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The Kosher Palette: Easy and Elegant Modern Kosher Cooking

Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy

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Total reviews: 12 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

The "Lays" Potato Chip of Cookbooks. 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

I bought one for myself and loved it so much I bought one for my sister-in-law. Now she really loves me. With success like that I buy them as gifts for everyone. Now everyone loves me. Bet you can't buy just one!

Delicious gourmet dishes 5 out of 5 stars.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

I collect many kosher cook books, but this one was wonderful. All the recipes I have tried were very good. Especially the spinach/heart of palm salad, carrot kugel, ultimate chocolate cake, and some chicken recipes. There is one chicken dish with peanut sauce that didn't turn out, but everything else was great. I also get great raves from guests! This book has become the fashionable trendy cook book that Jews use...all my friends have it!

Mazel Tov 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

I am not Jewish, but I found this to be a thoroughly informative book. I first saw the book at our friends house during one of the high holy days. Needless to say I rushed out and purchased it. The meals are very easy to prepare and the feedback we have received from our Gentile friends has been fantastic. I can't wait until Thanksgiving!

The Best Kosher Cookbook I've ever used 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

Recipes are elegant and easy, there hasn't been one recipe that I've tried that wasn't good. Simply the best!!!!!

The Kosher Palette II: Coming Home, the Art and Simplicity of Kosher Cooking

Sandra Blank

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Even better than the first one 4 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

The first Kosher Palette is a great kosher cookbook, especially if you entertain a lot. The second one is also great, and I find that there are many more recipes in it that are suitable for weeknight cooking for the family. A lot of the recipes are quick and easy, everything I've made so far tastes great. My only "issue" is that this time they obviously had some corporate sponsorship, as they specify various brands of products in many of the recipes. Not a big deal, but it just gets on my nerves! Otherwise it's a really amazing cookbook.

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Mama Nazima's Jewish Iraqi Cuisine

Rivka Goldman

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More than 100 healthy family recipes have been compiled 5 out of 5 stars.
8 of 8 people found this review helpful.

In Mama Nazima's Jewish-Iraqi Cuisine, Rivka Goldman presents her memories of the culinary traditions of an ancient land that saw historical influences from the Mongols, the Turks, and India affect and enhance Iraq's ethnic and traditional cuisine among the Jewish-Iraqi community. More than 100 healthy family recipes have been compiled with dishes ranging from salads, to side dishes, to main entrees, to desserts. Each unique recipe comes accompanied by stories of friendship, loyalty, persecution, escape, exile, and celebration. From Feta Cheese and Onion Salad; Brown Eggs and Vegetables; Sweet-and-Sour Okra with Meat; and Semolina Dumplings with Zucchini; to Quince Stuffed with Meat; Rice and Lentils with Cumin and Garlic; Iraqi Pita Bread; and Candied Almond-Coconut, Mama Nazima's Jewish-Iraqi Cuisine is a superb addition to any personal, family, or community library regional/ethnic cookbook collection.

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When the jews fled Iraq for Israel, they could not take their material possessions with them, but did take their rich cuisine. Delicious dishes like Smack ab Thum oo Rihan (Garlic and Basil Fish) and Burekas im Gevina veh Tered (Feta and Spinach Pie) are included in this unique book. Jewish Iraqi aphorisms and beautiful photographs complete this presentation of the foods of the Iraqi Jews. As the saying goes, Man yakle al ein au el'thum (Who desires the food, the eyes or the mouth?).

Spice and Spirit: The Complete Kosher Jewish Cookbook (A Kosher living classic)

Esther Blau, Tzirrel Deitsch, Cherna Light

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My personal favorite 5 out of 5 stars.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

I love cookbooks, to read and look through. This one is the best. It has all the basic recipes and loads of information abouth jewish life and general cooking. When I am looking for a good basic recipe I know it will be here. I have given this as a shower gift many times. There are many cookbooks out there with more updated recipes and pictures (this book has no pictures) but when I need something to come out right, not be too difficult, and taste good I go for this book. The brownie and Basic (fruit)filled cakes I have made hundreds of times and they keep asking for them.

Don't miss this one! 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 7 people found this review helpful.

This book is awesome! Although indispensable for those who keep kosher, it is wonderful for anyone with tastebuds. (I'm a Christian.) The recipes are much-loved, tried-and-true favorites, which are very clearly written to virtually ensure success (e.g., even telling what size saucepan to use -- which you'll appreciate if you ever had to switch to a larger pan halfway through the recipe, thereby leaving two to scrub). Everything in it is wonderful; these are the recipes folks swear by, so you can try them with complete confidence. Awesome book! It sounds expensive only until you see it.

