes- most are just mix and dump, all don't require any appliance except maybe a blender

3.Few Ingredients- Most of her recipes use typical ingredients found in most kosher pantries

4.Quick!!!- here's the biggie all her recipes take less than 15 minutes (yes folks 15 minutes on the FIRST try)
I've seen other "quick" cookbooks where prep time can be an hour!

5.Delicious recipes- With Jamie, you don't have to compromise taste for time. Her quick easy recipes taste good!
I've tried dozens of Chocolate chip cookie recipes but her's is my go to recipe. It's quick and yummy!

6.Passover section- Jamie gives simple conversions that can make a nice chunk of her cookbook kosher for passover as well! So you also get quick and kosher for Passover! 2 in 1!

7.Menu ideas- There are menu ideas for all minor and major Jewish holidays

8.Wine- There are wine suggestions with every recipe even the desserts! There is also an interview with a winery!

9.Interviews- Jamie interviews a butcher, grocer, produce and fish guy on how to get the best meat fish and produce as well as more info about the Jewish food market.

Cons

1.Desserts- with just 15 minutes, most of her desserts are more on the plain side. There aren't too many Wow! desserts.

2.Ingredients- Jamie is all about saving time and uses many processed ingredients. Some may say, "I don't need to buy a cookbook to tell me to bake my chicken with duck sauce". If that's you maybe buy a different cookbook with more elaborate recipes.

This cookbook is prefect for a new bride (I got one for my sister a bride who has no idea how to cook) or for someone who doesn't like to fuss in the kitchen.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2015
Needed to find recipes that reminded me of grandma's kosher kitchen. I was watching JLTV when an episode starring Jamie Geller came on.
Just like the title said, it was quick and kosher.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2022
This is a great cookbook even if you’re not Jewish. My partner and I leave a copy on our dining room table and plan out our Friday evening dinners using this cookbook as a menu like you get in a restaurant. We tag the pages we like with Post-it‘s through the week, and then go back and select what we’re going to make for Friday. The recipes are exquisite delicious interesting and super healthy. I’m not personally a good cook but using these recipes I am told I am quite the chef.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2008
I originally bought this cookbook for a new bride who did not know how to cook. I have to admit that once I opened Quick & Kosher, I couldn't put it down! I enjoyed reading the author's stories and comments. The photographs are beautiful and inspirational. The recipes are truly quick and simple, but delicious. To date, I have purchased 10 copies of this wonderful book. I had to keep one copy for myself. The others were bought as gifts: two for new brides, two for my twenty-something sons, and the other five for friends who have been married from 19 to 35 years with two to seven kids! If someone likes to spend hours in the kitchen creating exotic dishes with many ingredients and steps to follow, then this is not the cookbook for them. I have already made many different dishes from the cookbook and my family and friends have raved about each selection. I get periodic calls from all of the gift recipients updating me on their latest creations and thanking me over and over for buying them their copy of Quick & Kosher. This cookbook is for everyone who needs to cook, wants delicious meals, but wants to get out of the kitchen!
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Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2009
Was not there at the shower to see bride's reaction, and don't really know if she actually DOES NOT KNOW anything about cooking. (She is daughter of friends). However, from what I saw when I received this book, it is a wonderful shower gift and had great recipes. Most seemed very easy to do. I will definitely be buying this again for similar purposes (young brides, shower gifts) , perhaps even for myself. Always great to learn new recipes, even if you've been married for a long time.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2007
This book keeps its promise. The recipes are really quick to make and the pictures are inviting as well. I would wish that for each recipe there were pictures. Cause I REALLY was and sometimes am a bride that knows nothing about cooking. And if I know how it is "supposed" to look I would know what I am aiming at.It is the perfect book for people who keep kosher and are short in time.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2019

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great cook book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2007
This cook book is fantastic. Has a wide range of recipes with large colour photographs. The only problem I had was as the book is from America, the measurements are in cups not grams.
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