The Tenth Anniversary Edition of A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Baking
Description
In A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Baking, Goldman defines Jewish cooking as a combination of influences from religious laws, holiday and seasonal events, what is locally available, and cross-cultural adaptations created as Jewish families moved around. She also explains much about Jewish dietary law and other food customs.
Holidays, in particular, call for foods with symbolic as well as sensory resonance. This leads to baking a special, spiral-shaped challah--a reminder of life's continuity. This egg bread is reserved for the Sabbath and most holidays, while triangular Hamantaschen, a pastry resembling the three-cornered hat of the evil Haman, are unique to the lively holiday of Purim.
Novice cooks will appreciate Goldman's list of "Winning Recipes for the Bakery Challenged." Her discussions of yeast (five pages) and sensible equipment (seven pages) are an education for any baker, while everyone will enjoy her killer frozen cheesecake, which you can keep for unexpected guests; flourless and rich, rich Espresso Truffle Torte; and Smoked Salmon, Dill, and Cream Cheese Pizza. Whatever your persuasion, Marcy Goldman's A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Baking belongs on your bookshelf. --Dana Jacobi
The iconic Jewish Holiday Baking book by master baker and pastry chef, host of www.Betterbaking.com, Marcy Goldman. An exceptional and comprehensive classic, brimming with easy-to-follow, time-tested recipes from one of the world' great baking traditions. This new edition features the famed Caramel Matzoh Buttercrunch, Majestic Honey Cake, Montreal Bagels, New York Bagels, Cinnamon Schmeared Babka, buttery Rugulah, Apple Challah and a Passover chapter that anyone would love. Almost-Like-A-Bakery Style Hamantashen are not to be missed. With hundreds of traditional favorites that are bubbie-approved along with new twists and fresh recipes for now. A gift for now and generations to come.
