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Site Updated: 9 October 2008

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For a refreshing twist to the traditional Thanksgiving feast, try 
Citrus Roast Turkey from Norene's Healthy Kitchen

The Jewish High Holidays are here and the question of what to 
serve is on many people’s minds. You’ll find lots of “food for thought” at 
Gourmania.com!

Does it freeze? How far in advance can I make this? For answers to these
and other freezer questions, read Norene's latest article:
Freeze with Ease for your High Holiday Celebrations

All busy balabustas will welcome Norene's offering of easy
gefilte fish recipes and shortcuts to save on time.


Read what the BBYO has to say about Norene


Norene Gilletz author ofNorene's Healthy Kitchen

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Norene's latest cookbook, Norene's Healthy Kitchen is available now! And its been blogged!

With 600 healthy recipes the cookbook provides "a buffet of exciting international flavors" with ingredients found in your local supermarket.

Norene combines her renowned culinary skills with the latest food science (and a large dose of folksy common sense) to produce a wonderful cookbook packed with delicious, healthy recipes for the whole family. Rick Gallop, author, The G.I.Diet series; former president, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario

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Update your Food Labels to comply with new Canadian and U.S. guidelines.


Norene's son Douglas Gilletz is working together with her to provide
recipe development, food styling and food photography for the food industry.


Food and Health professionals note: Three sample healthy recipes (Lentil Barley Soup,
Eggplant Mock Pizzas and Chocolate Pudding for One) from
Norene's Healthy Kitchen
are available in this pdf three-fold brochure. Print on both sides of 8 1/2 x 11-inch paper.
The brochure reproduces well in colour and in black & white.


Norene is available on a limited basis for private classes, corporate and special group events and cooking demonstrations.

More information.

Create your own cooking class!

Kosher Cooking Classes
At Home on YOUR Range

Promote team-building for your staff or entertain your important clients with customized corporate cooking classes
by Norene Gilletz

Kosher Cookbook author Norene Gilletz

Sweet Potato Shepherd’s Pie is so incredibly outstanding! We couldn’t get enough of it! I had to take the bowl off of the table and into the freezer or my daughter and I would have finished two pounds of ground turkey and four sweet potatoes. Many thanks once again for your recipes that are so tasty, healthy and easy to prepare.
Arna Cappe,
a long time fan

If you want this recipe, you'll have to
buy Norene's Healthy Kitchen

sorry, but we can't give all our secrets
away free!


Special diet cookbooks
by Norene Gilletz

The PCOS Diet Cookbook
with Dr. Nadir Farid.
300 recipes for women suffering from Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.

The Low Iodine Cookbook:
Easy and Delicious Recipes and Tips for the Thyroid Cancer Patient

Want to write your own Cookbook but don't know where to start?

Click here to read Norene's helpful tips


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Norene Gilletz

Norene Gilletz is the leading author of Kosher cookbooks in Canada. She is a food consultant, freelance food writer, cookbook editor and indexer, and teacher/lecturer on food and nutrition.

Her company, Gourmania Inc., does nutritional analysis of recipes for cookbooks, menus and the food industry, and does cookbook publishing and distribution.

Norene's motto is "Food that's good for you should taste good!" Because of her love "a-fare" with food, she can usually be found within close range of a kitchen.

Norene is a Certified Culinary Professional with the International Association of Culinary Professionals. More About Norene

 

Doug Gilletz - Recipe Development, Food Styling, Food PhotographyCulinary Talents! 
It's all in the family! Douglas Gilletz is now working together with Norene to provide RECIPE DEVELOPMENT, FOOD STYLING AND FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY for the food Food photography by Doug Gilletz - Citrus Fennel Salad with Sprouts service industry, cookbooks, magazines, menus and all things culinary. Doug is a PERSONAL CHEF, CATERER and COOKING TEACHER based in Montreal.

More about Doug

 

Culinary Services

Do you need a culinary expert? Gourmania is your connection to a wide variety of food professionals. Do you need a cookbook editor, indexer, recipe tester, recipe developer, media escort, food stylist, photographer, cooking teacher, dietitian or food consultant? Do you need nutrient analysis for food labels, cookbooks or foodservice? Do you need culinary homestay options? Let our culinary network work for you! Contact us for more information.

   

For Thanksgiving, Canadian or US, try this delicious recipe for Citrus Roast Turkey.

The agricultural theme of Sukkot is celebrated by eating a variety of fruits and vegetables, while cabbage rolls are eaten at Simchat Torah, because their cylindrical shape symbolizes the shape of the scrolls of the Torah. Norene has great recipes for these and more: just follow the links to Sukkot and Simchat Torah.

And why not try one of the Healthiest Meals on Earth: Broiled Salmon with Tamari-Orange Marinade

   

It's gobble-gobble time! Thanksgiving (Canadian) is Monday, October 13, then US Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 27. Norene talks turkey with tips for a healthy and tasty Thanksgiving meal.

 

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Join our Mailing List to receive our newsletter - "From Norene's Kitchen"! It features recipes, tips, cookbook reviews, articles and more. 

Information given to us is kept confidential. We do not sell or exchange our mailing list.

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The Books

Norene's Healthy Kitchen by Norene GilletzNorene's Healthy Kitchen
Eat Your Way to Good Health

Available Now!

Sample Recipes | More Info Reviews

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Healthy Helpings by Norene GilletzHealthy Helpings
"A delicious, nutritious compilation of recipes that every health conscious individual will savor!"

