The Classic Dolci of the Italian Jews, A World of Jewish Desserts - Hardcover

Edda Servi Machlin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1878857126 ISBN 13: 9781878857125

Publisher: Giro Pr, 1999

Synopsis

The combination of Ms Machlin's recipes and 85 cartoons by Lou Myers will certainly initiate a trend in cookbooks in the future. This combination makes this book a future classic and one to be treasured. Both these creative people are gifts to this world and their book a natural gift to oneself and to one's friends.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This book with its delicious recipes and "adorable illustrations" as Joan Nathan describes them in her foreword to the book should be considered by the reader not only as a gift to oneself but as an ideal gift for friends together with the other two books in the trilogy of cookbooks written by Edda Servi Machlin. These books warm the heart as well as provide recipes that delight the palate.

From the Inside Flap:

Dulcis in fondo, says the Latin adage. Sweets at the end of a meal--whether presented as a simple dish of fresh fruit or as an elaborate, rich, sugary dessert--have become standard in the cuisine of most cultures. Jews, more than most people of other cultures, have traditionally prepared their own desserts, even when--as is the case in Italy--the store-bought ones can be, and often are, not only better presented visually, but also better tasting than anything that is made at home. There are two reasons why Jews have always prepared their own desserts. The first and foremost is the observance of their dietary Laws. Therefore, some of the desserts that were not originally "Jewish" (such as panettone and ricciarelli), have been prepared at home by the Jews of Italy in order to make sure that there was no unkosher ingredient in them. They perfected their desserts to the point that they surpassed the store-bought ones. The second gives Jewish desserts a unique and folkloristic dimension. Having been chosen by the rest of humanity as the target against which to satisfy its need for aggressiveness and destructiveness, Jews have experienced, throughout their history, more than their share of persecution from their fellow humans. This has brought about much pain and misery, needless to say. In order to counteract and, in some superstitious minds, ward off such obnoxious and unwarranted behavior toward them, the Jews have resorted to preparing their own special desserts, taking a cue from historical events, to sweeten up a little their otherwise embittered existences. Charoset, Sfratti and Hamantaschen are but three examples of such traditional desserts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Giro Pr
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1878857126
• ISBN 13: 9781878857125
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256
• Illustrator: Lou Myers