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                                The follow-  cookbook. I put myself into this big project. When it came to the
                              ing is a mes-  cookbook, I faced many more challenges because I had to use the
       Mrs. Leah Stern, a”h   sage left on the   services of professionals, including graphic designers, writers,
                              Yachad  Pro-  etc… and these people were totally not accustomed to communi-
                              gram hotline  cating with clients by phone.
                              after the Kenes   Right at the start, I made it clear that I was looking for someone
                              Nshei Klal Yis-  who was ready to work with me, on my conditions. Indeed, they all
    rael by Mrs. Leah Stern, a”h, who passed away in her prime, last   accepted the job. At the end of the day, people want to do busi-
    Tuesday.                             ness….
      May its inspiration be l’iluy nishmas Sarah Leah bas R’ Moshe.  I had to invest a lot more work on my end into the project be-
                                         cause I don’t have a computer. I also had a lot more expenses. I
      My name is L. Stern and many of you are probably familiar with   wrote down every recipe by hand and faxed it over to a typesetter.
    the cookbook, Around the Kitchen Table, that I with siyatta   She sent it back and I had to look it over to make sure there were no
    d’Shmaya had the zechus to publish. I also regularly contribute   mistakes (when it comes to recipes, every word or number could
    recipes to The Monsey/Boro Park View.  make a huge difference…) and I davened a lot that no one should
      I see an amazing siyatta d’Shmaya in the recipes even though I   have any agmas nefesh if any mistakes were overlooked.
    don’t have the convenience of searching online for recipes and   I also had to hire someone to do basic computer work and put it
    ideas, something which could be very helpful in the line of recipe   all together, organize the categories, and keep track of where ev-
    development.                         erything was up to.
      Many years ago, we baruch Hashem made a serious decision
    not to bring a computer into our home, even though this would   When the book was ready for print, I printed out all the pages in
    have been a great help for my work, making it much easier. I also   color and looked over each page separately.
    don’t have email or text.             The project didn’t happen without agmas nefesh, but I never re-
      Baruch Hashem we are still keeping this kabbalah. All the reci-  gretted it because one doesn’t lose out from doing the right thing.
    pes that I send in are tested and set up for photography in my   After much work and siyatta d’Shmaya, the cookbook came out
    house. Every recipe is handwritten, and then sent in by fax. I some-  in print, and we needed to start marketing. I was advised that if I
    times need to write it over a few times, because I don’t have the   wanted to reach a wide clientele, I must post on Instagram and so-
    convenience of deleting a word or changing the order of the   cial media, but this didn’t even come into question. It is totally in-
    words.                               appropriate for me. But, baruch Hashem, even without that, it was
      The photographer who takes pictures of the recipes, C. Terkelt-  a big success. The cookbook came out last winter in time for Cha-
    aub, puts in extra effort for every picture to be perfect, because she   nukah (5782) and already many copies were sold. The feedback is
    doesn’t either have a computer and therefore doesn’t have the con-  very strong and many tell me that they really enjoy such a gesh-
    venience of correcting them. Every picture is real and not tinkered   make, professional cookbook.
    with graphics! Then, the SD card is taken out of the camera and   I hope Hashem will continue to give me the zechus to be able to
    sent to someone who assists with email as a service (for money).  be a help and delight Yiddishe homes, and I daven that I continue
      I’ve been contributing recipes for nearly six years, and over the   to have the strength to keep our home pure from outside influenc-
    years, there was a demand for us to put the recipes together in a   es.



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