

It’s a part of ritual and tradition, a way of solidifying a cultural and religious identity. Little scraps of paper jammed between pages is a common theme in my library of cookbooks, but The Book of Jewish Food has by far the most.įood is symbolic to many people and religions…it provides more than mere nourishment.


What struck me about it were the number of scraps of paper sticking out of the top, each bookmarking something I wanted to cook. I was leafing through a few cookbooks this morning when I stumbled across my copy of Claudia Roden’s The Book of Jewish Food.
