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Nonfiction From Scratch: Inside the Tumultuous Billion-Dollar World of the Food Network Allen Salkin
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The New Persian Kitchen Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterJBC Network author Louisa Shafia returns with her latest cookbook, The New Persian Kitchen (Ten Speed Press). If this one is… Naomi Firestone-Teeter April 25, 2013
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Book of Schmaltz Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterMichael Ruhlman’s The Book of Schmaltz: Love Song of a Forgotten Fat, which is currently available for iPads, will be published as an… Naomi Firestone-Teeter April 9, 2013
Essay Precious Haroset Jessica Soffer’s debut novel, Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots, will be published on April 16th. Win a signed copy here. She will be blogging here for Jewish Book… Jessica Soffer March 25, 2013
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Kosher Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterA new title pubbing from Harvard University Press in May, Kosher: Private Regulation in the Age of Industrial Food (Timothy D.… Naomi Firestone-Teeter March 21, 2013
Nonfiction Russ & Daughters: Reflections and Recipes from the House That Herring Built Mark Russ Federman
Essay New Kids’ Cookbook Has a Story to Tell Posted by Miri Pomerantz-Dauber“A fun book for family sharing” is the description on the back cover of Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts (Crocodile Books USA, 2013), and, looking… Miri Pomerantz Dauber March 12, 2013
Cookbook Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook Retold by Jane Yolen; Heidi E.Y. Stemple, recipes; Sima Elizabeth Shefrin, illus.
Nonfiction Eat Something: A Wise Sons Cookbook for Jews Who Like Food and Food Lovers Who Like Jews Rachel Levin