From My Mother's Kitchen: Recipes and Reminiscences [Hardcover]

Mimi Sheraton (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Harpercollins; 1st edition (September 1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060138467
• ISBN-13: 978-0060138462
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #711,801 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A good cookbook, a great read, April 30, 2001

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This review is from: From My Mother's Kitchen: Recipes and Reminiscences (Hardcover)

_From My Mother's Kitchen is half cookbook, half stories about the author's childhood. The kosher-style recipes come out tasting good and aren't too difficult (try "May's Sour Cream Coffee Cake"), although some of them take longer than this generation of cooks is willing to spend. But the real reason to have this book is for the "reminiscences". It's impossible to read the essay about pickles without eating one, and "The Joy of Being Sick in Bed" almost make me wish I had the sniffles. The same way Anne Fadiman's _Ex Libris_ is a love story about books, this is a love story about the unnofficial ceremonies surrounding food.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Marvelous Collection of Recipes and Reminiscenses, September 15, 2005

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This review is from: From My Mother's Kitchen: Recipes and Reminiscences (Hardcover)

This is one of those cookbooks that are as enjoyable to read as to use. I have plenty of good, modern-day cookbooks, but lately have been seeking out older cookbooks like these, with more traditional ingredients. The stories that go along with the recipes are touching, sometimes funny. I wanted to learn how to make crock dill pickles the old fashioned way--and this book told how. This is an extremely well done, traditional cookbook.

5.0 out of 5 stars Greatest Jewish cookbook, February 10, 2010

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I have used this for years..Hungarian Jewish cooking and baking. Excellent recipes and great stories. I have given at least 5 as gifts to my family members. It has recipes my grandmaother made, Mohn Kuchen among others. Fabulous book. JDB NYC and Mpls