Art of Jewish Cooking [Hardcover]

Jennie Grossinger (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 230 pages
• Publisher: Random House (May 12, 1958)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394401069
• ISBN-13: 978-0394401065
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,110,644 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Art of Jewish Cooking, January 25, 2002

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Susan Bercu (CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Art of Jewish Cooking (Hardcover)

How happy I am to see "The Art of Jewish Cooking" still available to buy, although used, as my aged copy is well overdue for a replacement. The faded brown pages, now coverless and missing an index, still sport a spine, which notes the quaint price of 60¢. The dishes taste the same as those that my respective Romanian and Ukrainian grandmothers carried across the ocean in the early 1900s. I feel as if my grandmothers are in the kitchen with me as Jennie Grossinger has compiled their easy-to-follow delicious recipes augmented by typical menus and informative descriptions of the Jewish holidays. This modest book competes favorably with its glossy, richly photographed, modern cousins for it preserves the nostalgic flavors that are the essence of the European Jewish cuisine.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Authentic Jewish Cooking, December 13, 2001

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Isabel Seldin (New Rochelle, NY, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Art of Jewish Cooking (Hardcover)

I have been using this cookbook for close to 30 years, and have worn out several paperback editions, so I finally got a hardcover!!!!!!!!!!I use this cook book the most of all my Jewish cookbooks because it's just like my grandmother's and my mother's cooking. The recipes are easy and very traditional, and can be adapted to low fat methods. I recommend this cookbook very highly, and I think it should be reprinted and made more widely available.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the epitome of Jewish Cooking, March 25, 2001

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Sue22655 (Stephens City, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Art of Jewish Cooking (Hardcover)

When I was away at college, I continually called my grandmother about recipes. One day, a large envelope came from her and this book dropped out.

I have many Jewish cookbooks and all are pretty good but I always go back to this book for food like my great-grandmother and my grandma made. Jennie Grossinger was the brains behind the kitchen at Grossinger's in The Catskill Mountains of New York.

The recipes are well-written, easy to understand and delicious everyone.