Author: Kasdan, Sara
Title: Love and Knishes : An Irrepressible Guide To Jewish Cooking
Place Pub: New York
Date Pub: (1956)
Pages: 191
Edition: 9th ptg, Oct 1964
Binding: Hardback
Condition: VERY GOOD very good dj
Details: Glossary, index
Illustrator: Louis Slobodkin
Book Id: MAIN000435I
Summary: If you like to cook and laugh this book is your dish! The humor of LOVE AND KNISHES is as refreshing as a glass of tea when Mrs. Kasdan guides each and every cook through the delectable world of Jewish haute and not so haute cuisine, cooking a la Kasdan is as unforgettable as a perfect strudel, as entertaining as her delicious wit, and as effortless as her clear, simple directions. Her book is indeed a recipe for the joy of living.
If you’ve ever tasted Jewish cooking, LOVE AND KNISHES will bring back the aroma of nostalgic memories. Instead of a little of this and a pinch of that the age-old instructions for traditional cooking, Mrs. Kasdan has employed all the skill of a detective, the persistence of a bird dog, and the tact of a diplomat to make the finest secrets of the Jewish kitchen reveal themselves. For those not acquainted with the succulent ranges of such cooking, this offering is an experience in sheer enjoyment, a treasure cupboard of new ideas, new combinations, unique recipes.

A perfect cookbook and an ideal gift book, LOVE AND KNISHES is well seasoned with the author’s delightful wit. No home, Mrs. Kasdan insists, can be happy without love and knishes, and no kitchen is fully equipped without this book on the quintessence of Jewish cuisine.
About the author: Sara Kasdan started life with the most important requisite for the making of a good cook- she was hungry. From this beginning it was only a short step to teh apprecition and preparation of good food.
Anyone who likes to eat can learn to cook, Mrs. kasdan maintains. Or course, if you instructor tells you to put in a handful of this, a fraction of that... a smidgen... a glup... a slurp... that's another matter. In her search for traditional Jewish recipes, Mrs. Kasdan was constantly coping with such problems (you think it’s easy to write a cookbook?) and she has standardized all measurements to make cooking easy for her readers. The amount of flour that can be held by a size 6 1/4 hand is.... but why should we tell you? read the book. All these measurements have been filed with the Bureau of Weights and Measures in Washington and we are awaiting their reply.
Besides cooking, Mrs. Kasdan’s hobby is amateur theatricals, which she feels is a closely related art. A delicious dinner, says she, is like an exciting theatrical production one in which the cook is director, producer, often the playwright, and always the star.