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January 16, 2004/Tevet 22 5764, Vol. 56, No.17
Kosher cookbook
School community works together to raise scholarship funds
BETH OLSON
Staff Writer
Three parents at The King David School created a cookbook as a fund-raiser for school scholarships. Pictured with the cookbook, from left, are Maurice Esses, son of Rachel Esses; Sam Lawson, son of Ellen Lawson; and Steven Bassett, son of Judy Bassett.
Photo courtesy of Judy Bassett
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Food, education and tzedakah are all integral parts of the culture of Judaism.
Three parents at The King David School - Rachel Esses, Judy Bassett and Ellen Lawson - have combined the three, with the creation of the first King David School Cookbook.
Esses, Bassett and Lawson sent out flyers after the High Holidays requesting recipes for the cookbook, and they received about 270 to use in the book, which was printed in December.
"We definitely had wonderful community support," says Lawson. "We have recipes from parents, teachers, staff, board members and even just friends of the school, which was wonderful."
Proceeds from the cookbook benefit the school's scholarship fund.
The idea for the cookbook came from Esses who says she loves using cookbooks that were created by other schools.
"I have different cookbooks from around the country, and my best recipes come from those, and I wanted to do a fund-raiser for scholarships where all the families can participate," explains Esses.
The cookbook has proved to be so popular that the first printing of 220 books is nearly sold out, and a second printing is in progress.
"The response was amazing. What we achieved far surpassed what we expected to achieve," says Bassett.
The book is broken down in to sections such as appetizers, main dishes, desserts and holiday foods. Esses says they were careful to include only kosher recipes, and each is listed as a dairy, pareve or meat dish.
The cookbook has not only been a success as a fund-raiser, according to the women, but also as a community-building project.
"It bonded us together as a community and as a school," says Esses. "It has been really positive."
The King David School Cookbook is available for purchase at the school, 10460 N. 56th St., Scottsdale; The Caf‚ at the Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale; and Segal's Kosher Foods, 4818 N. Seventh St., Phoenix. Call 480-991-4333.
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