The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand and Vilna to the Present Day - 25th Anniversary Edition by Claudia Roden
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The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand and Vilna to the Present Day - 25th Anniversary Edition by Claudia Roden
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The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand and Vilna to the Present Day - 25th Anniversary Edition by Claudia Roden
Food is memory. Food is identity. Food is the thread that connects us across generations, across continents, across centuries of diaspora and displacement. In this internationally acclaimed masterpiece, Claudia Roden interweaves more than 800 treasured recipes with the stories and histories that have shaped Jewish cooking over the ages, creating far more than a cookbook—this is a cultural odyssey. Drawing on almost sixteen years of meticulous research around the world, Roden celebrates the immense diversity of traditional Jewish food, journeying through the Jewish Diaspora from her native Egypt and beyond, revealing how Jewish communities have adapted, innovated and preserved their culinary heritage across every continent.
From the Ashkenazi world comes hallah bread, wine-poached salmon and luscious plum tarts. The Sephardi chapter boasts an array of vibrant dishes: tabbouleh, falafel and the inimitable orange Passover cake. Each recipe carries within it the essence of a people, the wisdom of a tradition, the love of families gathered around tables in Samarkand and Vilna, in Baghdad and Jerusalem, in New York and Tel Aviv. Roden's prose sings with warmth and authority as she traces how Jewish food reflects the lands where Jews have lived, the festivals they have celebrated, and the resilience they have embodied. This 25th Anniversary Edition includes new material and recipes, making it the definitive book of Jewish cuisine—a learned, loving and delicious tribute to the variety and vitality of Jewish culture and the food that has shaped our culinary world. A celebration of tradition, adaptation and the enduring power of a shared meal.
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 26/05/2022
ISBN: 9780241996645
Number of pages: 608
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