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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010-08-25. hardcover. Very Good. 8x2x9. Hardback with Dustjacket. Minimal edgewear and rubbing to jacket coverfrom light use. All interior pages and overall book is very clean.A good copy for reference, research, or reading enjoyment.
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Encyclopedia of Jewish Food Hardcover - 2010 - 1st Edition
by Gil Marks
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A comprehensive, A-to-Z guide to Jewish foods, recipes, and culinary traditions
Food is more than just sustenance. It's a reflection of a community's history, culture, and values. From India to Israel to the United States and everywhere in between, Jewish food appears in many different forms and variations, but all related in its fulfillment of kosher laws, Jewish rituals, and holiday traditions. The Encyclopedia of Jewish Food explores both unique cultural culinary traditions as well as those that unite the Jewish people.
- Alphabetical entries—from Afikomen and Almond to Yom Kippur and Za'atar—cover ingredients, dishes, holidays, and food traditions that are significant to Jewish communities around the world
- This easy-to-use reference includes more than 650 entries, 300 recipes, plus illustrations and maps throughout
- Both a comprehensive resource and fascinating reading, this book is perfect for Jewish cooks, food enthusiasts, historians, and anyone interested in Jewish history or food
The Encyclopedia of Jewish Food is an informative and eye-opening guide to the culinary heart and soul of the Jewish people.
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- Title Encyclopedia of Jewish Food
- Author Gil Marks
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 672
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin, Hoboken, NJ
- Date 2010-08-25
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780470391303 / 0470391308
- Weight 3.1 lbs (1.41 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 8.4 x 2.1 in (23.11 x 21.34 x 5.33 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Jewish cooking, International cooking
- Dewey Decimal Code 641.567
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The Encyclopedia of Jewish Food explores the foods and culinary traditions of individual communities, such as the honey-nut sfratto cookies beloved by Italian Jews in Tuscany, as well as those that unite Jews everywhere, like the key elements of the Passover Seder plate. Alphabetical book entries from Afikomen and Almond to Yom Kippur and Za'atar present recipes, ingredients, and holidays that are significant to the story of Jewish food, spanning three thousand years.Even those with a well-developed knowledge of Jewish food will find plenty of new and compelling information here dishes and ingredients they've never heard of, surprising and delicious variations on favorite traditional recipes, and plenty of historical and cultural tidbits that explore how, when, and why Jewish foods developed into what they are today.
For anyone interested in Jewish cooking, culture, or history, the Encyclopedia of Jewish Food is an enlightening and engaging tour through the culinary heart and soul of a people.
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