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Eat and Be Satisfied: A Social History of Jewish Food

by John Cooper

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Eat and Be Satisfied is the first comprehensive and critical history of Jewish food from biblical times until the present. John Cooper explores the traditional foods the everyday diets as well as the specialties for the Sabbath and festivals of both the Ashkenazic and Sephardic cuisines. He discusses the often debated question of what makes certain foods Jewish and details the evolution of such traditional dishes as cholent and gefilte fish.… (more)
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An interesting subject but not exactly what I was hoping for. The book researched the food of the Jews from biblical times up until the two world wars. I was more interested in what they ate and why but this book covered more what they ate and why. I really could have been quite happy simply reading the conclusion chapter. Learned just as much from it as from the entire book, really.

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Eat and Be Satisfied is the first comprehensive and critical history of Jewish food from biblical times until the present. John Cooper explores the traditional foods the everyday diets as well as the specialties for the Sabbath and festivals of both the Ashkenazic and Sephardic cuisines. He discusses the often debated question of what makes certain foods Jewish and details the evolution of such traditional dishes as cholent and gefilte fish.

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