Grandma Doralee Patinkin's Jewish Family Cookbook: More Than 150 Treasured Recipes from My Kitchen to Yours

by Doralee Patinkin Rubin

Book Overview

A collection of recipes and family memories shared by the mother of actor Mandy Patinkin includes such favorites as matzoh ball soup, as well as Kahlua cheesecake, butter crisps, and Passover sponge... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031216856X
• ISBN13: 9780312168568
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

One Great Cookbook

This is a wonderful cook book, one of those that really rolls back the years to recall all the family meals we love to remember. It is truly a lovely book that will be in your kitchen for years to come.

The best of the best!

Doralee Patinkin's cookbooks are two of my all-time favorites (and I'm not Jewish, so they should appeal to everyone with taste buds). Every recipe I've tried has been absolutely wonderful. Directions are clear, and each recipe is preceded by a brief description of why it is a favorite. The forward is by actor Mandy Patinkin, and the comments about some recipes include his passion for him. These books are very warmly written, and filled with tried-and-true family favorites which will be just as successful in the readers's homes. Absolutely wonderful!

A Find!

I bought this because I was looking for easy but delicious passover recipes. Doralee Patinkin Rubin really came through for me. Her apple cake and Baked Chicken a l'orange were great. I made a few other recipes and they were thoroughly enjoyed. Her recipes if not all technically kosher come from that great tradition of Jewish women many of us were fortunate enough to have as mothers and grandmothers.

Like being back my grandmother's kitchen

For both traditional and modernized Jewish soul food, this book has quickly become a treasured resource. The recipies are straightforward, not pretentious or gratutuitiously glamourous, and are delicious and easy to prepare. It's traditional ethnic dishes and more, with a wonderful, friendly emphasis on entertaining and sharing events and holidays with families, making food a part of the memories.

One of the Best Jewish Cookbooks

This book brings me back to my mother's kitchen. It brings back memories and even the smells of the Gefilte Fish and the Challah baking in the oven.I made her Artichoke Dip and the people who tasted it,cried.I've been cooking for many years and never have I read such a nostalgic Jewish cookbook.I am waiting with baited breath for her next cookbook.