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Haroset : a taste of Jewish history / Susan Weingarten.
Van Pelt Library TX739.2.P37 W4 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weingarten, Susan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Passover food.
- Passover cooking.
- Passover--Customs and practices.
- Passover.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 157 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Milford, CT : London, England : The Toby Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- Haroset: A Taste of Jewish History is the first book ever written about this traditional Passover seder food. In a captivating historical journey, Dr. Susan Weingarten traces the development of this ancient dish through a tapestry of social, religious, and cultural contexts.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 On the Origins of Haroset p. 1
- Chapter 2 From Babylonia to Cairo via Cordoba: The Beginning of Sephardic Haroset p. 29
- Chapter 3 Haroset Moves North: Medieval Ashkenaz p. 53
- Chapter 4 Moving Toward Modernity p. 81
- Chapter 5 Modern Haroset: Secularism, Memories and Authenticity p. 99
- Chapter 6 My Grandmother's Haroset: Recipes from Around the Jewish World p. 123.
- Notes:
- "An intriguing exploration of one of the most mysterious symbolic Passover foods"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-151) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781592645169
- 159264516X
- OCLC:
- 1091190523
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