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Cookbooks Review #2 (Free Cookbook)
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While summer is my real reading time (here's my summer cookbook review), I manage to sneak in some cookbook reading into the cold winter days. Here are a couple of my new favorites.
Inside the Jewish Bakery: Recipes and Memories from the Golden Age of Jewish Baking by Stanley Ginsberg and Norman Berg
If you love baking and enjoy learning new techniques, this book is for you. Recipes include variations of challah, bagels and tempting Jewish bakery classics – such as checkerboard cake, rainbow cookies, egg kichlech and black & white cookies. What I love about this book, aside from the cultural and historical information, is that all the recipes are given in bakers’ percentages, in addition to cups , oz and grams. Baking is a form of chemistry, and professional bakers tend to use exact formulas when baking. These formulas were past down from generation to generation and the authors’ brake it down for the home cook. Even if you don’t plan on baking anything, the book is full of history lessons and sweet memories from Jewish bakeries.
Did you know? Chiffon Cake was unknown in Jewish Europe; in fact it was invented by Harry Baker, a California insurance-salesman turned caterer, in 1927. In 1947 he sold his recipe to General Mills, which featured it in ‘Better Homes & Gardens’ a year later. It took America by storm and quickly became the standard in Jewish bakeries during the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s.
If you’d like to win a copy of “Inside the Jewish Bakery” scroll down to the end of the post.
The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen: Glorious Meals Pure and Simple by Lévana Kirschenbaum
Levana Kirshenbaum is passionate about cooking healthy and her newest book really takes it to another level. “The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen” is all about eating healthy tasty food. It is full of tips and advice on cooking from scratch, and brimming with gluten-free & whole grain recipes and their many variations. One of my favorite chapters in the book is “The Pantry – edible gifts to yourself and beyond”, with recipes for dressings and sauces such as homemade cocktail sauce, Thai and Teriyaki sauce.
Healthy food doesn’t have to boring and in classical Levana’s style, it’s an entertaining read. The book will be republished in a larger and more beautiful format in March. You can grab a copy of the book right now if you can’t wait.
Momofuku Milk Bar by Christina Tosi
While I love Jewish/kosher cookbooks, I always find little gems in other cookbooks as well. Momofuku Milk bar is a cookbook with recipes of innovative and addictive cookies, pies, ice creams and other goodies. An example of one of the cookies is the ‘composite cookie’ - a chunky chocolate chip cookie studded with crunchy salt pretzels and coffee grounds. And If that doesn’t entice you, this one will - cornflake chocolate-chip marshmallow cookie. The book is not only about ice creams and cookies, there is also a full chapter devoted to bread. While all the recipes could be used in a kosher kitchen, the only ingredient I had trouble with is milk powder. Currently, cholov yisroel milk powder is hard to find, but you can easily replace it with pareve soy milk powder. If you like to bake and don’t mind spending time in the kitchen, this book is for you. Most recipes have 2-4 components in it and do take some time to assemble. But the recipes are so different and delicious that it’s worth the effort.
Gluten-Free Cupcakes: 50 Irresistible Recipes Made with Almond and Coconut Flour by Elana Amsterdam
If you know someone that keeps a gluten free diet, you know how hard it is to bake delicious gluten free baked goods. Not to mention that most gluten free recipes, contain xanthium gum and other hard to find ingredients. ‘Gluten Free Cupcakes’ is a small soft cover book with 50 cupcake recipes made with almond and coconut flours. The photos are so beautiful and the recipes contain variations such as apple spice, triple chocolate and cinnamon crumb cupcakes, I may just make them all year round, eventhough I have no problem baking with flour.
Fresh & Easy Kosher Cooking: Ordinary Ingredients — Extraordinary Meals by Leah Schapira
Last but not least, we can’t mention new cookbooks without mentioning my own. Shameless plug.
Fresh & Easy is all about ‘ordinary ingredients’ that yield ‘extraordinary results’. It’s fun, fresh and easy food that your family will enjoy. Best part of it all, you’ll rarely have to leave your house, as most of the ingredients should be right in your pantry. In the cookbook you’ll find fun everyday food, like teriyaki sesame chicken, home fries and sweet chili chicken sandwiches. I devote sections to brunch, soups, salads, desserts with a section for traditional Jewish foods as well.
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Comments (63)
I would want a another cookbook like nechama cohen, each recipe w/nutrition facts!
Don't want to give too much away since I would like to write my own cookbook one day :) but lots of pictures!!!
I would be interested in unique ways to prepare kosher fish.
i love cookbooks that have a picture for each recipe.
I would love a kosher cookbook for a busy mom of very picky toddlers!
I would love a cookbook that focused on supper menu ideas with grocery lists at the beginning of each one.
I would like a kosher cookbook about biscuits.
I am looking forward to Levana's new cookbook, and I would like to see her tackle some New Orleans Southern favorites.
I would LOVE to win
I'd like a vegetarian kosher cookbook
I would love a kosher cookbook that provides recipes and entertaining ideas for all kinds of parties
I am sure that a regular, kosher american style cookbook that uses only ingredients and baking supplies that are readily available in Israel is sorely missing from the market! I know my friends and I would all buy that! (Down with condensed milk!)
I'd like a cookbook with healthy parve desserts; NO margarine! Thanks for the giveaway.
I would like a cookbook on kosher stews
I am currently studying to become a Pastry Chef and am planning to enter the Kosher world upon graduation. I have been practicing making pareve desserts that taste great and would LOVE to learn more ways to do so. I also LOVE baking bread, especially Challah! I would love to win a free copy of the cookbook so that I can learn new things and create new delicious desserts and meals for my family.
