The world of Jewish entertaining menus and recipes for the Sabbath, holidays, and other family celebrations

Main Author:	Marks, Gil.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, c1998.
Subjects:	Cooking, Jewish. Holiday cooking. Fasts and feasts > Judaism. Entertaining. Menus.

Item Description:	Includes index.
Physical Description:	p. cm.
ISBN:	0684847884
Author Notes:	Gilbert Stanley Marks was born in Charleston, West Virginia on May 30, 1952. He received a bachelor's degree, master's degrees in social work and history, and rabbinical ordination from Yeshiva University. He worked as a guidance counselor and history teacher at Yeshiva University High School for Boys and as a social worker in Philadelphia. He was best known as a historian of Jewish food and culture. He wrote several books including The World of Jewish Cooking, Encyclopedia of Jewish Food, and Olive Trees and Honey: A Treasury of Vegetarian Recipes from Jewish Communities around the World, which won a James Beard Award in 2005. He died of lung cancer on December 5, 2014 at the age of 62. (Bowker Author Biography)