{"product_id":"jewish-cuisine-in-hungary-andr-s-koerner-9789633862735","title":"Jewish Cuisine in Hungary: A Cultural History with 83 Authentic Recipes","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2019 National Jewish Book Award in the category of Food Writing \u0026amp; Cookbooks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author refuses to accept that the world of pre-Shoah Hungarian Jewry and its cuisine should disappear almost without a trace and feels compelled to reconstruct its culinary culture. His book―with a preface by Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett―presents eating habits not as isolated acts, divorced from their social and religious contexts, but as an organic part of a way of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to Kirshenblatt-Gimblett: \"While cookbooks abound, there is no other study that can compare with this book. It is simply the most comprehensive account of a Jewish food culture to date.\" Indeed, no comparable study exists about the Jewish cuisine of any country, or―for that matter―about Hungarian cuisine. It describes the extraordinary diversity that characterized the world of Hungarian Jews, in which what could or could not be eaten was determined not only by absolute rules, but also by dietary traditions of particular religious movements or particular communities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen chapters cover the culinary culture and eating habits of Hungarian Jewry up to the 1940s, ranging from kashrut (the system of keeping the kitchen kosher) through the history of cookbooks, the food traditions of weekdays and holidays, the diversity of households, and descriptions of food and hospitality industries to the history of some typical dishes. Although this book is primarily a cultural history and not a cookbook, it includes 83 recipes, as well as nearly 200 fascinating pictures of daily life and documents.i\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andr疽 Koerner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9633862736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789633862735\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Central European University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 7.50w x 1.20d","brand":"Andr疽 Koerner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986427937023,"sku":"9789633862735","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_15120997-a016-49dc-9116-2d492d4db279.jpg?v=1683283287","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jewish-cuisine-in-hungary-andr-s-koerner-9789633862735","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}