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The Complete American-Jewish Cookbook: In Accordance With the Jewish Dietary Laws

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I have many cookbooks, but this is the one I always return to. I've been using it for almost 3 decades, and hope to use it for many more.
It's not a kitchy book, nor is it filled with complicated recipes.
This cookbook has the pure basics of cooking kosher food, and even when I feel like experimenting and making up a recipe, I often refer to it to see cooking times for certain items, like meat, rice, etc.as well as suggestions for what spices go well with what
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It has loads of recipes, several for each type of food and is good for the beginner and also for the more experienced cook. I've been looking for this book for a while, and plan to order one for both my daughter and new daughter in law. I highly recommend it!

Remember when cookbooks used to be about giving you a lot of interesting ways to make delicious food? I don't know about you, but too many cookbooks these days are about "boutique" cooking, with glossy pages and strategically sprinkled caraway seeds and artistic squirts of wasabi-lime sauce.

But not this gem.

This is a cookbook that encourages you to make new things, regardless of your budget/access to gourmet specialty shops/ Julia Child-like ability. This is an everywoman's cookbook, and is best suited for "real people", yet gives experienced and creative cooks the inspiration to shine. The only complaint: my paperback edition is tattered and broken into 4 pieces! I'm going to buy the hardback edition when this one finally disintegrates into dust.

I was given this book back in the 70's and it has been used hard since. People ask how I learned to bake and I tell them to follow the recipe. I've never had one fail from this book. The basic recipes allow for a great many variations without getting complicated.

This book is truly timeless. . . . .

My mother had this book while I was growing up (I'm 48, it is 2003 as I write this) and it was the most used cook book, or maybe, book of any kind, in my conservative-Jewish home.

I bought this book when I got married, and my wife and I have used it and worn it out over 26 years of marriage. It is the most used cook book in my orthodox-Jewish home.

My daughter got married last August. At my wife's suggestion, I am buying two more - one for my daughter, who lives in Israel, and one for my son for whenever he gets amrried (We'll keep it sealed so it stays new until then.)