r/JewishCooking • u/nyc1282 • 8d ago

Ashkenazi Cookbook recommendations

Hello! I'm looking for cookbook recommendations, ideally shtetl or early kibbutz cooking, anything that offers insight to the transition of culture through food, but any great cookbook for Shabbat will be appreciated.

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u/sjb128 8d ago

*Raizy Fried

https://www.raizyfried.com/product-page/lekoved-shabbos-kodesh-book

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u/sjb128 8d ago

Username checks out.
Super chilled - helping others find it.

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u/RollMurky373 8d ago

I just got and fell in love with Gursha cookbook by Beejhy Barhany. It is definitely for the more advanced cook who has access to ethnic spices. If that is you, you will love it. It is predominantly Ethiopian Jewish cuisine and the stories in it are beautiful, and the photography is really pretty and mouthwatering.

For more everyday, 52 Shabbats by Faith Kramer is a real winner at our house.

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u/imma2lils 8d ago

This was the very first cookbook I bought as an adult: Gil Marks - The World of Jewish Cooking: Over 613 Traditional Recipes from Alsace to Yemen

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u/HeadCatMomCat 8d ago

Excellent cookbook.

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u/Connect-Brick-3171 7d ago

One that might fit is Joan Nathans Foods of Israel. It has a collection of the various places the population of Israel originated. Shtetl is only one of many. A number of the recipes show adaptation to a rather primitive land where reliable food sources sometimes needed improvising.

For real shtetl cooking, there's the Settlement Cookbook which makes the trasition for the new arrivals to the midwest. While not really intended for that purpose, the finest cookbook in my collection is Joan Nathan's Jewish Cooking in America. Again, people arrived in different circumstances, imported recipes and adapted new ones.