I would love for a cookbook to come out that has loads of salad recipes. I find that's one thing I'm always looking for new recipes of.
I would like to see a diabetic Kosher cookbook.
I love to see a picture for every recipe which thankfully most cookbooks have now. I would also like nutrition facts with each recipe and recipes that don't rely on processed ingredients.
this cookbook sounds right up my alley! i'd love to learn all about pastries and the like! pick me please!
I would like a cookbook with gluten free recipes
I'd love a cookbook that has lots of easy chicken bottom recipes- I can never get enough! Also a Jewish cookie/cupcake cookbook with lots of decorating ideas!
I love cookbooks that are geared to the busy mom with easy-to-make recipes, universally accepted ingredients that don't scare off kids (or husbands for that matter!). Gourmet cookbooks just sit on my shelf - i need user friendly ones! Lots of photos are a huge plus too!
I love cookbooks that have main dishes with low-no sugar, and lo carb, very hard to find!
To RGLevy, I too, have very picky eaters and I found the cookbook Fresh and Easy by Leah Schapira great. My boys just look through the cookbook and they find lots of recipes which they like on paper for sure. I made numerous chicken recipes and they were a big hit by their difficult standards! All the recipes are clear and easy to prepare and taste delicious.
B"H
I'd love to see a cookbook with pics for every recipe and ingredients that are found in every home.
I own so many cookbooks, I am not sure I'm missing anything! But my favorite sort is one with stories and anecdotes about each recipe. And pictures.
I love brisket - there's a certain recipe I learned, and it comes out just right, tender and well, words can't describe.
me too!
I love cookbooks with easy, healthy, and low fat recipes to make during the week.
I'd love to win a cookbook that has nothing but Kosher recipes. I just started cooking Kosher and need A LOT of ideas!!
A book that would have "perfect" recipes: easy, delicious, frugal and healthy. Can you really have it all?
I would love a cookbook with pictures and pictured directions for baking.
I would love a cookbook with healthy and easy recipes!
A cookbook with precise pictures of old tradition foods from across the globe.
I wish I had a cookbook with menu ideas, including the recipes, for Shabbos, Jewish holidays and everyday dinners!
levana's new one (quoted here!) is definitely my new fav, but i would absolutely love a vegan kosher cookbook...
I would love a cookbook of kosher breads and deserts!
I'm always looking for great appetizers. A cookbook with kosher appetizers, particularly pareve ones would be perfect for me. Elegance is the key word.
I'd like a cookbook that includes low fat recipes without sugar substitutes and incorporates whole grain flour!
I would love a cookbook with easy yummy recipes, that has a picture by each one. Or step by step pictures with the recipe!
i would love a cookbook of quick, easy and kid friendly shabbas foods that would please everyone in the family with suggested menus and pictures.
I would love a cookbook that lays out the 'rules' for baking that will be assumed throughout the rest of the book. Does 'eggs' always mean room-temperature eggs? Does 'salt' mean table salt or kosher salt (and does it matter)? Do bread recipes assume you've 'proofed' your yeast or will it explicitly say how to do so?
I'd love for someone to write a cookbook with a wide array kosher crock-pot suppers. I always dream of putting up supper before I head to work and coming home and being able to focus on my kids and not have to worry about supper!
I would like a cookbook that not only saves me time in the kitchen, but time in the grocery store, too: Recipes with FIVE OR LESS INGREDIENTS! (not including the assumed staples: salt, pepper, and oil for cooking).
I wish someone would write a kosher cookbook for people that don't live in New York or other big cities and therefore don't have access to every kosher ingredient, cut of meat, etc.
I would LOVE a cookbook with easy, simple recipe's ( 5 ingredienst or less) that took 30 min or less & had nutrtion facts. I also would love for it to include things that were easy to shop for in a regular grocery store. I dont have easy access to a kosher butcher or other completely kosher stores.
I would love a cookbook which is low in calories, and low in carbs---but high in taste! And everything is easy to prepare.
I would love a cookbook for pesach that has more healthy recipes. It would be a plus if it was a totally nut free cookbook.
I would love to see a gourmet kosher cookbook aimed at diabetics.
I would love to have a new cookbook. I am always looking for new recipes.
I like cookbooks w/ simple & ez ingredients & directions, take fast to prepare yet look gourmet!
would love a new kosher cook very hard to get where i uses to live in West Texas, gathering them up since I live in Dallas now
My favorite recipe is Matzo Ball Soup!!
I would love to have a kosher cookbook that I could use on a daily basis that not only would teach me something new as well as have easy & fast to challenging and slow recipes!!
Would love a cookbook that has fast simple easy recipes that are kid friendly, for those of us who just don't have the time to patchke with a bunch of little kids in the house.
I'd love an eclectic ethnic cookbook, with authentic recipes made kosher. I want to taste the foods of the world, but kosher of course. There is no reason why kosher cooks should be denied the flavors of the world
I want to win! I love fresh and easy recipes! ;)
I wish someone wrote a cookbook of tasty yet healthy and simple recipes! maybe that's high expectations, though.
I would love more cookbooks with food presentation included... Food should look as pretty as it tastes - but need more ideas.
I would like a cookbook that shows you how to make a kugel for 2 people and also for 6. The kids have moved out, but sometimes they come home, I don't need to cook as much for shabbat, but we still need to at times.
I would like a Kosher dietetic cookbook.
I wish someone would write a cookbook about making beautiful relationships: with new people you meet, with relatives and family, with co-workers, with your spouse, with your children, with your community, and of course, with HKB"H.
To YehuditW, one way we can create beautiful relationships with our children, spouse and family is by cooking their favorite foods or for that matter any delicious food. Cookbooks help us with that! The way to anyone's heart is through their stomach!