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A TASTE OF CHALLAH A Comprehensive Guide to Challah and Bread Baking by Tamar Ansh Feldheim Publishers May 2007 $34.99/hardcover Full-color photographs throughout ISBN: 978-1-58330-922-3 Sample recipe Buy this book

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"And there was a continual blessing in her dough." So begins A TASTE OF CHALLAH: A Comprehensive Guide to Challah and Bread Baking, the latest book by Tamar Ansh, a wife and mother who bakes braided loaves of golden challah each week.

Almost every culture has its own traditional breads. However, there is something mystical and unique about the special Jewish bread called challah. The skill of baking and braiding this delicious bread has been passed down over generations, surviving upheavals and migrations, and continues to entrance us to this very day.

Noticing there were few cookbooks that offered detailed instructions and photographs about making challah, Tamar wrote A TASTE OF CHALLAH to "demystify" the process, "so that everyone, everywhere, can enjoy baking challah and bread."

Far more than just another bread cookbook, A TASTE OF CHALLAH is a guide, containing within it everything the home baker needs to know about the topic of challah and bread baking. Clear instructions, step-by-step, and more than 350 full-color photographs make mastering each recipe easy. In addition to the basic challah recipe, the book contains several ways to braid challah such as:

• Bread Basket
• Pull-Apart Challah
• Braided Round Challah
• Six-Braided Challah
• Simchah Challah
• Flower-Shaped Challah Rolls

Tamar takes this book beyond tasty challah with other breads and even desserts. More of the recipes include:

• Kubana
• Rye and Flax Seed Bread
• Oatmeal Raisin Bread
• Filled Doughnuts
• Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls
• Bagels
• Sweet Zucchini Bread

"I love the aroma of freshly baked breads. I want to share this passion with others who love to bake breads and are not afraid to experiment," says the author. The book took months to develop, as Tamar (and several close friends and family members) tested, and tasted each recipe.

Replete with numerous tips and sound advice, A TASTE OF CHALLAH ensures that readers' bread baking will come out perfect and tasty, every single time.

Tamar Ansh is a recipe developer and food columnist with more than 15 years of creative baking and cooking experience. Her food articles have appeared in major Jewish publications around the globe. Tamar is the author of three other books - Splitting the Sea, A Taste of Tradition, and a children's book, Let's Say Amen! -and runs a designer cake business. Tamar has lovingly fed hundreds of friends and family over the years, either baking or cooking, for special celebrations. She and her husband and children live in Israel.