Passover cuisine is no longer limited to the traditional dishes known to our parents and grandparents. In this classic, containing more than 500 clearly written recipes, Frances AvRutick shows us how to make every Passover dish a succulent delight. In nineteen chapters spiced with history, laced with lore, and garnished with cooking suggestions, you will find everything from traditional holiday preparations (try the Russian borscht and light-as-a-feather knaidlach) to modern-day originals (matzo-spinach pie, elegant stuffed drumsticks, matzo meal polentato name a few). The Complete Passover Cookbook will help you prepare the kind of Passover you never dreamed possible.
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"A complete and inventive Passover cookbook." -- Publishers Weekly
About the Author
Francis R. AvRutick, a New York City native, received her secular education at the City College of New York and pursued her Jewish studies at the Seminary College of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. In 1946, Mrs. AvRutick and her husband, Rabbi Abraham N. AvRutick, moved to West Hartford, Connecticut (from Newburgh, New York), where Rabbi AvRutick served as spiritual leader of Congregation Agudas Achim until his death in 1982.
Mrs. AvRutick has served on the board of directors of the Hartford Jewish Historical Society. A former member of the National Commission on Adult Education of the Women's Branch of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, she has conducted holiday cooking workshops at state and national conventions.
For UOJC she has also written several holiday publications, including the acclaimed "A Passover Sampler: From Appetizer to Afikomon." Her Complete Passover Cookbook, published in 1981, has enjoyed enormous success. Subsequent to its publication, Mrs. Avrutick served for three years as Passover foods stylist for Hoods, a large New England dairy. She is also the author of Kosher Cookery: Classic & Contemporary.
Francis AvRutick has three married daughters, eight grandchildren, and a great-grandson, her latest pride and joy.
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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
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Absolutely essential for the serious Pesach cook!,
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This review is from: The Complete Passover Cookbook (Hardcover)
This book could be subtitled "The Joy of Passover Cooking" because it does for Passover what the "Joy of Cooking" did for food in general. An incredible variety of recipes, suitable for both gebrochts and non-gebrochts (in 10 years I haven't yet tried them all), with conversion tables and recommendations for substitutions if you live, as I do, in a place where the choice of kosher-for-passover ingredients is limited. My family tells me that each Passover gets more scrumptious than the last, and my husband, who always regarded Pesach as something of a trial because of the restrictions, now eagerly anticipates the Pesach rolls and other delicacies I whip up. No Passover-observing kitchen should be without this book!
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Every year I spend Pesach/Passover at someone else's house. This year I made my very first Pesach/Passover. We had people coming for both Sederim and during the week as well. I was petrified. Then I bought and read this book. It was the best Pesach/Passover I have ever had and I received outstanding compliments on the food. All the meals all week were from this book. It was clear, concise, easy and most of all reassured me that I wasn't going to kill anyone with my cooking. Thank you, Frances Avrutick, where ever you are!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Passover is like the Rest of the Year!!,
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This review is from: The Complete Passover Cookbook (Hardcover)
This book is full of creative recipes that taste delicious. I used at least one recipe from each chapter this Passover. Especially helpful were the conversion and substitution charts in the back of the book. The Seder menus were helpful too. This book is a must if you have a lot of cooking to do for Passover.
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Passover is one of the holidays most closely associated with food. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cup cake meal, blintz leaf, add the cake meal, cup matzo farfel, cups cake meal, whole matzos, cup matzo meal, sponge cake crumbs, tablespoon potato starch, matzo meal mixture, add the matzo meal, tablespoons potato starch, cup potato starch, cup sweet red wine, wooden chopping bowl, cup freshly grated coconut, eggs with the oil, yolk batter, clean large bowl, teaspoon vanilla sugar, egg yolks until light, cup creamed cottage cheese, cup finely chopped nuts, stiffly beaten egg whites, cup sugar juice Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Passover Rolls, Matzo Meal Pie Shell, Sweet Potato, Basic Pizza Crust, Orange Sauce, Passover Blintz Leaves, Apple Cake, Onion Sauce, Sweet-and-Sour Sauce, Passover Muffins, Paschal Lamb, Ginger-Date Sauce, French Dressing Browse Sample Pages:
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Passover is one of the holidays most closely associated with food. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cup cake meal, blintz leaf, add the cake meal, cup matzo farfel, cups cake meal, whole matzos, cup matzo meal, sponge cake crumbs, tablespoon potato starch, matzo meal mixture, add the matzo meal, tablespoons potato starch, cup potato starch, cup sweet red wine, wooden chopping bowl, cup freshly grated coconut, eggs with the oil, yolk batter, clean large bowl, teaspoon vanilla sugar, egg yolks until light, cup creamed cottage cheese, cup finely chopped nuts, stiffly beaten egg whites, cup sugar juice Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Passover Rolls, Matzo Meal Pie Shell, Sweet Potato, Basic Pizza Crust, Orange Sauce, Passover Blintz Leaves, Apple Cake, Onion Sauce, Sweet-and-Sour Sauce, Passover Muffins, Paschal Lamb, Ginger-Date Sauce, French Dressing Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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