Savvima Review & Giveaway of Dash: Inspired Kosher Recipes for the Seasoned Palette
November 30th, 2011 Print
UPDATE: Congratulations to Rachel L. (comment #29), winner of this giveaway!!
This post contains:
- A Savvima review of Dash: Inspired Kosher Recipes for the Seasoned Palette by Rebecca Naumberg and Sori Klein.
- A Savvima giveaway of Dash: Inspired Kosher Recipes for the Seasoned Palette by Rebecca Naumberg and Sori Klein.
Dash: Inspired Kosher Recipes for the Seasoned Palette is not your typical school fundraiser cookbook.
The majority of recipes were developed by co-author Rebecca Naumberg aside from those which were contributed by sources such as Prime Grill, Mom’s Pastries, Naomi Ross, and Avi Pifko, as well as from personal friends of Naumberg. All recipes were tested and tasted by volunteers. Each recipe was then professionally photographed and leap off the dramatic black-background pages of this hardcover cookbook.
While the 309-pages of recipes seem gourmet and time consuming, many recipes feature tips and shortcuts to simplify the process. And for the busy woman who “dashes” from task to task, you will find quick recipes in this cookbook too.
One sign of a good cookbook is when there’s a fair amount of recipes that appeal to you at first glance. Another asset is when you try out a few and they work well, reassuring you to keep trying others. Dash delivers on both fronts.
I set out to test several recipes. When reviewing a cookbook I like to be able to work in recipes to my weekly menu which suit my needs at that time. You won’t find me preparing a roast on a weeknight when I’m feeding just my family. Everything I tried was a pleasure to prepare (not too much fuss) and extremely well received, whether my tasters were kids or adults (I’m not sure which group is harder to please).
Another bonus was that from all the recipes I tried, I did not need to purchase any specialty ingredients. Sometimes I’m just not interested in spending extra on novelty ingredients that cost a pretty penny and may not get used in future recipes.
Here’s a quick rundown of what I tried:
- I prepared the Fusilli Pasta with Olive Garlic Tapenade as a side dish for a weeknight chicken dinner. The taste was amazing, thanks to the garlic and olives! I would definitely serve this again for a Shabbos lunch or seuda shlishis since it works well at room temperature.
- Credit for the Kani Cucumber Cole Slaw goes to my daughter who spotted this recipe and prepared it herself. This was a huge hit!
- The Biscotti with Chocolate and Pistachios was super quick to mix up. I always like a recipe which uses oil instead of margarine and it yielded a generous batch.
And I still have plenty of recipes bookmarked:
- Triple “B” Crock Pot Soup with Beef, Barley, and Beans sounds like the perfect hearty dinner that cooks itself.
- I must try the duo of Chilled Honeydew Ginger Soup and Honey Roasted Peach Soup for a summer meal.
- Mexican Meatball Soup with Tortilla Strips is another hearty complete meal in a bowl; I can never have too many of these on my weeknight menus.
- The Grapefruit Salad with Candies Pecans and Avocado sounds simply refreshing!
The cookbook was created as a means to raise funds for the authors’ children’s school, Torah Academy for Girls (TAG) of Far Rockaway, New York, and is scheduled to be released on December 14th, 2011. TAG is in the midst of a major building project and each cookbook purchased will help the school’s endeavor. I wish them loads of luck with the cookbook as well as TAG’s building campaign!
To purchase Dash at the pre-sale Chanukah price of $30, please call TAG at 718-471-8444 or use this order form (PDF).
We will update you when it is available for sale online.
If you would like a chance to win a copy of Dash: Inspired Kosher Recipes for the Seasoned Palette leave a comment at the bottom of this post telling us about a successful fundraiser your child’s school has recently done.
One winner will be randomly selected on December 12, 2011.
Looks great! My daughter is too young for school… but, I’ve purchased chocolates from other kids schools on the block!
My son just started nursery so I haven’t seen any fundraising projects yet. However, I just saw online that shellsheli.com will work with your school to do a fundraiser selling kikkirikkis shells – I thought this was a great idea! especially for out of town communities where things like shells aren’t easy to find or are very expensive.
my baby’s too young for school still
but the school i worked in had a really cute fundraiser at shavuos time, a mini cheesecake cookbook. It was really easy/cheap to produce (since it was so small) and selling it for $5 meant more people bought it, so it did well for the school!
my baby is also too young for school…..def too young for fundraisers. But from when I was in school- two fundraisers stick out in my memory and I wish a kid would come selling them- high quality baking/cookie sheets, sounds weird but they were made out of good material and at an affordable price. almost everyone i asked bought at least one, I wish I could get one now. Also, frozen cookie dough in large containers that you just scoop out w/ an ice cream scooper and bake. easy and yummy.
