Jewish Cooking Boot Camp: The Modern Girl's Guide To Cooking Like A Jewish Grandmother

by Andrea Marks Carneiro, Roz Marks

Straight from the kitchen of a fun, fabulous Jewish mom, Jewish Cooking Boot Camp is a guide to whipping up traditional favorites for a new generation. Handed down over the centuries, these recipes and tips will take even the most kitchen-challenged gal (or guy) confidently through the Jewish holidays, Shabbats, and other important occasions (like having a significant other's mother over for dinner). In addition to more than fifty easy-to-make, scrumptious, traditional (and nontraditional) recipes, Roz and Andrea provide expert tips from Jewish bartenders, nutritionists, and party planners; interviews with rabbis about creating modern family traditions; inspirational traditions from Jewish families around the globe; kosher wine pairings―and much more. Jewish Cooking Boot Camp takes every last ounce of intimidation out of Jewish cooking while serving up a hearty helping of family, culture, and other flavors to savor.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking

200 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Abigail G · Rating 3 out of 5]

Definately a basic book in the area of recipes but enjoyable to read through as the authors included numerous facts and traditions about Jewish holidays. There were less recipes than I expected and all the pages of information made it feel less like a cookbook and more like a information book with recipes mixed in.

[Keziah · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a primer to cooking for Jewish holidays and occasions, for someone who is very new to cooking. It contains a lot of shortcuts, tips and tricks for easy Jewish celebration. Kind of like Semi-Homemade Meals for the Kosher Home. Not a bad book, but not something if you're looking for intensive projects.

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Stylish and fun but some of the recipes are a little odd. Ketchup in stuffed cabbage? Cake mixes? Some of the side dishes (dill carrots etc) barely needed a recipe. I expected more from a cookbook that both invoked grandmothers and didn't mention that it was a "short cut" cookbook.

[Catherine Woodman]

This is a good book to give to somebody who is just entering Jewish culture, and wants to have the basic recipes that would identify them as "a member of the tribe" and to have some basic knowledge about what things mean--like 'kosher', 'matzah', 'keeping passover' and so on.

[Aja Marsh · Rating 2 out of 5]

not very sophisticated. lots of shortcuts, which in itself isn't necessarily bad, but thought it'd be a bit more interesting. nice sections in here with songs and stories and things like that which are kind of fun.

[Roseann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great recipes.

[Jodi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun, very helpful cooking tips and wonderful recipes. Highly recommended reading.