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The Jewish Food Bookshelf: Sephardi – Cooking the History
December 13, 2021December 21, 2021

The Jewish Food Bookshelf: Sephardi – Cooking the History

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With this post, I am inaugurating a new series on this blog, called “The Jewish Food Bookshelf.” I love Jewish Food History, and there are so many wonderful sources out there to get educated on the topic. In the past, I have tried to footnote and credit the many amazing books I have used as resources for my posts. And […]

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The Holocaust and Jewish Food History
April 7, 2021April 26, 2021

The Holocaust and Jewish Food History

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Yom HaShoah, Israel’s official Holocaust Remembrance Day, has just begun this evening. And so, I wanted to take a few minutes to write a post that relates to the day, as well as to Jewish Food History. Many of you may be wondering what there could possibly be to write about on this topic, and indeed it is largely a […]

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Kosher Pork Chops and Other Crypto-Jewish Foods
October 6, 2020October 6, 2020

Kosher Pork Chops and Other Crypto-Jewish Foods

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One of the saddest chapters in Jewish history is also one of the more interesting on a gastronomic level. Following the forced conversions in 15th century Spain, and the Inquisition and subsequent Expulsion, many so-called New Christians secretly maintained Jewish beliefs. Practicing in secret to avoid arrest and torturous execution, they are now known as Crypto-Jews. (1)The better-known term Marrano […]

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Bagel, Knish & Haroset, Oh My! (On Books About Iconic Jewish Foods)
July 15, 2020

Bagel, Knish & Haroset, Oh My! (On Books About Iconic Jewish Foods)

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Of all the books I’ve come across during my research into Jewish Food, there are many wonderful ones (and some that are less great, too, of course). They fall into a wide array of categories, from cookbooks to histories, dry-but-informative academic texts to just entertaining (whether more or less informative). One of the more interesting breakdowns I’ve encountered is how […]

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