I don’t have children yet, but I’ve supported other kids through wrapping paper and magazine fundraising! I’d love to win this recipe book and give it to my sister-in-law!
I don’t have any kids yet, but I have friends with kids in school. One of my favorite fundraisers is that a local school sells EZ-lights at Chanukah time. We try to support a lot of the schools. We will purchase raffle tickets and participate in Chinese auctions
The children collect bottles and cans (the ones who collect the most win a prize) and bring them in to the supermarket to get a refund. It also encourages recycling!
my children’s school always does a shavuos flowers sale…
the recipes you described sound yummy. I’d love to try them
Thank you Shandel!
I hope you enjoy my recipes! If you have any recipe comments or questions please feel free to get in touch with me. You can reach me at rgross@waterbills.com.
Rebecca Naumberg
The schools have made a card with discounts at restaurants, book stores, hair salon, kosher grocery stores, helps us save money and support the schools at the same time!
My son is too young for school, but my cousin’s school sells pans and containers at a much lower price!
my daughters school had a chanukah boutique , there were many different venders selling great chanukah gifts!
Our school is always looking for good fundraisers so I’m excited to keep checking back here and maybe getting some good ideas. The school makes up calanders that they sell and each month is put together by a different grade. We tried wrapping paper and chocolates, but it didn’t raise enough money to make it worth it to keep doing it.
box tops!!!
Have the school take regular digital pictures of the each child , with each child creating there own custom frame and sending it there grandparents as a gift, there isn’t a grand parent that can turn down sending a donation to the school, when there einikle is concerned!
Box tops and an amazing Chinese Auction that they do every year!
My kids school does a party
a banquet
my kids school holds an annual bake sale – pure profit!
I don’t have any kids yet but when I was younger we always had a raffle campaign for school that brought in lots of money, because the tickets were cheap(1 for 3 / 2 for 5) and the prize was big(ticket to Israel/shaitel)!!
I joined our schools PTA and am trying to think of ideas to raise money. Maybe a bake sale would work.
Hi! Bake sales are a great idea because they get many people involved. It is best to have them around a specific event, such as Shavous- featuring a lot of cheesecakes and dairy foods and even flower arrangements!
We hope that our cookbook will generate a lot of money for TAG!
Rebecca Naumberg, co-author of dash
My daughter’s school sold rosh hashana cards for the simanim. Whoever sold a certain amount was entered into a raffle of a toy store. I would love a copy of this cookbook.
My school made a lemonade stand and cookie bake sale and we raised money to buy new books for our school.
This looks so great! Cant wait to see it in person!
my daughter is only 3 so there were no fundraising events but I do sell miniatures and get lots of calls this time of year for the annual school teas ordering their desserts!
A $50 raffle from my children’s school buys you a chance to win a new 2012 Honda Odyssey or Toyota Camry. And $100 buys you 3 chances to win. 2nd prize is a silver menorah! and 3rd is a laptop! If anyone is interested this is going on right now! Let me know and i can get you one!
My daughters school does a mini Chinese auction each year but a school that I do design work for did a fabulous sushi themed evening where they had a fresh sushi buffet and a live sushi making demo. It was a fab evening!
No kids yet but I used to sell wrapping paper back in the day!
box tops!!!
our son’s school did a book fair so parents could buy chanuka gifts and raise money for the school.
My kids are out of school, but years ago I’d go around with my brother before pesach and sell Bartons chocolate for his school. My kids’ schools have also gone the chocolate route.
My own school sold headbands matching to the uniform. If i remember correctly they were $1 a piece..The entire school walked around in matching headbands. They also sold scrunchies( anyone out there, remember that?) they are fancy rubber bands for the hair!!!
We sold pretzel-grams on parent teacher conference night. For $1, a parent can write a note that gets attached to a bag of pretzels and the child gets it the next day.
