KEY SELLING POINTS:
* According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 80% of common chronic diseases (heart disease, stroke, diabetes) are lifestyle-driven (nutrition, exercise, stress management).
* Chronic disease treatments account for 75% of our nation's healthcare costs, which are estimated to account for 20% of our GDP by 2024. That's one in every five dollars for something that doesn't need to happen in the first place.
* Research published in the American Journal of Public Health in 2016 demonstrated no change in the last 20 years in the number of women who took maternity leave. Notably, fewer than half of them were paid for it. It's difficult to being a working-often-underpaid-woman in America today.
* According to data from Fertility of Women in the US, an estimated 43.5 million women between the ages of 15 and 50 who have children live in the US today-a huge target audience.
* According to the Pew Research Center, approximately 2 percent of American adults (5 million people) identify as Jewish.
AUDIENCE:
* Busy women, professional and non-professional, trying to balance work and home
* Mothers, especially of young children
* Jewish women
Industry Reviews
2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Winner in Women's Issues Nonfiction
2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist in Body, Mind & Spirit
2020 Eric Hoffer Award, Grand Prize Shortlist Finalist
2020 Eric Hoffer Award, 1st runner up in Nonfiction - Home
2020 Eric Hoffer Award, First Horizon Award Finalist
2019 Wilbur Award, Nonfiction Winner
2019 Readers' Favorite Awards, Finalist in Nonfiction - Cooking/Food
2018 Foreword INDIES Winner, Self-Help
2018 National Jewish Book Award in Women's Studies, Finalist
"In reading Beth Ricanati's Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs, one feels as if one is drinking from a spiritual fountain that allows a new wave of life to surge within them. This book offers both a recipe and a path to personal growth and healing. Packed with insight and wisdom, it is one of those rare books that every woman should read."
-Readers' Favorite, five stars
“Ricanati's memoir with recipes is a well-written investigation into her maturation as a doctor, her growth as a wife and mother, and the increasing wisdom she gained while pondering Jewish rites and rituals.”
—Booklist, starred review
“‘I knead for my needs,’ the author insists—and readers are likely to join her.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“I smiled while reading this book—I couldn’t help it. It’s not about making challah healthy, it’s about challah-making as healthful. Buy this book for any friend and they’ll get it, they’ll smile, and they’ll learn why you honored them with it.”
—Mike Roizen, MD, four-time #1 New York Times bestselling author and founder of RealAge.com
“This is the perfect prescription for a happy life: slow down, be present, and bake challah. Beth Ricanati has taken the mindfulness movement to kitchens everywhere. This book inspires readers to practice being fully present with yourself and your friends and family during the most nurturing of times.”
—Suze Yalof Schwartz, author of Unplug: A Simple Guide to Meditation for Busy Skeptics and Modern Soul Seekers and CEO/founder of Unplug Meditation
“Beth Ricanati has written a unique book: part recipe, part health, with a whole lot of soul. Reading her book is like making a new friend—you feel transported to her California kitchen. A yummy, cozy and inspiring read.”
—Lori Palatnik, author, media personality, and founding director of The Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project
“This is not just a book about making bread. It is a book about making choices, and like a good challah is at times chewy, evocative, and a little sweet. Its wisdom transported me back to the kitchens of my grandmothers and the knowledge that in complicated times, the way forward is always the simple and beloved.”
—David Baum, PhD, DMin, speaker, coach, conversation architect, and author of Lightning in a Bottle and The Randori Principles
“A women’s wellness doctor who prescribes the practice of baking bread? I feel like this is exactly the kind of out-of-the-box thinking that is going to save the world right now.”
—Jennie Nash, author of The Victoria’s Secret Catalog Never Stops Coming and Other Lessons I Learned From Breast Cancer and founder of AuthorAccelerator.com
“Beth Ricanati’s book is like having coffee with a girlfriend: honest, interesting, and thoughtful. Part memoir, part cookbook, part health guide—but more than all of these, Braided is a book that will inspire you to dig deep, think about life, and make challah, maybe even at the same time.”
—Ruchi Koval, director of Jewish Family Experience and author of Conversations with God
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