The book of Jewish food : an odyssey from Samarkand and Vilna to the present day

by Claudia Roden

Paperback, 1999

Status

Available

Call number

641.5676

Collection

Publication

Penguin UK (1999), Edition: New Ed, 592 pages

Description

In more than 800 glorious recipes interwoven with stories, reminiscences, and history, Claudia Roden traces the fascinating development of Jewish cooking over the centuries. The recipes - many of them never before documented - are the treasures garnered by the author during almost fifteen years of traveling around the world, tasting, watching, collecting recipes, talking to cooks and food sellers, and gathering the stories that spice this remarkable book. During her. Travels Claudia Roden wrote down her affectionate memories of the people behind the thousands of recipes she collected. She presents to us only the finest of her myriad dishes and leavens them throughout with tales of her travels, with intriguing history, with jokes and stories shared in communities all over the globe - in tiny villages and in such once-great Jewish cultural centers as Aleppo and Salonika.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member jaine9
I haven't actually cooked a lot out of it but is a fascanating read.
LibraryThing member carioca
This is a wonderful cookbook. Claudia Roden not only compiled recipes - she also compiled stories and anecdotes and historical descriptions of various Jewish communities around the world. Her book has become an essential part of my cooking routine during every major Jewish holiday, to the point
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that when the book was lost in my move to DC I immediately rushed to a bookstore to get a replacement... Indispensable.
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LibraryThing member MarthaJeanne
Goopd reading. Good eating. What more could you want?

This is more narrative than most of Roden's cookbooks. Which only serves to make you want to cook every recipe she describes.

Awards

National Jewish Book Award (Winner — 1997)
Andre Simon Award (Winner — 1997)
Wingate Literary Prize (Winner — Non-Fiction — 1998)
James Beard Foundation Award (Nominee — 1997)

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1996

Physical description

592 p.; 7.5 inches

ISBN

0140466096 / 9780140466096

Local notes

Donated by : Leonie Webb, May 2018
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