I think honestly best cook chef of all time is Ina Garten the Barefoot Contessa. I wanted to share with you that this is the original Barefoot Contessa cookbook.
I have all of hers and in it, she has the recipe for our perfect roast chicken, this is what I use almost every Friday night just for my simple but delicious roast chicken for Shabbat.
Then after I got a share of Deb Perelman Smitten I'm sure you guys all know and love her too so Deb has a lot of Jewish recipes also and I wanted to share with you guys my favorite from her which is actually this isn't really had too much recipe but it's obviously my favorite from Hurst the other favorite I have from her.
then moving on to the actual Jewish cookbooks the first Jewish cookbook back every bot I got at my Ont UCLA. this wasn't the college bookstore, one of the first books.
I got it's so beautiful of the cover but Jewish cooking and they wanted to share with you guys my favorite recipe.
In this book which is the Iranian grilled chicken sides recipe with sumac real thinking about sumac by already how to post it on it.
The next one I want to share is Zahav is so hot this is an Israeli cookbook and the reason I go to this book is for two pages of hummus recipes I love making my own hummus actually. I try to all the time instead of buying it.
I have to celebrate with the kosher butcher's wife. there's a lot of neat stuff in here. I generally do it because we very often but I do it for the holidays and my husband loves me. so I spend them like at kosher butcher's wife she knows what's going on.
so I like this book a lot and I wanted to point out my favorite in the box which is this sausage wrapped so what's really interesting about these is that take them as Gator hotdogs in phyllo dough.
My next recommend it's Kosher by Design I love this cookbook for this example of holiday staple escapes. I think for young people it's a really difficult holiday like decorating for obviously
but just to give an example that's the cheese shown in the book for it is so beautiful. She has a whole section for Hanukkah separating so I just love her designs and I like really thoughtful tablescapes.
Then I love this cookbook the holiday kosher Baker. I wanted to show you guys my favorite give this book which gives her Passover chocolate candies.
the next one I haven't put a Plenty cookbook on what date I've been through that Otellini little restaurant store thing in London so working well but yes obviously my favorite recipe. in the book is the one on the front cover the roasted eggplant.
My second last push is your Jewish cookbook, of course, this is the new millennial kosher sample on Instagram she's amazing and I just got this book a few months ago and I love all her recipes in it, to be honest, they're all it all looks so good but my favorite is the free energy of an egg galette.
I love it as much as the representative. Hi, I'm kind of like a flat pie I'm Ree Drummond Pioneer Woman makes a lot of galettes too so I just haven't rolled into them and I love those cook luck so I had a recommending elastic cookbook.
About Jewish eating habits
The staple food of the Jews is bread, which is made from wheat flour and barley flour. The latter is generally eaten by the poor. Because bread occupies the first place in Jewish food, it is often regarded as a "lifeline."
They don't need a knife to cut the cakes, they just break them with their hands, lest they cut the "lifeline" with a knife.
Jews love to eat beans. Jacob traded the red bean soup for Esau's birthright and privileges ("Genesis").
The Bible mentions Canaan many times as a "land flowing with milk and honey", which shows that the Jews often consume honey and milk. They often drink milk, goat milk, and camel milk, and eat cheese.
The vegetables commonly eaten by Jews are onions, garlic, leeks, and melons. They eat less meat and only eat meat when entertaining guests or wealthy people. Generally eat the meat of cattle, sheep, and poultry, not pork.
The Jews did not eat much fruit, mainly grapes, pomegranates, figs, and olives.
Jews do not use chopsticks, knives, forks, or spoons to eat, but grab them with their hands, so they must wash their hands before eating.
The way they wash their hands is very special: the servant carries a pitcher with a spout, pours water on the hand of the person who wants to wash his hands, and puts a basin underneath to catch the water. If it is a treat, the servant will also wash the feet of the guest.
When eating, a low table is placed in the middle, and there is a large plate for food on the table. People gathered around the table, cross-legged, or kneeling on the mat. Whether it is before or after the meal, there is a person who reads a message, much like a Christian praying before a meal.
When the Jews ate liquid food, they broke the bread into small pieces and then dipped them in. Since eating with your hands, washing your hands after a meal is naturally essential.