The Scent of Orange Blossoms: Sephardic Cuisine from Morocco

Kitty Morse, Danielle Mamane

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a spice filled welcome addition to Jewish cookbooks 5 out of 5 stars.
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A celebration of Jewish cuisine that came from the interaction between Jews and Moslems in North Africa and Spain. When the author Kitty Morse led eating tours of Morocco, the highlight was a meal at the villa of retailer Danielle Mamane in Fez el Jdid. Both women have collaborated on this well designed and interesting book of recipes. I recommend it for its recipes, design, stories, and photographs. In addition to recipes, letters between mothers and their newly married daughters, and introductory stories, the authors list menu plans (with recipe page numbers) for the Jewish holidays, as well as the more Moroccan Jewish celebrations of La Mimouna (Pesach period), Hillula (visiting sages), and Kappara (pre-Yom Kippur). For Jewish weddings, there is the customary flan (t'faya). For Mimouna, the recommended recipes are Chicken with Orange Juice; Sephardic Mafleta pancakes; and couscous with raisin and onions confit. My favorite recipes include Walnuts with Pomegranate Seeds (which uses a heavy dose of orange blossom water); a cucumber with lemon salad; fish filets made in Fez style (with tomatoes, potatoes, and garlic); Fresh Fava Bean Soup with Cilantro for Passover; Chicken Couscous with Orange Blossom Water for Yom Kippur; Harira or Lentil and Chickpeas Soup (for Moslem Ramadan and Jewish Yom Kippur break-the-fasts); Meatballs in Onion Cinnamon Sauce, Chicken with Saffron and Ginger and Onions; and Honey Doughnuts for Hannukah. There are Fish Fillets a la Fassi (Fez style); Dafina Shabbat Stew (skhina); Chicken with Garbanzo Beans in Tetouan style; and Tangier style Potato Stew that uses preserved beef (kleehe). The Tagine of Beef uses carrot and turnips as well as cilantro, garlic, ginger, and tumeric. The Cornish Hens with Fresh Figs uses 12 figs and 12 threads of saffron; the Chicken with Onion and Tomatoes uses toasted almonds, ginger and eight threads of saffron. Preserved fruits, lemons, and kumquats play an important role in the cuisine. There is a recipe for Sephardic Shabbat Challa, and the Top of The Shelf spice that is often used; it includes a blending of cinnamon, nutmeg, pepper, allspice, mace, salt and ginger. La Maguina, a vegetable and meat frittata, is sliced like meatloaf. Some unique soups and salads are a white and chard soup a la Tangiers; a fennel salad; a tomato and bell pepper salad with garlic, paprika and sugar; fava bean salad with cumin; and tomato with preserved lemons.

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During Spains infamous inquisition, Jews were forced to flee the country for more welcoming shores. Many of the refugees landed in Northern Africa, specifically Morocco, and a unique cuisine was born of the marriage of Spanish, Moorish and traditional Jewish culinary influences. This volume celebrates this cuisine presenting the elegant and captivating flavours passed down through generations of Moroccan Jews. It provides sample menus for all major Jewish holidays, and includes recipes for fresh fava bean soup with cilantro for Passover, chicken couscous with orange blossom water for the Day of Atonement and honey doughnuts for Hannukah. It emphaizes the connection between food, family and tradition as recipes are interspersed with letters between mothers and newly married daughters.

Norene's Healthy Kitchen: Eat Your Way to Good Health

Norene Gilletz

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Quick, delicious and healthy kosher cooking.

Norene Gilletz has a passion for recipes that are simple, healthy and delicious for the kosher (or not) cook. High in flavor and low in calories, they focus on good carbs, good proteins and good fats, and are made with readily available ingredients.

Norene's Healthy Kitchen is packed with chef's secrets, including easy preparation ideas, freezing tips and nutrition notes. The recipes are heart-healthy, weight-loss-friendly, smartcarb-friendly and glycemicindex-friendly. The selections are good choices for anyone on almost any diet. Recipes are suitable for the kosher kitchen, with lots of dairy-free and vegetarian options that the whole family will enjoy.

Here are samples of the more than 600 delicious recipes:

• Tabbouleh (Middle East)
• Chimichurri chicken (Argentina)
• Oriental chicken and pasta salad (Japanese influence)
• Spanakopita (Greek)
• Winter vegetable latkes
• Lemon berry mousse.

With its easy-to-follow instructions and readily available ingredients, this new cookbook brings great taste and good health to every table.

2nd Avenue Deli Cookbook: Recipes and Memories from Abe Lebewohl's Legendary Kitchen

Sharon Lebewohl, Rena Bulkin, Jack Lebewohl

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The food at The 2nd Ave. Deli is what your grandmother, mother, or a friend's family cooked. (Especially if you are not Jewish but loved being well fed.) From its recipes for Schmalz (the rendered chicken fat indispensable to real, old-fashioned Jewish dishes) and what is arguably the best chopped liver in the world, to Health Salad (a mayonnaise-less, sweet coleslaw), potato kugel (a dense, crisp-crusted pudding), six versions of chicken soup, a Honey Chiffon Cake served for Jewish New Year, and Mandelbrot, an almond-studded Jewish biscotti, this cookbook offers the best of the hefty, soul-satisfying Jewish cooking that is the ultimate comfort food.

