Cheryl Banks wrote:
I have a patron looking for an English translation of the cookbook Chadar (Heder?)
Ochel by Assi Haim <https://hederochel.jux.com/> and Ofer Vardi,
I love cookbooks. I found the hederochel <https://hederochel.jux.com/>
web page which is entirely in hebrew. There are some recipes on the page
but I couldn't find mention of the cookbook as such.
And while we're on the topic of cookbooks, I must tell you a little
story about my never ending search for jewish books in Spanish. In
November 2012, I had a revelation. I calculated that a cheap-o air
ticket in the off-off-off season to Israel costs less than the postage
when buying the same number of books I wanted to buy on-line. So I
volunteered for Sar-El <http://www.sar-el.org/> and bought myself a
cheap-o air ticket. Before coming back to Spain on Mar 8 after a 3-week
stint, I donated all my clothes but those on my back to charity and
converted my entire baggage weight allowance into books bought mostly at
Steimatzky's.
Mission accomplished. Though I didn't save a cent, at least I broke even
and got a great vacation to boot. Instead of spending my cash on
shipping and handling, I shipped and handled myself for the same price.
On the weekends, I got to look at every single book personally, take
advantage of some 2-fer-1 sales and whatnot. Not only that but I had the
best rip-snorting time ever folding sheets, moth-balling sweaters,
lacing up boots and issuing gun belts to boys and girls over the counter
in the Quartermaster Supply Station.
COOKBOOKS
I pawed through every single cookbook on Steimatzky's shelves. I would
have remembered Heder (Chadar) Ochel for its interesting subject matter
had it been on the shelves amongst the others, but it was not. Nor was
there a single cookbook in Spanish (actually it is appalling the large
amount of nothing in Spanish there is; after 16 years I still can't
figure). I did find two other, cutting-edge, modern cookbooks
translated from the hebrew. These two cookbooks have nothing to do with
the lore, history, nor recipes of the kibbutz kitchen, but I bought the
following two cookbook on a whim and have not regretted it. They are
both excellant and a lot of fun:
ISBN 9789659147205. Sweet Secrets. Carine Goren. "...the Baking Guru of
Israel, has been whipping up a delicious frenzy across her country wih
her Sweet Secrets dessert cookbook and hit television program of the
same name.... was first published in hebrew in 2006 and it is still
going strong, having remained on the Israeli bestseller list fror an
extraordinary 150 weeks."
?Dana Code: 0002000526986 (I can't find an ISBN number; but I did find a
telephone number). Confessions of a Kitchen Rebbetzin. G.H.Halpern
<http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/tel-aviv-s-favorite-foodie-finally-caters-to-english-readers-with-new-cookbook-1.476415>.
Frog Publishing, Modan Publishing House. From the introduction:
"...Chicken soup?Falafel? Hummus? Shwarma? Or maybe the in-flight
entertainment magazine brings you to the weird conclusion that we all
eat organic quinoa decorated with pomegranite seeds. Wrong. Pizza is
what we really love! Accept the fact that you're clueless about Israeli
cooking ....".
Bon Appetite
Alba
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