Jewish Cookbooks

The Dallas Council of Jewish Women

Cocktails to Coffee

Dallas: The Council, 1936

The Dallas Council of Jewish Women was founded in 1913 by 75 founding members. This cookbook was printed and sold by the group to raise money for charity.

TX715.D175 1936

Thelma Rifkind

Mama Cooks California Style: New Twists on Jewish Classics

Reseda, Calif.: Jewish Home for the Aging of Los Angeles, 1997

This cookbook was published to raise funds for the Jewish Home of the Aging of Los Angeles. Its introduction describes it as for “A new generation of health-conscious diners are discovering updated versions of traditional Jewish dishes with a lighter touch…some recipes are old, some original, some gourmet, some California-ized”

TX724.M278 1997

Leah Gross

The Balabustas’ Best

Brooklyn: Judea Pub. Corp., 1955

Leah Gross was the editor of the Jewish Examiner’s cooking column. This book is a collection of the most popular essays and recipes featured, and the text promotes Balabustas as a source of traditionalism and as the first kosher cookbook of its kind, featuring not just kosher recipes but multiple articles on Kashruth, the set of dietary laws concerning foods and preparation.

TX724.G74 1955

Ruth and Bob Grossman

The Chinese-Kosher Cookbook

New York: P.S. Eriksson, 1963

Recognized as the first example of a kosher Chinese cookbook published, the recipes included a blend of ingredients from Jewish and Chinese cuisine, such as gefilte fish and plum sauce.

TX724.G73 1963

Temple Sisterhood of Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Snappy Eats of 1932

Pine Bluff, Ark.: Temple Anshe Emeth, 1932

Featured in Karen Dukess’ novel The Last Book Party, this charity cookbook features advertisements from local Jewish owned businesses in the area, documenting the community.

TX715.S637 1932

Sara Kasdan (1911-1999)

Love and Knishes

New York: Vanguard Press, 1956

If you read Love and Knishes, you’d be forgiven for assuming the Sara Kasdan was a grandmother living New York City. Described by journalist Rebecca Flint Marx as “the Bubbe who wasn’t”, Kasdan was instead born in Arkansas, and living in Louisville as a 45-year-old married mother of three, who was noted for her humor and desire to emphasize food and cooking as a community builder.

TX724.K38 1956

Dallas: Sisterhood Temple Emanu-El

From Generation to Generation

From the title page, this book is described as “continuing in the tradition of 5000 Years in the Kitchen, we present our favorite Foods and Memories.”

TX724.F724 1992

Sisterhood Temple Emanu-El

5000 Years in the Kitchen

Dallas: Temple Emanu-El Sisterhood, 1965

The Temple Emanu-El was founded in 1875 as the first Reform Jewish congregation in North Texas. It is the largest synagogue in the south. The Emanu-El Aid Society, the woman’s organization which preceded the Sisterhood was founded in 1886.

TX724.D3 1965

Anita Hirsch

Our Food: The Kosher Kitchen Updated

New York: Doubleday, 1992

Written by a nutritionist, this book advertises itself as featuring classic recipes, reworked to feature less fat, cholesterol, and salt. Our Food also incorporates Italian and Middle Eastern kosher dishes.

TX724.H57 1992

Francine Prince

Francine Prince’s New Jewish Cuisine

New York: G.P. Putnam's, 1991

A cookbook reflecting the diet trends of the late 20^th century, with traditional recipes as well as fashionable dishes of the 1990s, modified to reduce fat, cholesterol, sugar, and salt.

TX724.P76 1991

Joan Nathan (b. 1943)

Jewish Cooking in America

New York: A. Knopf; 1994

Part recipe collection, part history book, this book explores three hundred years of Jewish cooking in America, and features over 300 kosher recipes from Sephardic and Ashkenazic communities as well as the stories of Jewish families and cooking in America.

TX724.N368 1994