CHEF + DEMO | Leah Koenig, “The Dessert Table: 100 Joyous Jewish Sweets”
“Leah Koenig’s love letter to Jewish sweets gives us not just rock-solid recipes, but thoughtful, deeply researched storytelling from the global Jewish diaspora.”― Kristen Miglore, author of Genius Desserts
The dessert table is the star of any Jewish gathering: sprinkle cookies and honey cake, airy meringues and flaky rugelach, sweets brimming with tender apples and bright pops of pomegranate. Eager to bring a little extra sweetness to all our tables, award-winning cookbook author Leah Koenig takes us on a delightful tour through the 2,000-year-old tradition of Jewish sweets.
“The Dessert Table” shares both recipes and stories from historic Jewish communities all over the world—from historic Venice, Syria and Curaçao, to home bakers from Hungary and Poland to up-and-coming bakeries across the US and throughout the diaspora.
Beloved for her well-researched storytelling and clear, encouraging recipe directions born from her own kitchen, Koenig energizes the dessert canon as no one else can.
For Shavuot, she demonstrates (for tasting after) a creative take on a holiday favorite: Chai-Spiced Cheesecake (GF option available)!
Tasting with cookbook sales and signing.
Part of Chew on This! Speaker Series theme: Blueprint for Belonging.
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ABOUT:
Leah Koenig is an IACP Award-winning author of seven cookbooks including the acclaimed THE JEWISH COOKBOOK and PORTICO: COOKING AND FEASTING IN ROME’S JEWISH KITCHEN, which was the IACP 2024 International Cookbook winner and a finalist in the National Jewish Book Awards. Koenig’s writing and recipes can be found in The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Food & Wine, Epicurious and Food52, among other publications. She also writes a weekly newsletter, “The Jewish Table,” which shares recipes and stories from the world of Jewish food.
