1,000 Jewish Recipes

A celebration of Jewish kosher cooking and tradition

This expert cookbook offers all the recipes and information any cook needs to celebrate Passover, Rosh Hashanah, and many other Jewish holidays. 1,000 Jewish Recipes includes instructions for maintaining a kosher kitchen, information on the delicious culinary heritage of Jewish cultures, and tempting and easy-to-follow recipes such as Three-Cheese Knishes and Old-Fashioned Roast Chicken.

1,000 Jewish Recipes Are you cooking for the Jewish holidays and don't know what to serve or want to serve something new? Do you need inspiration for everyday kosher meals? If you want to cook delicious Jewish foods, 1,000 Jewish Recipes provides all the recipes and information you need—to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, Passover, Hanukkah, and many other holidays; to enliven Shabbat meals; and to create memorable dishes for family and friends any time. You'll find recipes for every occasion, plus information on the culinary origins of Jewish foods, how to keep a kosher kitchen, and how to stock your pantry. Award-winning cookbook author Faye Levy offers you a collection of Jewish recipes unmatched by any other. Her recipes reflect authentic flavors and traditions while being straightforward and easy-to-follow. There are clear descriptions of ingredients and methods, plus useful suggestions for substituting ingredients, saving time, or making recipes more healthful. Each recipe also features at-a-glance kosher symbols: M for Meat, D for Dairy, or P for Pareve. No matter what the occasion, there are wonderful recipes to explore. There are comforting classics such as: Matzo Ball Soup, Cheese Blintzes, Classic Matzo Brei, Friday Night Chicken, Cholent with Brisket, and Old-Fashioned Coffee Cake. You'll also find countless new temptations from around the world such as: Israeli Salad with Early Summer Herbs, Roman Fish with Pine Nuts and Raisins, Moroccan Cigars, Polish Cucumbers in Sour Cream, Tunisian Tuna and Pepper Salad, and Indian Vegetable Tzimmes. Faye Levy's knowledge of Jewish cooking offers you such riches! You'll find:

• Six varieties of Passover haroset from Ashkenazic Haroset (with apples and cinnamon) to Persian Pear and Banana Haroset
• Sixteen varieties of latkes from Classic Potato Latkes to Cajun Corn Latkes
• Six varieties of hummus from Jerusalem Hummus to Country-Style Hummus to Spicy Tomato Hummus
• Thirteen varieties of challah from Holiday Honey Challah to Onion-Sesame Braid
• and much more!

New York Times - Florence Fabricant

It's not a stretch to call Faye Levy's 625-page volume, "1,000 Jewish Recipes," a culinary bible. It may be the only Jewish cookbook you'll ever need.Ms. Levy, who has written a number of reliable cookbooks, both kosher and nonkosher, alternates between Sephardic, or Mediterranean and Middle Eastern, dishes and the Ashkenazic cuisine of Northern Europe and Russia, explaining the characteristics of each style. She takes advantage of the luxury she has in this volume to unbutton her rich creativity and offer variation upon variation for classic dishes.

Faye Levy, trained as a chef in France, is an award-winning author of 20 cookbooks in three languages: English, Hebrew, and French. Her books include Faye Levy's International Jewish Cookbook and The Low-Fat Jewish Cookbook and The Low-Fat Jewish Cookbook. A nationally syndicated columnist for The Los Angeles Times, her articles and recipes have appeared in magazines such as Gourmet and Bon Appetit. She lives in Woodland Hills, California.