A food blogger from a Hasidic community in Crown Heights Brooklyn finds fans all over the world as many younger foodies are looking for ways to cook kosher foods. She celebrates the joys of cooking while also acknowledging her painful past.

Her food blog is called "Busy in Brooklyn," but Chanie Apfelbaum is busy all over the city sharing recipes from her new cookbook, "Millennial Kosher."

"I was a graphic designer, so much of what I do in my book incorporates pops of color and making food look gorgeous," she said.

She reinvents favorites with fresh, healthy ingredients.

"I’m doing like a roasted stuffed eggplant which is my play on falafel. I stuff it with Israeli salad, cabbage slaw and falafel roasted chickpeas so you get the flavor and of course tahini and Israeli pickles."

Chanie was hosting friends and family for weekly Shabbat dinners on Friday nights. The response to her colorful creations led her to attend culinary school and start her own food blog in 2011. With more than 46,000 followers around the world of various faiths, she decided this year was time for a cookbook.

"I was like if I can bring people around the table I want to continue doing this. This is amazing that’s what got me to keep going and keep driving myself."

Some standouts include gefilte fish pizza and spinach Matza Ball Minestrone soup. Others are simply colorful meals following the laws of kosher which prohibit mixing meat and dairy.

Chanie dedicated the book to her family including her late brother, Ari Halberstam. The victim of a hate crime, he was shot and killed on the Brooklyn Bridge in 1994.

"He was my big brother and everything I ever did he was always so supportive of me. And to get the young millennial audience interested in kosher and keeping kosher because it’s cool and hip that’s carrying on his legacy in a unique way. And I really feel like he would be proud," said Apfelbaum.

Chanie is motivated to keep creating new recipes knowing food helps brings people together.