Kosher Cooking Guru Goes Treyf
Joan Nathan, author of Jewish Cooking in America, The Jewish Holiday Kitchen, The Children’s Jewish Holiday Kitchen, The Jewish Holiday Baker, and The Foods of Israel Today, recently came out her first non-kosher cookbook, entitled The New American Cooking. It seems to be getting pretty good reviews.
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Just got this via GesherCity eNews today:
FOOD TALK WITH JOAN NATHAN
Thursday: November 17, 2005
7:30 pm
Location: LSJCC
333 Nahanton Street
Newton, MA 02459.
Organization: Leventhal-Sidman JCC
Event Type: Cultural
Age Group: ALL
Contact: Susan Tovsky
Phone: 617-558-6486
Email: stovsky@jccgb.org
Cost: $5 JCC, $7 general
RSVP Date: 11/17/2005
URL:
Part of the Boston Jewish Book Fair, join renowned cookbook author Joan Nathan for a fascinating culinary discussion with Boston Magazine’s Food Editor, Jane Black.
To be honest, I’ve never been bowled over by Nathan’s cookbooks. I wouldn’t call any of them bad, but sometimes I wonder how she managed to achieve her “kosher guru” status. I find more recipes than I’d like in her books that really need further kitchen testing, and she has an interesting habit of writing things that rub her religious readers the wrong way.
sometimes I wonder how she managed to achieve her “kosher guru” status
A good publicist?
I find more recipes than I’d like in her books that really need further kitchen testing
My favorite is the dafina recipe in The Jewish Holiday Kitchen, which calls for a “large nine-quart stockpot.” Apparently, a “large nine-quart stockpot” is larger than a twelve-quart stockpot.
Aside from the occasional goof, however, I have generally been pleased with the cookbook. The children’s version isn’t bad, either.
Fundamentalists…:rolleyes