Born and raised in a kosher home in Brooklyn, Chanie Apfelbaum grew up eating traditional Jewish foods such as gefilte fish, stuffed cabbage, and matzah ball soup. Today, living just a few blocks from her childhood home, she revisits family favorites and reinvents traditional holiday dishes. Chanie’s creative twists on old-time cuisine prove that kosher fare is anything but old-fashioned. With five little ones in tow, she celebrates her heritage one dish at a time, sharing her love of food, family and tradition to over 100,000 Instagram followers worldwide. 

 

Chanie works as a recipe developer and food photographer. She is a contributing writer to Fleishig’s Magazine as well as a guest writer for numerous publications and websites. She has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, People Magazine, The Huffington Post, The Meredith Vieira Show, Thrillist and more. She was named Best Jew-ish Chef of 2018 in the Forward Food Choice Awards. 

 

She is the author of the bestselling cookbook Millennial Kosher, as well as the newly released, Totally Kosher, named one of 12 Best cookbooks of Spring 2023 by Eater.  

 

You can follow Chanie's culinary adventures at www.busyinbrooklyn.com or on social media via @busyinbrooklyn. 

 

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