Customer Reviews

Matza 101: An Innovative Cookbook Containing 101 Creative Recipes Simply Made with Matza!

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I enjoy this book every Passover season! I have had the book for several years now, and every Passover I dazzle the relatives with delicious desserts that make everyone say "This can't be matza!" The cookies are exceptional, as are the tarts. The lasagne is also tasty! For something new this Passover season, try Matza 101!

This is a great cookbook. It is full of ideas of things you can make from matza. For those of us who observe the week of Pesach, this is full of new and different ideas. Special favorites are the chips, blintzes, and tart shells. The pictures are clear and give you a good idea of what the finished product should look like.

I hope this book remains available, because I keep recommending it to people. I treasure it for (a) specific recipes, from matza baklava to matza asparagus crispers (wrapped around asparagus and baked -- a fabulous, interesting, and simple seasonal appetizer!); (b) general techniques you can improvise from (the basic prepared-matza technique, plus an inspiring matza-cookie concept); and (c) the charmingly ingenuous writing style of the authors.

This is a great little book for finding interesting ways to cook for Passover. I found the receipes easy to read and follow. All of the suggestions made by the authors have helped me minimize disasters in the kitchen. I find the receipes to also taste good. I haven't cooked everything in it, but the things I have over the past several years have been a hit. The Matza version of Mac and Cheese is a great example of a simple dish that folks (vegetarians and not) kept going back for seconds. Some of dishes may initially look strange when preparing them but they turn out great looking and great tasting. The way the authors describe how to "prepare the matza" is the key to everything. It was a little time consuming in the beginning but become easier as you make more dishes. Great book!

I have had this cookbook for a number of years. Every year I take it out to read, only for the laughter. There is NOTHING in this cookbook that I would ever make. The basis for the cookbook, turning matza into everything, is absolutely absurd. A good Passover cookbook helps you by giving you ideas for the items that you can cook with during the holidays. These authors seems to believe that you can not live through the eight days without tacos and cannoli, so they give you a matza option. It is worth the price only for the absolute shock that your friends will have when you produce this cookbook to show them that it is real and you were not making it up when you told them about it. Hilarious. My one star is because I have actual enjoyed laughing at the book every year at Passover time.