The Jews are very hospitable, and they regard their guests as messengers sent by God. It is the sacred duty of every Jew to entertain guests. The eighteenth chapter of Genesis describes Abraham's hospitality to guests.
When the Jews entertain guests, they usually send out an invitation a few days in advance; when the banquet is ready, the invitation will be sent again when it is about to start.
After the guests entered the door, the host and the guest bowed to each other and put their hands on their chests, mouths, and foreheads, saying: My heart, my mouth, and my mind are all willing to serve you.
The host and the guest kissed each other. There are also rules for the seating position of guests: the host’s right hand is up, VIP guests are on the right; the host’s left hand is down, and ordinary guests are on the left.
Before the meal, ask the guests to drink water first, and then eat. From the description in the Book of Amos, you can see that the food at the banquet is very rich, with meat and wine; sometimes there is music, singing, and dancing in the banquet for guests to enjoy.
After the banquet, the host often keeps the guests. When guests insist on leaving, the host often sends them far away.
Eating is the most important thing in life. Jews: "Eating" is a science.
You must know these 4 points
Of the world’s top 400 billionaires, 60 are Jewish; of the world’s top ten philosophers, 8 are Jewish. It can be said that the Jews hold a huge amount of wealth in their left hand and the treasure of wisdom in their right hand. The Jews are also notoriously particular about food.
In the view of the Jews: diet is the most important thing in life. When Jewish children were young, their parents would warn them of the rules of eating so that they could develop good eating habits. Once this habit is formed, it will benefit their health throughout their lives.
1. Eating breakfast early, can run better than anyone else.
The Jews pay great attention to breakfast, and breakfast is generally rich. The Jewish breakfast in Israel now includes salad, different kinds of cheese, olives, unique Israeli bread, juice, and coffee.
Living conditions in ancient times were relatively poor, but the Jews never treated themselves badly for breakfast. "Talmud" also stipulated a meal timetable for people of different classes: the swordsman had breakfast in the first hour, and the robber was in the first hour. Two hours, rich people in the third hour, workers in the fourth hour, and ordinary people in the fifth hour.
Akibalabi advised his son: "Get up early and eat first. The summer is because of the heat, and the winter is because of the cold. The proverb says: "If you have enough breakfast, you can run better than anyone else."
2. Diet
The Jewish diet pays attention to "degree", and its basic principle is:
"Eat 1/3, drink 1/3, and leave 1/3 empty."
The Jewish people, whether they are poor or rich, exercise restraint in eating. The Jews believe that the reasonable time to eat is to "eat when you are hungry and drink when you are thirsty" when you feel the need to eat. They usually sit and eat, believing that standing eating will destroy their bodies. And you should not talk during meals, so as not to eat the food in the air intake pipe, which may cause life-threatening danger.
When Jews travel, they tend to reduce their appetite. Travelers should not eat more than the normal amount of food in famine years, and they believe that doing so can prevent travelers from suffering from intestinal diseases.
3. A healthy diet
Most Jews are mainly vegetarian, and Jews admire vegetables, and they have unique opinions on this. Such as: "Ma broad beans are not good for teeth, but good for the intestines", "Eating lentils every 30 days will not prevent asthma, but eating them every day can easily cause bad breath" and so on.
In addition, among the various foods that are beneficial to the human body, the Jews admire fish and eggs the most. Among fruits, the Jews' favorite is jujube.
4. Wine that is drunk once every three days is gold
"Talmud" reads: "The wine in the morning is stone, the wine at noon is copper, the wine in the evening is silver, and the wine that is drunk once every three days is gold." The Jews are very restrained in drinking.
In terms of diet, we need to have some general knowledge of nutrition so that our eating habits can develop in the right direction.
The Jews pay great attention to food, and they regard food as the most important thing in life. In some Jewish holy scriptures, there are records about how to eat. For example, the Old Testament and the Talmud have recorded a lot of content about food, and food also plays a pivotal role in Jewish education.
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The Wisdom of Judaism" expounds on many profound philosophies through interesting short stories about the Jewish people. Interesting and philosophical, it can be called an encyclopedia of Jewish wisdom.
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