Joan Nathan's Jewish Holiday Cookbook

by Joan Nathan

Jewish holidays are defined by food. Yet Jewish cooking is always changing, encompassing the flavors of the world, embracing local culinary traditions of every place in which Jews have lived and adapting them to Jewish observance. This collection, the culmination of Joan Nathan’s decades of gathering Jewish recipes from around the world, is a tour through the Jewish holidays as told in food. For each holiday, Nathan presents menus from different cuisines—Moroccan, Russian, German, and contemporary American are just a few—that show how the traditions of Jewish food have taken on new forms around the world. There are dishes that you will remember from your mother’s table and dishes that go back to the Second Temple, family recipes that you thought were lost and other families’ recipes that you have yet to discover. Explaining their origins and the holidays that have shaped them, Nathan spices these delicious recipes with delightful stories about the people who have kept these traditions alive. Try something exotic—Algerian Chicken Tagine with Quinces or Seven-Fruit Haroset from Surinam—or rediscover an American favorite like Pineapple Noodle Kugel or Charlestonian Broth with “Soup Bunch” and Matzah Balls. No matter what you select, this essential book, which combines and updates Nathan’s classic cookbooks The Jewish Holiday Baker and The Jewish Holiday Kitchen with a new generation of recipes, will bring the rich variety and heritage of Jewish cooking to your table on the holidays and throughout the year.From the Hardcover edition.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Culinary, Judaica, Holiday, Jewish

544 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 18, 1998

Reviews

[Jennifer ☕ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it! Especially loved all the information about each holy day aka feast day. In depth information on how to prepare some of the recipes as well like how to braid your challah. Lovely book!

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of history included. When i was browsing website for holiday reads it popped up. Just skimmed the recipes. Recipes and stories and anecdotes all grouped by holiday. Includes menus. I did copy out one recipe for mushroom barley soup.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a must have for EVERY Jewish Kitchen!!!

[Tanya Keith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Should be the first Jewish cookbook you buy. It will be years before you need another.

[Bella Richardson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of great history and recipes!

Good for recipes and traditions. Making Apple cake right now! Love knowing how customs are started. Great compilation of recipes from around the world.

[Queer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Essential eating

[Lori Stutzman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Joan Nathan a cookbook author, historian and storyteller all in one!

This wonderful book is a remarkable compilation of recipes, tradition and stories Joan Nathan has gathered from all over the world.

[Abraham Ray · Rating 2 out of 5]

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