Shabbat Shalom : Recipes and Menus for the Sabbath

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Summary: Shabbat Shalom
Review: Great recipes that add some diversity to the shabbat. Provides some totally new but festive meals to my table. I highly recommend this book for an addition to your cookbook library.

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Summary: New recipes for the day of rest
Review: Susan Friedland is a cookbook editor at HarperCollins, so she knows a tad about recipe books and a lot about frying onions. She is also the author of The Passover Table. With humor, Friedland updates the Shabbat dinner menu from just brisket, matza balls, and roast chicken (which are included), and adds innovations like Spinach Soup; Sorrel Stuffed eggs; or Fish Cocktail-UNCLE Louie, which is a kosher version of Crab Louis; Chickpeas with Braised Codfish; Pears Poached in Red Wine; Duck in pomegranate and walnuts; and Vegetarian Cholents. I especially liked the Chicken and Macaroni dish from Brooklyn's Aleppo / Halab / Syrian-Jewish community, or better yet, the fattoush shabbat salad (cucumbers, garlic, mint, olive oil, and scallions); and the pot roast braised in vinegar. Oh, and did I mention that Freidland also includes a recipe for Gundi, the Iranian Jewish shabbat meatball soup.

Rating:
Summary: New recipes for the day of rest
Review: Susan Friedland is a cookbook editor at HarperCollins, so she knows a tad about recipe books and a lot about frying onions. She is also the author of The Passover Table. With humor, Friedland updates the Shabbat dinner menu from just brisket, matza balls, and roast chicken (which are included), and adds innovations like Spinach Soup; Sorrel Stuffed eggs; or Fish Cocktail-UNCLE Louie, which is a kosher version of Crab Louis; Chickpeas with Braised Codfish; Pears Poached in Red Wine; Duck in pomegranate and walnuts; and Vegetarian Cholents. I especially liked the Chicken and Macaroni dish from Brooklyn's Aleppo / Halab / Syrian-Jewish community, or better yet, the fattoush shabbat salad (cucumbers, garlic, mint, olive oil, and scallions); and the pot roast braised in vinegar. Oh, and did I mention that Freidland also includes a recipe for Gundi, the Iranian Jewish shabbat meatball soup.

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Summary: An excellent addition to the Jewish cookbook collection.
Review: This book is inspiring. It is filled with recipes that help set apart Shabbat as a special, sacred day. I loved the text and anecdotes peppered throughout, but the food is the star here. The recipes are consistently elegant and innovative, and the menu suggestions at the back of the book are useful. While the food is sophisticated, many recipes are not time-consuming. It's nicely organized into appropriate sections as well.

Rating:
Summary: An excellent addition to the Jewish cookbook collection.
Review: This book is inspiring. It is filled with recipes that help set apart Shabbat as a special, sacred day. I loved the text and anecdotes peppered throughout, but the food is the star here. The recipes are consistently elegant and innovative, and the menu suggestions at the back of the book are useful. While the food is sophisticated, many recipes are not time-consuming. It's nicely organized into appropriate sections as well.