Having survived World War II, and, at 19, hungry to succeed, Abe Lebewohl arrived in New York City in 1950, a Jewish immigrant from Russia. His first job was working in a deli on Coney Island. In 1954, he took over the tiny luncheonette near New York's bustling Lower East Side, which he renamed the 2nd Ave. Deli. From that day forward, he looked after his customers (and everyone else he felt needed it) with spontaneous generosity. The stories in this book from his daughter and other people who knew Abe bring to life the passion and love he served along with the best authentic Jewish home cooking--making it clear why he was called the Mayor of Second Avenue. The deli, a magnet for tourists and New York City locals, is now also a memorial to Abe Lebewohl, who was killed in 1996 during a robbery after the restaurant had closed for the night. His daughter wrote this cookbook as a memorial to him, as well as to share the family's recipes for elemental Jewish cooking. Its 166 recipes, black-and-white photographs, and inspiring text make this a joyful celebration by his family and friends. --Dana Jacobi

The Molly Goldberg Jewish Cookbook

Gertrude Berg, Myra Waldo

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MOLLY GOLDBERG'S COOKBOOK 5 out of 5 stars.
12 of 12 people found this review helpful.

In my library of over 100 cookbooks, many of them Jewish in content, this is the one I consult first before looking at any others. The recipes are truly wonderful, easy to follow and typical of the Jewish cookery I was brought up on. I have given copies of the book to my children and friends interested in the "real thing" and they all agree with me. The blintzes are outstanding and never let me down. It's the 1 book I couldn't be without to try "new old recipes".

Don't Use the Bagel Recipe 1 out of 5 stars.
7 of 9 people found this review helpful.

We have used two of the recipes (Sauerkraut Soup and Bagels Jake) and both were failures (p.s. we are usually quite successful cooks). The bagel failure was especially bothersome since we tried several times. After checking online recipes, we finally found the problem: the recipe is wrong! Boiling bagels for 20 minutes is crazy!

A Jewish cookbook that leads you astray on bagels??

Tacky humor, but the recipes are the Real Deal 5 out of 5 stars.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

The Jewish mother/family humor is dated and a little over the top, but it doesn't matter. The recipes are great. This is genuine, unmodernized Ashkenazi cooking, the way my grandma cooked. There's a great selection of recipes for every occasion--everyday, Shabbat, and holidays. No fancy ingredients, and the recipes are easy to follow.

If you want to wallow in nostalgia, this is it.

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Classic, traditional Jewish cookbook. The real thing.

Seasons of Our Joy

Arthur I. Waskow

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My favorite book for exploring the Jewish spiritual cycle 5 out of 5 stars.
17 of 17 people found this review helpful.

After almost a decade of living with this book, it remains my favorite for entering the Jewish cycle of observance and celebration. I return to it over and over as a source for creative, meaningful and deeply spiritual ways of participating in Jewish life. The guidance given in this book penetrates the practices and rituals, to allow me to embrace the essence of Jewish spirituality. The book gives an historical context for the days of observance as well as innovative approaches to their celebration. It is a treasure and I give it as a gift when people convert to Judaism, become a bar or bat mitzvah or when they seek a deeper understanding of Judaism.

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Circling the Jewish calendar from Rosh Hashanah to Tisha B'Av, this lively, accessible guide includes rituals, recipes, songs, prayers, and suggestions for new approaches to holiday observance.

"A wonderful blend of information and innovation that will help readers find both traditional and new meaning in the Jewish holidays." —Judith Plaskow, author of Standing Again at Sinai

Classic Italian Jewish Cooking: Traditional Recipes and Menus

Edda Servi Machlin

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Classic Italian Jewish Cooking starts with the ancient Italian adage Vesti da turco e mangia da ebreo ("Dress like a Turk and eat like a Jew"). In this definitive volume of Italian Jewish recipes, Edda Servi Machlin, a native of Pitigliano, Italy, a Tuscan village that was once home to a vibrant Jewish community, reveals the secrets of this delicate and unique culinary tradition that has flourished for more than two thousand years.

Originally introduced into the region by Jewish settlers from Judea, other Middle Eastern countries, and North Africa, Italian Jewish cuisine was always more than a mere adaptation of Italian dishes to the Jewish dietary laws; it was a brilliant marriage of ancient Jewish dishes and preparation methods to the local ingredients that relied on the imaginative use of fresh herbs, fruit, and vegetables. Fifteen hundred years later, with the influx of Iberian refugees, it was enriched by some Sephardic (from Spain and Portugal) dishes.

Here you'll find recipes for the quintessential Italian Jewish dishes -- from Goose "Ham," Spicy Chicken Liver Toasts, and Jewish Caponata to Sabbath Saffron Rice, Purim Ravioli, and Tagliatelle Jewish Style (Noodle Kugel); from Creamed Baccalà, Red Snapper Jewish Style, and Artichokes Jewish Style to Creamed Fennel and Fried Squash Flowers; from Couscous Salad and Sourdough Challah Bread to Haman's Ears, Honey Cake, and Passover Almond Biscotti.

Selected from Edda Servi Machlin's three widely admired books on Italian Jewish cuisine and filled with beautifully rendered memories from her birthplace, this rare collection of more than three hundred recipes is a powerful tribute to a rich cultural heritage and a rare gift to food lovers. With a special section on Jewish holiday menus, Classic Italian Jewish Cooking is a volume to treasure for generations.