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Grandma Doralee Patinkin's Jewish Family Cookbook

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I bought this because I was looking for easy but delicious passover recipes. Doralee Patinkin Rubin really came through for me. Her apple cake and Baked Chicken a l'orange were great. I made a few other recipes and they were thoroughly enjoyed. Her recipes if not all technically kosher come from that great tradition of Jewish women many of us were fortunate enough to have as mothers and grandmothers.

For both traditional and modernized Jewish soul food, this book has quickly become a treasured resource. The recipies are straightforward, not pretentious or gratutuitiously glamourous, and are delicious and easy to prepare. It's traditional ethnic dishes and more, with a wonderful, friendly emphasis on entertaining and sharing events and holidays with families, making food a part of the memories.

this is what she would make.

Delicious, festive and family dishes that bring back memories are supplemented with new staples of the American diet, which make this an all around good cookbook for nostalgia and more. The food is hearty, wholesome, easy to prepare and shop for; not special ordering or trips running around town for esoteric ingredients. And like any good grandma's recipies, emphasizes entertaining family and friends with old favorites as well as experimentation.

I highly recommend it.

This book brings me back to my mother's kitchen. It brings back memories and even the smells of the Gefilte Fish and the Challah baking in the oven.I made her Artichoke Dip and the people who tasted it,cried.I've been cooking for many years and never have I read such a nostalgic Jewish cookbook.I am waiting with baited breath for her next cookbook.

This is a wonderful cook book, one of those that really rolls back the years to recall all the family meals we love to remember. It is truly a lovely book that will be in your kitchen for years to come.

Doralee Patinkin's cookbooks are two of my all-time favorites (and I'm not Jewish, so they should appeal to everyone with taste buds). Every recipe I've tried has been absolutely wonderful. Directions are clear, and each recipe is preceded by a brief description of why it is a favorite. The forward is by actor Mandy Patinkin, and the comments about some recipes include his passion for him. These books are very warmly written, and filled with tried-and-true family favorites which will be just as successful in the readers's homes. Absolutely wonderful!

267 pages. a mix of old and new dishes, including some for holidays. Includes lighter dishes, with a few surprising new and international ideas like using tofu. The fruits and desserts section is excellent.

For anyone looking for a true Jewish cookbook - this is definetively not it! It may be a nice family cookbook overall but recipes for shrimp and taco salad (with meat, cheese and sourcream) should not be included in a book that calls itself "jewish". I have found that a lot of people rely on Jewish cookbooks to determine which dishes are considered kosher but I hope that nobody will come to that conclusion while using this book.