Mandy Silverman’s new book on challah making may be called Twisted, but her support for Hadassah is straight up.

Silverman, known to her Instagram fans as Mandyliciouschallah, is celebrated for her inventive takes on challah and other braided breads. Her new cookbook, Twisted: A New Approach to Challah, Babka, and Other Twisty Breads, provides photographs and step-by-step instructions to make classic challah with lots of sweet and savory variations as well as stuffed challahs, babkas, challah-crust pizzas and much more – including recipes for challah toppings and dips.

She now has almost 85,000 fans on Instagram, a new television show and more than 500 recipes, but she got her start thanks to her local Hadassah chapter.

“I have done tons of work with Hadassah,” Silverman says.  Her challah business started out of her Sharon, MA, home when she began bringing samples of her bread to area Hadassah dinners in 2013. The reception to her loaves inspired her to invent recipes, teach challah making and begin selling her loaves.

Silverman’s work with Hadassah continues. Recently, she taught a babka class to members of the Boston chapter and conjured up and donated two giant challahs that spelled out the number “80” to celebrate the 80th anniversary of what is now the Hadassah Greater Blue Hills chapter.

Among Silverman’s more than 60 recipes is her Mandylicious Honey Challah, which provides a perfect way to celebrate the Rosh Hashanah holiday and our wishes for a........

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