Reminisce about your Bubbe or Grandma and your early food and cooking memories with the new cookbook, Bubbe and Me in the Kitchen: A Kosher Cookbook of Beloved Recipes and Modern Twists by Miri Rotkovitz.
The book celebrates the storied and flavorful kosher recipes that characterize and continue to reinvent Jewish food culture from the perspective of a mother and food writer whose cooking is deeply influenced by her Bubbe.
Food writer Miri Rotkovitz spent a good portion of her early years in the kitchen of her grandmother, Ruth Simon, whose commitment to seasonal, international Jewish fare left a lasting impression. Through that lens, this touching, humorous, and versatile cookbook shares a selection of recipes culled from her grandmother’s coveted recipe box plus 80 of her own original recipes.
Complementing Miri’s story are guest recollections and family recipes from Ronnie Fein, Kim Kushner, Paula Shoyer, and other prominent Jewish chefs.
Whether searching for the perfect babka or brisket or seeking out fresh and healthy takes on keeping kosher, this book will be your source.
Check out our sneak peek of this cookbook and don’t forget to scroll down to see how you can enter to win a free copy of the cookbook!
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MARMALADE ROASTED CHICKEN WITH POTATOES
Photo credit: Evi Abeler
Inspired by my grandmother’s love of marmalade, I used it in this dish to impart citrusy notes to the savory marinade.
Photo credit: Evi Abeler
I love the cheeky marriage of Sephardic flavors wrapped in a quintessentially Ashkenazi pastry.
FARRO SALAD WITH LEMONY WHITE BEANS, ROASTED RED PEPPERS, AND CAULIFLOWER
Photo credit: Evi Abeler
This hearty salad will feed a crowd, which makes it ideal for entertaining or potlucks.
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I have reviewed JOK recipes, too!
I have many memories in the kitchen with my Bubbie from the mundane (oatmeal in the morning after I slept over) to the holiday (helping grate potatoes for latkes.
My Bobbe made the best Mandelbread. She didn’t measure anything and had nothing written down. I tried watching carefully and writing down detailed steps, but it just wasn’t the same. Her grocery lists were written in Hebrew/Yiddish letters, but were transliterated English names for things. I was able to sound out the words and read most of her items.
Grandma and great grandma recipes are the best. The rugelach my great grandma made were the ones to measure all others by; of course they all fall short. I miss her and my grandma.
Every home should have a good Kosher cookbook!
I have made many recipes from this site all were delicious!
Every summer I helped my grandmother can vegetables from their garden. Had a great time also picking and cleaning green beans and peas.
My grandmother, Nani, was born in Germany. She lived in New York but would spend a month with us every summer. I love the years that Rosh Hashana was on the ealier side and she would be with us and we would bake Schnecken and Struesel Kuchen. Something my mother continued to do until a few years ago. I have continued the tradition!
My nana was my idol. We were thisclose. I still talk to her everyday even though she is in heaven. My daughter is named after here. We lved on the same street and I was there more than I was home. Nana was a ballabusta ( sp?) both in cooking and baking. When she would bake she would always make a special care package just for me. When she made her awesome chocolate cake she had a tiny mold for a single cake. Yep, you guessed it..it was always made for me. I loved her frosting..it was like fudge. As I got older and baked myself, I realized it was like a ganache frosting. She made the best mandel b. cookies. Now I am sad she is not here. I am actually crying. 🙁
I didn’t have the opportunity to meet my grandmother as she had long passed on before I was born. I heard many stories from my father, aunt and uncle on what a wonderful cook and baker she was. How I wish I would have been able to meet her, learn to cook and have her recipes. I would love to have this cookbook to have more homemade recipes at my fingertips!
My Bubby made simple but delicious food such as baked apples and boiled chicken. My best memory is when we visited her in NY from Canada. She bought canned whipped cream and sprayed it on our plates. It was a treat unavailable at home and such a happy, sweet memory for me.
My grandmother ruled the kitchen. Occasionally she allowed me to help with blintzes, roly poly’s and soups. I would have loved to experiment with her expertise.
I wish I’d paid more attention to getting my grandmother’s recipes.
I have made the mini quiches from http://www.joyofkosher.com/recipes/light-veggie-quiche/ – I love the mix of vegges and that there are only 2 eggs – I like to add cheese also.
I knew I was Jewish when I was a little girl but my mother wasn’t practicing – many years later I reconnected – I would love this book to learn more…..
My grandmother made everything by hand & from scratch..usually no recipe needed. Unfortunately for us, that meant that when she died we lost a lot of her foods! I can’t wait to see this bubby’s cookbook!
Oh would love this, just found out I am Jewish and wanting to learn all I can about the cultural.
My maternal grandmother lived with us until i was about 9 years old, when she passed away. She was the most wonderful woman and an absolutely loving grandmother. She was an excellent cook and baker and when she would make either mandel bread or huge apple pies, she would take some of the dough and braid it like tiny challot for me. I always looked forward to them and to this day remember her and all the she did for me.
I remember making gefilte fish with my mom and grandma as a little kid one year. I almost died when I saw the fish heads
When I was a kid we would visit my grandmother every sunday, she would have a pot of zucchini in tomato sauce bubbling on the stove!