The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook: Garden-Fresh Recipes Rediscovered and Adapted for Today's Kitchen

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Beautifully translated for a new generation of devotees of delicious and healthy eating a groundbreaking, mouthwatering vegetarian cookbook originally published in Yiddish in pre World War II Vilna and miraculously rediscovered than half a century later In 1938, Fania Lewando, the proprietor of a popular vegetarian restaurant in Vilna, Lithuania, published a Yiddish vegetarian cookbook unlike any that had come before Its 400 recipes ranged from traditional Jewish dishes kugel, blintzes, fruit compote, borscht to vegetarian versions of Jewish holiday staples cholent, kishke, schnitzel to appetizers, soups, main courses, and desserts that introduced vegetables and fruits that had not traditionally been part of the repertoire of the Jewish homemaker Chickpea Cutlets, Jerusalem Artichoke Soup Leek Frittata Apple Charlotte with Whole Wheat Breadcrumbs Also included were impassioned essays by Lewando and by a physician about the benefits of vegetarianism Accompanying the recipes were lush full color drawings of vegetables and fruit that had originally appeared on bilingual Yiddish and English seed packets Lewando s cookbook was sold throughout Europe Lewando and her husband died during World War II, and it was assumed that all but a few family owned and archival copies of her cookbook vanished along with most of European Jewry But in 1995 a couple attending an antiquarian book fair in England came upon a copy of Lewando s cookbook Recognizing its historical value, they purchased it and donated it to the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York City, the premier repository for books and artifacts relating to prewar European Jewry Enchanted by the book s contents and by its backstory, YIVO commissioned a translation of the book that will make Lewando s charming, delicious, and practical recipes available to an audience beyond the wildest dreams of the visionary woman who created them.With a foreword by Joan Nathan Full color illustrations throughout.Translated from the Yiddish by Eve Jochnowitz. Best Read [ The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook: Garden-Fresh Recipes Rediscovered and Adapted for Today's Kitchen ] Author [ Fania Lewando ] – kino-fada.fr I happened to see this vegetarian cookbook on the new books shelf at the library and quickly picked it up, not having any idea the history, tragedy, and intelligence of the author Fania Lewando lived in a vibrant Jewish community in Lithuania prior to the second world war She was a devoted vegetarian who taught many others the art of cooking and living a vegetarian lifestyle She also ran a popular restaurant, which drew in many notable visitors and was known for both the healthy food and as a I happened to see this vegetarian cookbook on the new books shelf at the library and quickly picked it up, not having any idea the history, tragedy, and intelligence of the author Fania Lewando lived in a vibrant Jewish community in Lithuania prior to the second world war She was a devoted vegetarian who taught many others the art of cooking and living a vegetarian lifestyle She also ran a popular restaurant, which drew in many notable visitors and was known for both the healthy food and as a center of intellectual thought and discussion In 1938, she published this cookbook in Yiddish, written in the style and fashion as she taught and worked in her restaurant It was beautifully illustrated with the colorful, whimsical drawings of vegetable seed packets In J...This book is for people like me who read cookbooks like novels, or history The recipes themselves are besides the point Take your vegetable, add tons of eggs, coat in bread crumbs, fry in butter, top with lots of cream Okay, that s a bit of an exaggeration, but not by much Doesn t matter, you re here for the culture.To understand this book, you need to start with the Yiddish Book Center in Massachusetts An incredible resource dedicated to saving Yiddish books from around the globe The This book is for people like me who read cookbooks like novels, or history The recipes themselves are besides the point Take your vegetable, add tons of eggs, coat in bread crumbs, fry in butter, top with lots of cream Okay, that s a bit of an exaggeration, but not by much Doesn t matter, you re here for the culture.To understand this book, you need to start with the Yiddish Book Center in Massachusetts An incredible resource dedicated to saving Yiddish books from around the globe The founder literally started by rescuing books from dumpsters Vilna Vegetarian was one of the rare volumes they rescued And one from a growing program to translate these books so that they aren t just museum relics but living, breathing, works.Fania Lewando ...I love historical cookbooks, and this one is personal as it is Jewish and vegetarian The recipes are incredibly old world but I can see myself trying most of them, and a few of them might become regulars in my cooking But simply reading through all of these recipes and w...Some interesting vegetarian recipes, but mush repetition also Not as impressed as the blurb advertising the book on the Jewish Book Group.I first heard about this cookbook from an article on The Splendid Table.http www.splendidtable.org story fiThis book intrigued meso when I discovered I could get a second hand copy onfor a very reasonable price, I bought it This cookbook deserves to be read twice First, as a historical document You need to read the beginning articles to fully appreciate the VALUE of this cookbook Fania Lewando s insights about food, health and her Jewish culture are spelled out there The I first heard about this cookbook from an article on The Splendid Table.http www.splendidtable.org story fiThis book intrigued meso when I discovered I could get a second hand copy onfor a very reasonable price, I bought it This cookbook deserves to be read twice First, as a historical document You need to read the beginning articles to fully appreciate the VALUE of this cookbook Fania Lewando s insights about food, health and her Jewish culture are spelled out there The reader also gets a delicious insight ...I really liked this book not only recipes but also a very nice introduction I recommend it to everyone And also great gift idea.Because I grew up in an Eastern European Yiddish speaking home, I was excited to get this book However, I found it to be extremely disappointing Despite the fact that the translators of this book claim to have tested all the recipes before publishing it in English, and despite the fact that the recipe tester s even inserted a few notes regarding some of the recipes, I found an overwhelming majority of the recipes to be very poor in ...I need to buy my own copy of this, because the library is going to want theirs back This is a Yiddish vegetarian cookbook from 1938, written by the proprietor of a milchik restaurant The poignancy of the history is intense I realized re rereading the introduction today that the abbreviation in English letters hyd meant may God avenge her blood, and it make me choke up a little Contrasting that sorrow o...Muchinteresting as a historical book than as a cookbook The fact it was translated from Yiddish gives it cred, and that it was a leading health book for jewish culture is fascinating The dishes, however, disappoint.The story behind this cookbook is fascinating and the illustrations go well with the old fashioned theme I haven t tried any of the recipes yet, but I m sure I will in the future.

The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook: Garden-Fresh Recipes Rediscovered and Adapted for Today's Kitchen
  • English
  • 11 January 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 272 pages
  • 0805243275
  • Fania Lewando
  • The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook: Garden-Fresh Recipes Rediscovered and Adapted for Today's Kitchen