On The Bread Trail
Venture on a captivating journey to uncover the deep historical, cultural, and spiritual connections embedded in a wide spectrum of Jewish breads.
On the Bread Trail feeds our souls with global recipes, historical insights, and delicious inspiration. From babka to berches, challah to lachuch, this book is a celebration of heritage, resilience, and the stories that emerge from Jewish kitchens around the world.
On the Chocolate Trail
Take a delectable journey through the religious history of chocolate—a real treat! Explore the surprising Jewish and other religious connections to chocolate in this gastronomic and historical adventure through cultures, countries, centuries and convictions.
Rabbi Deborah Prinz draws from her world travels on the trail of chocolate to enchant chocolate lovers of all backgrounds as she unravels religious connections in the early chocolate trade and shows how Jewish and other religious values infuse chocolate today.
The Boston Chocolate Party
New England, December 1773… it’s time to celebrate the Janucá holiday!
Joshua Mendes is excited to light the menorah, eat fried dough buñuelos, and taste the new hot chocolate drink he and his family have been making to sell to curious colonists. But he’s also a bit sad, because times are tough and his best friend moved away amid a brewing fight for American independence.
Rabbi Deborah Prinz speaks by zoom and in-person for scholar-in-residence weekends, adult learning programs, auxiliaries, fund raisers, donor programs, and food festivals
The next time you pick up a piece of chocolate or bread, consider that you are partaking in aspects of our Jewish heritage. Rabbi Deborah Prinz writes about the connections between people, chocolate, and Jewish celebratory breads.
Those interested in the connectedness among peoples will crave this unique approach. Delight your mind and your taste buds as this book unscrambles the mysteries of religions and chocolate along a trail of economic development spanning cultures, countries, centuries, continents, and convictions.
Rabbi Deborah Prinz is the author of On The Bread Trail, On The Chocolate Trail, and The Boston Chocolate Party.