Feeding Women of the Talmud, Feeding Ourselves

*WINNER OF THE JEWISH BOOK COUNCIL'S NATAN NOTABLE BOOK AWARD*

Experience the Talmud in a fresh way with recipes and stories that nourish the body and spirit.

Feeding the Women of the Talmud, Feeding Ourselves produces true food for thought by retelling the stories of sixty-nine women in the Talmud and honoring them with vegan or plant-based recipes. Enjoy sixty-nine delicious, balanced recipes ideal for family meals, entertaining, and healthy snacks. Each recipe is accompanied by stunning photography and meditations on stories of women in the Talmud that draw new meaning from the text.

This community cookbook is the co-creation of 129 Jewish women from around the world. Sixty rabbis, rabbinical students, Jewish teachers, and emerging thought leaders contributed to the Talmudic narratives, and sixty female professional chefs and passionate home cooks contributed to the recipes. The addition of this female-focused point of view to these women's Talmudic stories--which were recorded and edited by men--is a bright and encouraging testament to a modern generation of women engaging in Jewish learning.

Kenden Alfond is a psychotherapist based in Paris, France, where she lives with her husband and daughter. In 2005 she was an American Jewish World Service volunteer in India and went on to use her expertise in psychology in clinical and humanitarian work in Afghanistan, DR Congo, Switzerland and Cambodia. She started Jewish Food Hero in 2015 to get healthier plant-based and vegan food onto Jewish tables around the world, to improve our mental, emotional and physical health and help the environment. Kenden holds a BA in Literature from Brown University and an MA in Counseling Psychology from Naropa University.