Jewish Cookery Book, on Principles of Economy, Adapted for Jewish Housekeepers.
[Cookbooks]. Levy, Mrs. Esther. Jewish Cookery Book, on Principles of Economy, Adapted For Jewish Housekeepers. With the Addition of Many Useful Medicinal Recipes, And Other Valuable Information, Relative to Housekeeping and Domestic Management. Philadelphia: W.S. Turner, 1871.
Small 8vo.; yellow endpapers; previous owner’s signature on front endpaper and pastedown; blue errata slip bound in before title page; few pages lightly darkened; green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind; covers lightly rubbed, gilt fading. In a specially made cloth slipcase.
First, presumably only edition of what was perhaps the first Jewish cookbook published in America. Subtitled: “A Cookery Book Properly Explained, and in Accordance with the Rules of the Jewish Religion.” 200 pages long, it includes recipes, household tips, natural cures for various ailments, a listing of the Jewish Calendar, an introduction explaining the religion to non-Jews, and a preface:
As every book appears incomplete without a preface, we will say a few words to the Jewish public. Having undertaken the present work with the view of proving that, without violating the precepts of our religion, a table can be spread, which will satisfy the appetites of the most fastidious... (p. 3)
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