SCARCE 1974 1st Ed The Joys of Jewish Cooking w/ DJ – Illustrated Cookbook / Travel / History

COLLECTOR'S 1974 first edition, 1st printing, vintage hardcover cookbook w/ RARE original unclipped dust jacket - The Joys of Jewish Cooking.

Thirty years of traveling, have provided Stephen and Ethel Longstreet with vast trunkloads of Jewish cooking lore and recipes from around the world.

Over 400 AUTHENTIC Jewish recipes gathered from mercantile princes and village tailors, chefs and rabbis' wives, and fascinating insights into origins of Jewish Cooking.

We LOVE the charming black & white illustrations by husband - Stephen Longstreet. Numerous line drawings include many full page plates. WOW!

Written: Stephen & Ethel Longstreet, Publisher: Weathervane Books, New York, Dist: Crown Publishers. Copyright: 1974 1st Ed, probable 1st printing. ISBN 0517246783.

Recipes for meat, fowl, fish, from thirteen nations, including kosher, regional and holiday specialties. DISTINCTIVE cuisine with such delights as Kreplach, Meat Borsch and of course everyone's favorite chicken soup!

Social history and special foods that commemorate:

The Sabbath Repast, Rosh Hashonah, Yom Kippur, Purim,

Succoth, Chanukah, Shavuoth, Passover and the Seder.

COUNTRIES:

Russia, Poland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania and the Balkans,

Italy in the Mediterranean, France, England, Israel, Middle East,

North Africa, Republic of South Africa, Latin America and United States.

Ending their journey, in the U.S., tracing the early immigration of Spanish and Portuguese Sephardic Jews, and the later influx of Germans and Easter Europeans.

Hardcover w/ unclipped DJ-$10.00 flap. MINT red buckram-leatherette boards & BRILLIANT gilt spine titles, 360 pp, 9" x 6". Illustrations EXCELLENT. Binding tight. NOT ex-lib. Fine/excellent vintage condition.

Cover fine/bright/sharp/clean-very minimal shelfwear. DJ excellent/very good/bright/clean-light shelfwear-light scuffing-light top chipping. Pages excellent/bright/crisp/clean-minimal wear-some page toning.

Do not pass up this SCARCE must have gem; will make a FABULOUS gift!!

Item ID: BK1590

$45 USD SOLD


 

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