Welcome to day 3 of the 3-day Sukkot Giveaway. All giveaways will close tonight at midnight and the winners will be notified and announced tomorrow morning! Be sure to enter all three giveaways.
Several week ago, a reader (Hi, Amara!) approached me about reviewing a community cookbook that she was involved with.
With so many great kosher cookbooks out there, I wasn’t sure this was the best fit for KOAB. But when I read the specs on the Simply Southern with a Dash of Kosher Soul cookbook, I was intrigued! (And in all honesty, I’m a huge fan of the Paula Dean style – butter, butter, butter – of cooking.)
A few days later my review copy arrived and I was wowed!
But before I even had a chance to delve into the recipes, my husband and sons had ripped the book out of my hands – I think it was the mouth-watering fried chicken (recipe on p. 145) on the cover that hooked them.
They were furiously dog-earring the recipes they wanted me to make. But I had a better idea: “Why don’t you do the cooking, honey?” I sweetly asked my husband.
Lucky for me, he obliged! He picked out a seafood chowder (pg. 36) and cheese straws (pg. 11) and set off to the grocery store.
The smells in the kitchen were enticing… and the finished product was even better!
Both of my boys gobbled up the chowder – even my picky eater! And while I’m not the biggest fan of corn (understatement), I loved the golden color and sweet flavor it added to the chowder. My husband even sent my oldest with leftovers for lunch the next day and shared a bowl with his good friend, to rave reviews.
I would be lying, though, if I didn’t say that the cheese straws were the hands-down favorite. You can’t go wrong with puff pastry and cheese – at least not at my house.
There are many more recipes on our short-list, including a few that I expect to feature in our Sukkot meal plan, such as:
- Arugala, Leek and Potato Soup (p. 37)
- Chicken, Cabbage and Noodles in Peanut Sauce (p. 70) – a great way to use leftover chicken!
- Orzo Salad with Dried Cranerries and Caramelized Almonds (p. 72)
- Southern Belle Pepper Pesto Linguini (p. 107) – with cilantro, my favorite herb!
- Thai Spiced Cilantro Chicken (p. 136)
- Salmon with Pistachio, Basil and Mint Butter (p. 157)
- Potato Parsnip Latkes (p. 186)
- Zucchini Carrot Terrine (p. 191)
And then there are the desserts… oh, how I love Lemon Meringue Pie (p. 195)… and I’m totally trying the Champion Cobbler from Louisiana Peach Festival (p. 213)… and my kids will absolutely devour the Cowboy Cookies (p. 225), I’m sure!
As you can tell, the recipes in Southern Cooking with a Dash of Kosher Soul are varied – and very mouthwatering!
Simply Southern is a compilation of 300 of the best recipes submitted to the cookbook’s editorial committee at the Margolin Hebrew Academy, a small Jewish day school in Memphis, TN. In addition to the rich traditions conveyed through the family recipes, the narratives in the book provide a wonderful look at the history of Jewish life in the South. Simply Southern with a Dash of Kosher Soul retails for $34.99, but because the production costs were all covered by donations, 100% of the proceeds go to funding Jewish education in the Memphis community.
If you would like to order a copy, just go to the Simply Southern with a Dash of Kosher Soul website. Scroll about half-way down the page to the order button. Right now, all books ship for FREE! (It says free shipping is only through Rosh Hashana, but proceed to check-out with Paypal, and you will be charged $0 for shipping.)
One lucky KOAB reader will win their own copy of Simply Southern with a Dash of Kosher Soul courtesy of the Margolin Hebrew Academy. To enter this giveaway, just complete the instructions on the Rafflecopter.
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Joy of Cooking. It has everything.
Enlightened Kosher Cooking.
I am from New Orleans, and many of the local traditional foods are in no way kosher. There is a great cookbook by Marcie Cohen Ferris called Matzoh Ball Gumbo that has fantastic kosher recipes in a local style. The gumbo is terrific!!!
Spice and Spirit
I’m also for Spice and Spirit
My absolute favorite cookbook is the original Lubavitch Cookbook that I got about 30 years ago! It is updated and the receipes are just fabulous.
Carolyn
Spice and Spirit. Even though I lost mine and they are no longer in print 🙁
I was just given one last year, brand new, when I got married. It’s the fifteen printing from 2008.
The phone number in the front of the book for teh Lubavitch Women’s Cookbook Publications is 718-771-3663. If you call them, I’m sure you can get one!
I don’t have a favorite cookbook, since I found the best place to find recipes is on the internet. I love that people comment on whether or not they liked the recipe and what changes they made.
Joy of Cooking. The ‘Bible’.
kosher palette II is a new fav
thegreen cookbook “the balabustes choice” is my favorite and used all the time
The World of Jewish Cooking
Kosher pallete
Joy of Cooking.
Tyler Florence’s Real Kitchen: An Indispensable Guide for Anybody Who Likes to Cook. The blackberry crumble recipe is TO. DIE. FOR. So good …
I don’t use cookbooks. I find my recipes on-line, from friends, and come up with my own ideas and tweak everything to fit my family’s needs. If I had to say one, I’d say my mother’s Mediterranean non-kosher cookbook. Gorgeous pictures and many recipes that can be adapted to kosher and the food is amazing!
You’re going to make me choose?! lol I dabble with most of my cookbooks, I don’t have a “bible”. However, I do find allrecipes.com to be very useful, since the reviews not only share whether the recipe was popular or not, but people can describe how to improve the recipe.
Mastering the Art of French Cooking, but it is hard to kosherize some of the recipes.
i have a bunch of cookbooks but no favorite, i just pick out the best recipes from each one
Spice and Spirit is my go-to.
kosher palette and one my elementary school put out years ago-someone got it for me for a wedding gift and i have used it SO much
Truth is, my favorite cookbook is the one I’m slowly compiling for myself. 🙂 Over the course of the past several years I’ve been finding and categorizing recipes that I like (including many of my mother’s personal recipes), printing them, putting them in protective plastic and compiling them into two (so far) binders. I have everything in there from main dishes to sides to desserts to drinks to clones of things like Thin Mints and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups! My personal forte of cheesecakes even has its own section!
Although, I do also have a really great grilling cookbook I got a couple years ago that I really like! Nearly every recipe in there requires A1 sauce!
Favorite cookbook hands down “Kosher by Design; Short on time”. There are a solid 8-10 recipes that I make and always a hit!
No favorite just a collection of recipes from all of them and of course online!!
Good Housekeeping – my Grammy’s copy with all her notations
I love the “Book of Jewish Food” by Claudia Roden.
my favorite cookbook is actually my notebook of recipes I’ve compiled from relatives and friends, after that the one I probably like the most is Jeff Nathan’s first one. But I use all of them all the time.
My favorite cookbook is The Book of Jewish Food by Claudia Roden. Here is a link to it. http://www.amazon.com/Book-Jewish-Food-Odyssey-Samarkand/dp/0394532589
I have many favorites quick and kosher and persian cooking for the nonpersian bride and of course the kosher palettes/by design
Kosher by Design for 20 somethings! LOVE IT!
Easy, simple recipes that taste amazing! (I plan to keep using it long after I’m through with my 20’s…..)
The Kosher Gourmet put out by the 92nd Street Y. Amazing recipes from Jewish communities from all over the world.
few cookbooks put together from various high schools, and communities
Joy of Cooking. Even though I find a ton of recipes online, I still find myself referring to Joy on a regular basis, especially if I have questions about technique, ingredients, etc. It’s such a great resource. I also love the original Moosewood cookbook. The recipes are good and the hand drawn pictures are so whimsical.
My favorite cookbook is Quick and Kosher by Jamie Geller. Everything is so simple and I love the challah recipe!
Yum! I was raised on Southern/non-kosher food and would LOVE to get some adaptions! I’m always trying to make some of my old fav’s kosher!
Mark Bitman’s “How to Cook Everything” and “How to Cook Everything Vegetarian” are my go-to books when I need to find a recipe. Mollie Katzen’s “Still Life With Menu”, “Enchanted Broccoli Forest”, and “Moosewood Cookbook” are the books when I want to cook a memory of home.
Dorie Greenspan’s “Baking: From My home to Yours”
I love the Kosher by Design series, but my favorite has to be the one my mom has compiled over the years. It has all our favorites!
The Kosher Palette.
Norene’s Healthy Kitchen. My very first cookbook, given to me by my in-laws during sheva brachot.
My favorite changes all the time. When I get a new one, it’s my favorite. It all depends on how many recipes I like from that cookbook. My current favorite is Dining In Again.
Gatherings!
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Dining In!
spirit and spice i call it the bible cookbook
basic recipe and basci cooking
Olive Trees and Honey- vegetarian kosher recipes from around the world. I have NEVER made anything from this cookbook that we didn’t love and never had anything not-quite-turn-out-right.
I use (almost) all of my cookbooks. My favourite is a little notebook in which my grandmother wrote down all of her most important recipes so she could easily take them when she traveled to each of her children. Of course I also have my favourite recipes from my mom in my recipe box.
Two of my favourite cookbooks are Passover, by Pamela Reiss (the Greek Stuffed Mushroom Caps are sooooooo good!), and the Italian kosher cookbook titled Cucina Ebraica, by Joyve Goldstein.
I’m not sure I can choose 1 either. Susie Fishbein cookbooks & recipes online and from friends.
count me in as another joy of cooking fan 🙂
Lately I’ve been using the internet more than hard cookbooks, but I’ll go with the classic Joy of Cooking. Or Marcy Goldman’s Jewish Holiday Baking