Introducing The Book of Yonah

My second oldest grandson, Yonah Chanon Kilimnick, celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on the Sabbath of January 25-26, 2013.

Since Yonah likes to cook like his Mom, I worked with him over the past year on a project to create a cookbook of 13 of his favorite recipes, including appetizers, side dishes, mains and desserts. He surprised me by how articulate he was so that I was able to use his own words in question and answer interviews and in recipes. I particularly liked his ingredients of a good human being which I used for the final recipe of the booklet.

To see the full contents of the Book of Yonah for yourself, click on the right hand side under Newsletters.

In fairness, you could say that Yonah was environmentally if not genetically predisposed to love good cooking. On both sides of his family are a remarkable number of excellent cooks - and even one cookbook writer, namely, his great-great Aunt Sari.

Who are Yonah's favorite meal preparers? What dishes does he particularly like? All this and more will be found in The Book of Yonah.

It has been said that becoming a Bar Mitzvah is finding the door into one’s Jewish identity. For Yonah, that door is leading for now straight to the kitchen and chef quarters!

It was a great day for Yonah and for all of us. I was so proud to dedicate the book to Yonah on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah