Jewish Cooking In America (Knopf Cooks American)
by Joan Nathan
List Price:
Our Price: $9.98
You Save: $25.02 (71%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $0.03 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Joan NathanEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1994-03-15
ISBN: 0394584058
Number of pages: 463
Publisher: Knopf
Summary of Jewish Cooking In America (Knopf Cooks American)
Here is a rich tapestry of more than three centuries of Jewish cooking in America. In this book Joan Nathan gathers together more than 300 kosher recipes, old and new. They come from both Sephardic and Ashkenazic Jews who came and settled all over America, bringing with them a wide variety of regional flavors, changing and adapting their traditional dishes according to what was available in the new country.What makes Jewish cooking unique is the ancient dietary laws that govern the selection, preparation, and consumption of food by observant Jews. Food plays a major part in rituals, past and present, binding family and community. It is this theme that informs every page of Joan Nathan's warm and lively text.
Every dish has a story--from the cholents (the long-cooked rich meat stews) and kugels (vegetable and noodle puddings) prepared in advance for the Sabbath to the potato latkes (served with maple syrup in Vermont and goat cheese in California) and gefilte fish (made with whitefish in the Midwest, salmon in the Northwest, haddock in New England, and shad in Maryland). Joan Nathan tells us how lox and bagels and Lindy's cheesecake became household words and how American products like Crisco, cream cheese, junket, and Jell-O changed forever the way Jewish women cook.
The recipes and stories come from every part of the U.S.A. They are seasoned with Syrian, Moroccan, Greek, German, Polish, Georgian, and Alsatian flavors, and they represent traditional foods tailored for today's tastes as well as some of the nouvelle creations of Jewish chefs from New York to Tuscany.
Joan Nathan, an American, author of The Children's Jewish Holiday Kitchen, lived in Jerusalem for three years. Her review of Jewish-American cuisine contains more than 300 kosher recipes, with added information on Jewish dietary laws and Jewish culture, drawing from both Sephardic and Ashkenazic traditions. She gives Old World cooking extensive coverage, including foods from Bukhara, Salonika, Israel and Georgia, and writes knowledgeably of New World adaptations. The recipes cover Jewish standards, like homemade bagels and pickled herring and more American-influenced dishes like Cajun matzoh balls with green onions, or American haroset. The book won the 1995 Julia Child Cookbook Award in the American Category.
Kosher Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Kosher Books
Bubbe's Kitchen: Cherished Dishes from the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada, Vancouver Section (Cooking (Raincoast))Raincoast Books; Published: 2000-06; Paperback; Book
Price in other shops:
Kosher By Design: Teens and 20-Somethings: Cooking for the Next Generationby Susie Fishbein
Mesorah Publications; Mesorah Publications Ltd.; Published: 2010-10-27; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $18.95
Price in other shops:
Italian Jewish Cookingby Mira Sacerdoti
Hill of Content Pub Co Pty Ltd; Published: 1994-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $19.99
Price in other shops:
Kosher Delicious: Great Recipes for LivingJonathan David Publishers; Published: 2005-03; Spiral-bound; Book
Best price: $22.59
Price in other shops:
International Cooking for the Kosher Homeby Betty S. Goldberg
Jonathan David Co., Inc; Published: 1988-01-23; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $23.98
Price in other shops:
Joan Nathan's Jewish Holiday Cookbookby Joan Nathan
Schocken; Published: 2004-08-17; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $14.95
Price in other shops:
The Jewish Holiday Kitchen: 250 Recipes from Around the World to Make Your Celebrations Specialby Joan Nathan
Schocken; Published: 1998-08-18; Paperback; Book
Best price: $22.13
Jewish Cooking For All Seasons: Fresh, Flavorful Kosher Recipes for Holidays and Every Dayby Laura Frankel
Wiley; Published: 2006-08-07; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.69
Price in other shops:
Food at the Time of the Bibleby Miriam F. Vamosh
Abingdon Press; Published: 2004-08; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.00
Price in other shops:
The Mensch Chef: Or Why Delicious Jewish Food Isn't an Oxymoronby Mitchell Davis
Clarkson Potter; Published: 2002-03-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.71
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
The Jewish Holiday Baker: Recipes for Breads, Cakes, and Cookies for All the Holidays and Any Time of the Yearby Joan Nathan
Schocken; Published: 1997-10-15; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $18.98
Price in other shops:
Jewish Slow Cooker Recipesby Laura Frankel
Wiley; Published: 2009-08-17; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $10.99
Price in other shops:
Arthur Schwartz's Jewish Home Cooking: Yiddish Recipes Revisitedby Arthur Schwartz
Ten Speed Press; Published: 2008-04-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $19.01
Price in other shops:
Olive Trees and Honey: A Treasury of Vegetarian Recipes from Jewish Communities Around the Worldby Gil Marks
Wiley; Published: 2004-11-12; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $18.50
Price in other shops:
A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Bakingby Marcy Goldman
Marcy Goldman; Whitecap Books Ltd.; Published: 2009-09-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $17.45
Price in other shops:
The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand to New Yorkby Claudia Roden
Knopf; Published: 1996-11-26; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $25.89
Price in other shops:
The Foods of Israel Todayby Joan Nathan
Knopf; Published: 2001-03-06; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $18.00
Price in other shops:
The New York Times Jewish Cookbook: More than 825 Traditional & Contemporary Recipes from Around the WorldSt. Martin's Press; Published: 2002-09-30; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $23.39
Price in other shops:
Joan Nathan's Jewish Holiday Cookbookby Joan Nathan
Schocken; Published: 2004-08-17; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $14.95
Price in other shops:
Quiches, Kugels, and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in Franceby Joan Nathan
Knopf; Published: 2010-10-26; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $19.97
Price in other shops: