If you’re looking for a Jewish cookbook, I highly recommend this one by Evelyn Rose. She is a renowned British Chef who’s been cooking for decades.

Many of the recipes are old favorites—challah, chicken soup, brisket, etc. The most unique thing about this book is that Mrs. Rose lists 3 different cooking temperatures—Fahrenheit, Celsius, and English Gas Mark—so wherever you are in the world, you can use it!

There’s a treasure-trove of info on cooking for crowds, and sample Holiday menus that are really helpful.

It was originally released in the 1970’s, revised in the 1990’s, and released yet again in 2011. I have the ’90’s edition without photos, but the newest version has many.

I plan to post my picks from The New Complete International Jewish Cookbook in the future, especially some for Passover!

What’s your favorite Jewish cookbook?

Update: I can’t believe Phillip Seymour Hoffman died shortly after I posted this! He was an amazing actor, especially as Truman Capote. So sad!

Since I’m always on the lookout for book recommendations, I thought I’d offer some of my own favorites.

I’m starting with an oldie, but goodie, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. This is one of the best True Crime books ever written, if not the best. Capote is credited with inventing the “Non-Fiction Novel,” and it truly does read like a novel.

It’s about the senseless murder of a Kansas farm family in 1959. Many times, I’ve thought about the Clutter family, in their isolated farmhouse, on the lonesome prairie, struck down by two vicious killers.

Killed for nothing, by nobodies, looking for a “big score.” (Which ended up being nothing more than $40, binoculars, and a radio.)

There were multiple movies made as well, but the book tops them all!

Have you read In Cold Blood?