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Eating well is about exploring foods from different cultures, whether you’re a cooking pro, or you’re just learning, there are so many recipes to discover. When you’re starting out, recipe books are the best place for inspiration. To learn some delicious Jewish dishes, these books are a great place to start.
A Treasury Of Jewish Holiday Baking By Marcy Goldman
This beautiful book is packed with holiday traditions, plus tasty new recipes. Writer Marcy Goldman is a pastry chef and the creator of BetterBaking.com. All of these recipes are simple to follow. You’ll find plenty of delicious recipes including raisin challah, and apricot-filled Hamantaschen. Want to learn how to make pecan studded Schecke or cheese pastries? Marcy can teach you all these and a whole lot more.
The Book Of Jewish Food By Claudia Roden
In this enchanting book, Claudia discusses the ‘Sephardic Jewish’ food that she sampled as a child living in Cairo. Claudia is an award-winning English writer, who enjoys traveling the world to try delicious dishes. Here Claudia writes about recipes like ‘Sheikh el Mahshi Betingan’, (which is eggplants filled with pine nuts and lamb). In this book, you’ll find over 800 Jewish recipes from all over the world. As well as the recipes, there are also plenty of beautiful images, and stories about Claudia’s travels. With so many tasty recipes to try, you’ll be spoilt for choice. If you’re looking to cook some healthy family meals, you’ll find plenty in here.
Jew-ish by Jake Cohen
In this book Jake seeks to reinvent the dishes of his culture, he merges classic Jewish dishes with the Persian-Iraqi food traditions. The result is a fresh and contemporary spin on Jewish dishes. Here you’ll find a Persian version of the Jewish potato pancake and unique hybrid dishes like ‘Pumpkin Spice Babka’. You’ll also find plenty of classics including ‘Roasted Tomato Brisket’, and ‘Short Rib Cholent.’ It’s a delightful book full of traditional and modern recipes, and some exciting new inventions. For a unique merging of cultures, you’ll love Jew-ish!
Jewish Home Cooking By Arthur Schwartz
Arthur Schwartz has plenty of tasty recipes for you to try, from stuffed cabbage to blintzes, and kugel. Want to make nut-studded coffee cakes? Or Herring in sour cream? Here you’ll find almost one hundred recipes to tantalize your taste buds. There are classics such as kreplach, plus modern versions of Ashkenazi recipes. As well as the recipes there are plenty of exciting stories and info about culinary history.
Learning new recipes
Learning new recipes is a fantastic way to improve your cooking skills, explore different cultures, and boost your health. Whether you’re looking for Jewish recipes or recipes from other cultures, there are plenty of online blogs that can help. From plant based recipes to meat recipes, there are lots of options depending on your diet. To continue your food education check out this crock pot chicken drumsticks. When you learn a new recipe, you might enjoy writing it down, to create a book of favorites.
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