More Info | Review

Flip Through the Book

How to Order


The Food Processor BibleThe Food Processor Bible
You don't have to be Jewish to discover the joy, not the "oy", of processing!

Sample Recipe | More Info
Reviews

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The PCOS Diet Cookbook by Norene GilletzThe PCOS Diet Cookbook
Delicious recipes and tips for women with PCOS on the low GI diet

Sample Recipes

More Info | How to Order


The Low Iodine Diet CookbookThe Low Iodine Diet
Easy and Delicious Recipes and Tips for the Thyroid Cancer Patient

Sample Recipe | More Info

How to Order


Second Helpings PleaseSecond Helpings, Please!
Enjoy the taste of tradition!


Sample Recipe | More Info
Reviews

Flip Through the Book

How to Order


Gatherings: Creative Kosher Cooking from our Families to YoursGatherings Creative Kosher Cooking from Our Families to Yours

More Info | How to Order


MealLeaniYumm! MealLeaniYumm! is Out of Print and has been replaced by Healthy Helpings 

Different cover, different format, updated nutrient information, same delicious recipes!

Where Young Lives Take Shape: Norene Gilletz
(BBYO Newsletter)

One thing all Jews have in common - no matter where they live or what they believe in – is the rich tradition of the food we eat. Norene Gilletz, who was a proud BBG alumna of Winnipeg, Canada, is keeping those traditions alive through the publication and success of various Kosher cookbooks.

Norene was dedicated to BBYO throughout her high school years, serving as the Jewish heritage chairwoman of her chapter and attending many chapter and regional events. “One of the main reasons I loved BBYO was the fact that so many of my friends were involved. It was a very accepting group of young Jewish girls who I have maintained close friendships with to this day,” Gilletz said. “[BBYO] really shaped who I am now as a philanthropist because of the Jewish values held so close to the mission of the organization.” 

Because Norene dedicated her position in BBG to promoting a love for Jewish heritage, it is no surprise she entered a career in food, a tradition of utmost importance to the Jewish people. Norene especially appreciated the leadership development BBYO had to offer, skills she now demonstrates through philanthropic work in various communities.

Norene also credits BBYO for jumpstarting her career, specifically as a cookbook author. After starting a family and moving to Montreal, Norene became an advisor for a local BBG chapter. Her chapter decided to create a cookbook titled Second Helpings Please, which directly influenced Norene’s first book and her career in the food industry.

In 2005, Norene showed a passion for philanthropy in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Jewish Public Libraries contacted Norene to ask her to donate her cookbooks to help rebuild the lives of so many of the families affected by the disaster...

Even now, Norene’s involvement with BBYO is still growing. Most recently, she was featured at a fundraiser called Chocolate Rocks, where she held cooking demos with teens and had a chocolate pizza bake-off.

“My love for cooking and writing cookbooks comes from the old saying: Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day, but teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for a lifetime,” Norene said. “My cookbooks and cooking demos bring families and friends together, and that is a driving force behind why I do what I do. I love the philanthropic opportunities that this career has offered me, and I love to share what I create with as many people as possible.”

Norene has recently released her latest cookbook Norene’s Healthy Kitchen, the perfect book for every type of cook – or non-cook. It provides over 600 fast, flavorful and fun recipes that are great for Kosher kitchens and delightful for everyone. Visit Norene’s website at www.gourmania.com to learn more about her cookbooks and where to purchase them.

NOTE FROM NORENE

My staff and I collected cookbooks (mostly Jewish or Kosher, but not all) from friends and customers, plus some “hurt” copies of cookbooks that I’ve written. The books were sent to New Orleans recently to help replenish cookbooks lost in Hurricane Katrina.

A small group of Jewish teens from Toronto from BBYO (Bnai Brith Youth Organization) went down from Toronto to help with the clean-up and when I read that they were going, I contacted one of the chaperones. They were so excited and took the cookbooks with them in their luggage, where they presented them to Betty Lazarus, a librarian, who is in charge of collecting cookbooks for Jewish families in New Orleans.

The books were greatly appreciated and so was the wonderful emotional and physical support. The lives of these young teenagers were touched in a wonderful way.

As a result of connecting with BBYO through our little project, I did a fundraising cooking demonstration for them on Tuesday, November 13, in Toronto, so one good deed often leads to other good opportunities. Hopefully, this story will inspire others to help in some small way.

All the best,

Norene Gilletz, CCP


Look Who’s Cooking?
Norene’s recipes will soon be used in Paris (actually, Savigny-sur-Orge, but near enough!)
Gourmania's web mistress, Jean Morris, has moved from Bratislava, Slovakia, to Paris to teach English to adult speakers of others languages. She now has a kitchen-in-work (ie, it's getting cleaned and stocked) so she'll soon be cooking with Norene's Healthy Kitchen.


Gatherings: Creative Kosher Cooking from our Families to YoursGourmania Inc. is proud to be the distributor of GATHERINGS: Creative Kosher Cooking from Our Families to Yours. Gatherings contains over 300 recipes, wonderful Passover dishes, magnificent photos, lots of sidebars and tips. All the recipes were triple-tested. Read Norene's review and try a recipe. 

Read more about Gatherings in Norene's Article Gathering Round the Holiday Table.

Gatherings is available both wholesale and retail.

To place your order, either call us toll-free at 1-888-811-9866 or E-mail Norene.

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