Jewish Cookbooks and Recipes

Specific recipes for Passover and Hannukah below.

The Jewish cuisine that we call "Ashkenazic" today was influenced by the cold climate in which these Jews lived, and in which their culture developed. Root vegetables, hardy tree fruits, fresh water fish, dairy products—and the ability to store them, and nuts formed the easily available ingredients ready to be turned into gastronomic wonders by generations of creative Jewish women.

There were certain hallmarks of Ashkenazic Jewish cooking which endure even today. This type of cuisine generally avoided sauces, except for natural cooking juices augmented by water or a simple meat or vegetable stock. Also, different types of foods were generally segregated, rather than mixed. For example, potted meatballs were rarely mixed in a gravy with vegetables, although sometimes potatoes might be added to extend the dish.
     —from What is Ashkenazic Cuisine? by Rabbi Jo David

 

Encyclopedia of Jewish Food
by Gil Marks

Recipes

• Gundi (Persian Chicken and Chickpea Balls)
• Kaletzin (Russian Cheese Rounds)
• Kipfel (Ashkenazic Cookie Crescents or Rugelach)
• Makosh (Hungarian Poppy Seed Roll)

Quiches, Kugels, and Couscous
by Joan Nathan

Recipes

• Alsatian Pear Kugel with Prunes
• Moroccan Couscous from Mogador
• Crustless Quiche Clafoutis
       with Cherry Tomatoes, Basil, and Olive Oil

Jewish Cooking In America
by Joan Nathan

Recipes

• Russ & Daughters Pickled Lox with Sour Cream Sauce
• Jim Cohen's Sephardic Brisket
• Apricot or Chocolate Filled Rugelach

Jewish Slow Cooker Recipes
by Laura Frankel

Recipes

• Essential Chicken Stock
• Roasted Parsnip and Jerusalem Artichoke Soup
• Dafina
• Kishke

Fast & Festive Meals for the Jewish Holidays
by Marlene Sorosky

Recipes

• Baked Asparagus with Toasted Walnuts
• Crisp Potato Kugel
• Prime Rib Roast
• Strawberry, Raspberry, and Rhubarb Crisp
• Tournedos of Salmon

Mother and Daughter Jewish Cooking
by Evelyn Rose and Judi Rose

Recipes

• Roast Boned Lamb Stuffed with a Pinwheel of Fresh Herbs
• Swedish "Fan" Potatoes Hasselbacks
• Minted Peas and Cucumber with Shallots

Cucina Ebraica
by Joyce Goldstein Cucina Ebraica

Recipes

• Sweet and Sour Squash
• Roast Chicken with Orange, Lemon,and Ginger
• Nut Filled Cookie Sticks

Jewish Holiday Cooking
by Jayne Cohen

• The Jewish Kitchen

• Recipes
  • Artichoke Soup with Light Herbed Matzoh Balls
  • Romanian Garlicky Ground Meat Sausages (Carnatzlach)
          with Sour Pickle Vinaigrette and Roasted Red Peppers

 

Passover

Amazing Passover Desserts
by Penny Eisenberg

Recipes

• Fruit and Nut Tart
• Chocolate Noisette Layer Cake

 

Passover Cuisine—Not Just Small Potatoes

• What is Ashkenazic Cuisine?
• What is Sephardic Cuisine?

• Sephardic Recipes
  • Emita Levy's Charoset
  • Sabbath Rice Pilav with Saffron
  • Braised Chicken with Tomatoes and Honey
  • Baked Fish with Bitter Lettuces
  • Bumuelos de Masa

All About Passover

• Let My People Eat! Passover Seders Made Simple
• Passover Facts
• Passover Fava Bean Soup
• Fast & Festive Meals for the Jewish Holidays
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• Banana-Chocolate Sponge Cake
• Chocolate Extravagance
• Golden Passover Parsley Cakes with Horseradish-Sour Cream Sauce

Passover Dates

• 2009:     April 9-16
• 2010:     March 30-April 6
• 2011:     April 19-26
• 2012:     April 7-14
• 2013:     March 26-April 2
• 2014:     April 15-22
• 2015:     April 4-11

 

Hannukah (or Chanukah)

• The Hanukkah Table
• Jewish Holiday Foods for Chanukah (or Hannukah)

Recipes

• Baked Apples (Dad's Recipe Handed Down to Me)
• Cheese Latkes Judith
• Crepes (for the "en Aumoniere")
• Festive Challah
• Fresh Apple Sauce
• Holiday eGGnog
• Pommes Duchesse
• Roesti Potato Pancakes
• Salmon in Potato Crust
• Schmaltz (Rendering Chicken or Goose Fat)
• Spinach Salad with Tangerines and Dried Cranberries
• Sweet Cottage Cheese Latkes
• Sweet Potato Latkes
• Vegetarian Potato Cutlets (Mom's End of the Month Recipe)

Hanukkah begins at sundown on:

• Friday December 11 in 2009
• Wednesday December 1 in 2010
• Tuesday December 20 in 2011
• Saturday December 8 in 2012

 

Find hundreds more recipes at: Cookbook Profiles and I Love Desserts or use our Search engine to locate topics like Hannukah or Passover.

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