My kids are not in school yet but the school I used to work in, one of their fundraisers was before Pesach, they sold a “Makkos Kit”. It was a cute kit for the kids to use at the seder with something for each Makka. All kids love it and they’ve been doing it for quite a few years now. Another one is they have before Purim, to decorate a Purim Card. They choose a certain amount of the best ones and print them and then give them out to everyone to use on their Mishloach Manos. You see them all over town!
My daughter’s school sold pomegranetes before rosh hashona. Since everyone needs at least one if not more the fundraiser had a pretty good outcome!
Dear Savimma and your many loyal readers:
We are thrilled to present our cookbook to you and hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it. We would love to raise a lot of money for TAG!
Thank you Naomi for your wonderful review! I am glad you liked the recipes.
I tried to provide a comprehensive selection of recipes. New, different, exciting recipes that are gourmet but at the same time not very complicated or time-consuming.
Enjoy!
Rebecca Naumberg
We have done a cookbook fundraiser before, and it worked out great! and i would love to win this one!
My kids are also too young for school, but at my elementary school we used to sell bars of chocolate as a fundraiser for the school!
1 fundraiser a year. Tea all women ‘must’ come. Made it fun!
When I was in school we used to sell flowers for Shabbat.
The 8th graders at my kids school just did a bake sale where they prepared all the items for sale themselves. The sale was held on the night of Parent-Teacher Conferences. Pretty smart!
Everything sounds delicious and I am always looking for more upscale and adventurous recipes. Living in Israel, we cook seasonally according to what is available to us and we are always looking for new ways to use our delicious fresh produce!
I have been looking for a cookbook just like this! When I was in high school, we had a Pesach carwash – inside and out – in the carpool lane. Everyone collected rags before the carwash, and we had all our supplies donated by nearby businesses. It was an inexpensive way to raise money, and we all loved running around with the soapy water buckets!
My son’s school “ran” a very successful father-son 5k run fundraiser. It was great exercise, a fun event, and all for a great cause!
My babies are only 21 months but i think carmivals are great fundraisers! The TAG high school has them to raise money for the seniors and it works wonderfully! I’d love to win this cookbook im a tag alumni and i loved the school
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The school I work at has a annual 20,000 dollar raffle with 5,000 dollars second prize and 3,500 dollars third prize .
My girls school sold raffles which was a huge success, they made a Chinese auction and many little diff things and hopefully they were successful nd I wish them ever more success
Cookbooks, Plactic bottles and cans, chocolates….
My son’s school had “pizza sale day” at school to raise funds for their Chanukah Chagigah. It was such a success. The kids were so so so excited to get pizza & soda for lunch, and the school raised the funds necessary to produce a Chanukah Chagiga for the children. It was a real win-win idea!
my sons school just had there 20,000 annual raffle drawing 1500 tickets were sold
and they had there annual melva malka
My daughters’ school has an annual tea to raise funds.
Box tops for education
my son’s school makes a chinese auction! Separate evenings for men and ladies to encourage everyone to participate
My daughter’s school in Beit Shemesh, Israel, is currently running a “Book Marathon” in which the girls get pledges to be paid upon completing reading books, and thefunds will go to build up the library at the school. I feel that the kids will be getting the benefit of books for the future, and the good habits of reading for right now!
Chinese Auction is tonight and we it’s always a good fundraiser and fun girls night out
My grandson is too young for school and my son’s school fundraisers were….uninspired. But I will say that our town’s Senior Center has a very successful fundraiser every year selling jams, jellies, other preserved goods and baked items that are made by their members.
Cookie dough.
we do many fundraisers including the upper grades selling posters for the sukka so that they can go on a graduation trip. we are now involved in selling legoland tickets at an extremely discounted price which has raised a nice amount of money for our school while at the same time giving our families a chance to do something that would normally be cost prohibitive ane help make their chanuka vacation and family time that much more exciting
We have a raffle of many lovely donated items at our Chanukah Brunch.
we homeschool so no fund raiser still would like to be in contest
vmkids3 at msn dot com
My son’s school always holds bake sales which i always am sure to make stuff for!
cmarquez482(at)ymail(dot)com
There are a lot of magazine sales at the school.
my kids’ school holds a 5k run for the school and it us a sucessful way to raise money as well as get a bit of Sunday mornibg exercise! It is very easy to determine who the professional runners are and who the school family members are!