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

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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.
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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.

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