Esther Levy. Jewish Cookery Book, on Principles of Economy Adapted for Jewish Housekeepers

(COOK BOOK)

W.S. Turner

Philadelphia

1871

FIRST EDITION. Errata slip bound before title

Singerman 2286; Bitting 286; not in Sabin

THE FIRST JEWISH COOKBOOK PUBLISHED IN AMERICA. A publication affirming the American Jewess’ status within society. Esther Levy sought to elevate American home cooking with social polish while remaining true to the tenets of the Jewish religion, or as the Authoress wrote: "Without violating the precepts of our religion, a table can be spread, which will satisfy the appetites of the most fastidious." Includes household hints, diets for invalids and medicinal recipes, as well as a Jewish Calendar and hours for the commencement of the Sabbath See B. Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, "The Kosher Gourmet in the Nineteenth-Century Kitchen, in: The Journal of Gastronomy 2, no. 4 (1986-87): pp. 51-89