Kosher food made cool, calm, and sexy?the essentials for cooking and entertaining with style. Author Kim Kushner shares 100+ essential recipes, techniques, tools, and tricks for preparing delicious kosher meals with ease.This inspiring cookbook offers simple, straightforward, go-to kosher recipes?ranging from quick dinners to slow-simmered main dishes, party fare, and freezer-to-table specialities?for every meal and any occasion, with busy families in mind. Whether preparing a simple dinner for two, a full-family feast, or party menu for ten, Kim?s strategy is to draw on this essential collection of recipes, tips, and tricks to guarantee stellar results, please any crowd, and have fun along the way.The author?s fantastic sensibility with flavor?and flair for entertaining?comes through the well-curated selection of dishes, which are organized by course and cooking time. Kim also includes her tried-and-true culinary essentials like fridge, freezer, and pantry staples, must-have tools and equipment, and signature homemade dressings and marinades for mix-and-match cooking ease. A special chapter on boards features step-by-step directions and images for how to compose a variety of visually compelling and bountiful boards for easy, elegant serving such as a crudit? board with dips, a wine and cheese board, and a breakfast smorgasboard.