The 100 Most Jewish Foods: A Highly Debatable List Hardcover

The 100 Most Jewish Foods: A Highly Debatable List Alana Newhouse Hardcover: 256 pages With contributions from Ruth Reichl, Éric Ripert, Joan Nathan, Michael Solomonov, Dan Barber, Yotam Ottolenghi, Tom Colicchio, Maira Kalman, Melissa Clark, and many more! Tablets list of the 100 most Jewish foods is not about the most popular Jewish foods, or the tastiest, or even the most enduring. Its a list of the most significant foods culturally and historically to the Jewish people, explored deeply with essays, recipes, stories, and context. Some of the dishes are no longer cooked at home, and some are not even dishes in the traditional sense (store-bought cereal and Stella Doro cookies, for example). The entire list is up for debate, which is what makes this book so much fun. Many of the foods are delicious (such as babka and shakshuka). Others make us wonder how theyve survived as long as they have (such as unhatched chicken eggs and jellied calves feet). As expected, many Jewish (and now uni