Fishkoff offers a compelling overview of the phenomenon of kashrut and the kosher food industry in today’s world. She explains why 85 percent of the 11 million Americans who regularly buy kosher food are not observant Jews—they include Muslims, Seventh-Day Adventists, vegetarians, people with food allergies and consumers who pay top dollar for food they believe “answers to a Higher Authority.” She examines the changing perspectives on kashrut among Jews from across the spectrum, including the recent movement demanding that kosher food meet ethical and environmental standards. And she chronicles the corruption, price-fixing, and strong-arm tactics of early-twentieth-century kosher meat production, against which contemporary kashrut scandals pale by comparison.