# 52 Shabbats: Friday Night Dinners Inspired by a Global Jewish Kitchen - Hardcover

by **Faith Kramer** (Author), **Clara Rice** (Photographer)

**AS SEEN IN _THE NEW YORK TIMES_**

Foreword Reviews INDIES -- Gold Winner in Cooking

PubWest Book Design Awards -- Silver Winner in Cookbooks

"Gorgeous" --_**The Washington Post**_

Whether you are a longtime host of weekly Shabbat dinners or new to this global Jewish tradition, _52 Shabbats_ will spice up your Friday night in one way or another. This book offers a **holistic** scope of the Shabbat tradition for every reader, Jewish or otherwise. In it you'll find:

-   Over **fifty primary recipes** to anchor your menu
-   More than twenty recipes for side dishes, accompaniments, and desserts
-   Short **essays** that detail global foodways and histories
-   Explanation of the Shabbat ritual

Faith Kramer outlines recipe pairings in a **mix-and-match friendly format**, incorporating easy substitutes throughout the cookbook to make Shabbat accessible for all lifestyles. From gefilte fish to challah, berbere lentils to cardamom cheesecakes, **these seasonally organized recipes will never fail to inspire your weekly dinner menu.**

**MORE PRAISE FOR 52 SHABBATS:**

"Imaginative" **--_Los Angeles Times_**

"For anyone who appreciates world flavors, history, and great techniques....A worthy companion to Joan Nathan's King Solomon's Table (2017)." --**_Booklist_**

**"**Educational and tantalizing**" --_Foreword Reviews_**

"\[Faith Kramer's\] inventive dishes are...**packed with flavor**." --Dianne Jacob, author of _Will Write for Food_

"**Clear and approachable**....Faith has included recipes that not only have you rethinking Shabbat but dinner year-round." --Calvin Crosby, The King's English Bookshop

### Author Biography

Faith Kramer is a food writer and recipe developer concentrating on the food ways, history, and customs of the Jewish diaspora. She develops recipes and writes about Jewish customs and food as well as travel, and global ingredients.

As a columnist for j., the Jewish News of Northern California, she writes articles on food and cooking along with original recipes.

Faith has taught cooking classes on food from around the world, presented programs on Jewish customs, celebrations, and holidays, and led food-related walking tours that explore the economic, geographic, and political underpinnings of the food as well as how to use international ingredients in other contexts.

She lives with her family in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Go to FaithKramer.com to learn more about Faith and 52 Shabbats and to find links to her recipes and other writings.

Clara Rice is a Bay Area photographer, capturing whatever beautiful or delicious subject lands in front of her camera that day. Her images are clean, and compelling, and she is always looking for a new view on an old subject.

**Number of Pages:** 232

**Dimensions:** 0.9 x 9.2 x 7.1 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** December 14, 2021

**Award:** Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (2021)

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