The First Jewish-American Cookbook

A remarkable culinary and historical document,The First Jewish-American Cookbookappeared in 1871. The author, Mrs. Esther Levy, offers housekeeping and domestic management advice, as well as daily menu suggestions, a Jewish calendar, and a selection of medical and household recipes. Delicious and economical, the recipes feature ingredients readily available to modern cooks and are relatively easy to prepare, with instructions that are abundantly clear. A valuable record of 19th-century domestic life, this milestone in American Jewish history has been used by cooks all over the world for more than a century. Unabridged republication of the classic 1871 edition.