Tuesday, July 13, 2010

RESOURCES ABOUT JEWISH COOKING

General cooking


The gefilte variations by Jayne Cohen

Variations on traditional Jewish dishes. TX724 .C54


1,000 Jewish recipes by Faye Levy

An extraordinarily comprehensive Jewish cookbook. TX724 .L4125



The book of Jewish food : an Odyssey from Samarkand to New York by Claudia Roden

Recipes, history, and culture. TX724 .R53


Special occasions


The New York Times Passover cookbook : more than 200 holiday recipes from top chefs and writers edited by Lindwa Amster

Selections from dozens of top chefs and cookbooks. TX739.2 .P37N48



Shabbat shalom : recipes and menus for the Sabbath by Susan R. Friedland

Friedland improvises on traditional foods from across the Jewish world. TX724 .F688



The essential book of Jewish festival cooking : 200 seasonal holiday recipes & their traditions by Phyllis Glazer with Miriyam Glazer

200 recipes organized by festival, from Passover to Purim. TX724 .G595 2004



World cuisine

Aromas of Aleppo : the legendary cuisine of Syrian Jews by Poopa Dweck

A Syrian-Jewish American documents her culture's cuisine with recipes and dazzling photographs. TX724.D88 2007



The world of Jewish cooking by Gil Marks

Jewish recipes and history from around the world, including Italian, Yemenite, Ethiopian, Indian, Romanian, Hungarian, Georgian, Ukranian, Moroccan, German, Alsatian, and Middle Eastern cuisine. TX714 .M3195



The foods of Israel today by Joan Nathan

Captures the rich traditions of contemporary Israeli food. TX724 .N3674



Particular foods


The bagel : the surprising history of a modest bread by Maria Balinska

A history of the bagel from 17th century Poland to America today. TX770 .B3B3



A blessing of bread : the many rich traditions of Jewish bread baking around the world by Maggie Glezer

Breads from the Ashkenazi, Sephardic, North African, and Near Eastern traditions. TX769 .G555



Olive trees and honey : a treasury of vegetarian recipes from Jewish communities around the world by Gil Marks

A tremendous variety of vegetarian Jewish cooking. TX837 .M34 2005



Websites

About.com Kosher Food: http://kosherfood.about.com/


Includes articles exploring Jewish food and explaining kashrut and hundreds of recipes organized by category.


Jewishrecipes.org: http://www.jewishrecipes.org/recipes/index.html

Recipes collected from Jewish cookbooks, organized by category and holiday.


Jewish Recipes at Epicurious: http://www.epicurious.com/tools/browseresults?type=browse&att=17

Browse  the user-submitted and reviewed recipes. Also browse their holiday menus at http://www.epicurious.com/recipesmenus/holidays




Pathfinder by Brian Samek, Library Intern.