On Monday, March 10th, please join us in a spirited discussion of Jewish cooking and family lore with the food writer Judy Bart Kancigor, author of the hilarious and heart-breaking memoir-cookbook, "Cooking Jewish" (Workman, 2007)

Cooking Jewish gathers recipes from five generations of a food-obsessed family into a celebratory saga of cousins and kasha, Passover feasts -- the holiday has its own chapter -- and crossover dishes. And for all cooks who love to get together for coffee and a little something, dozens and dozens of desserts: pies, cakes, cookies, bars, and a multitude of cheesecakes; Rugelach and Hamantaschen, Mandelbrot and Sufganyot (Hanukkah jelly doughnuts). Not to mention Tanta Esther Gittel's Husband's Second Wife Lena's Nut Cake.

Blending the recipes with over 160 stories from the Rabinowitz family—by the end of the book you'll have gotten to know the whole wacky clan—and illustrated throughout with more than 500 photographs reaching back to the 19th century, Cooking Jewish invites the reader not just into the kitchen, but into a vibrant world of family and friends. Written and recipe-tested by Judy Bart Kancigor, a food journalist with the Orange County Register, who self-published her first family cookbook as a gift and then went on to sell 11,000 copies, here are 532 recipes from her extended family of outstanding cooks, including the best chicken soup ever -- really! -- from her mother, Lillian. (Or as the author says, "When you write your cookbook, you can say your mother's is the best.")

EARN A CREDIT AS A VOLUNTEER! Members are needed to prepare recipes from the book. To find out more, contact the organizer Miriam Rubin -- details as below.

Many thanks to Jennifer Paré Neugeboren and Workman Publishing for their generous assistance.

Please register through Brown Paper Tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/27850

or contact Miriam Rubin at mrubin@windstream.net or 724-447-2339 to purchase tickets.

Location:		Cooking by the Book Inc., 13 Worth Street (Take #1 train to Franklin Street. Exit on West Broadway. Follow West Broadway south 2 blocks to the corner of Worth Street. Turn right onto Worth Street. It's ½ block down. Or, take A, C or E train to Canal Street. Walk south along West Broadway approximately 6 blocks to Worth Street. Turn right onto Worth.)
Date:		Monday, March 10
Time:		6:00 to 8:00pm
Event:		Strictly limited to 40 (admission includes a copy of "Cooking Jewish")
Cost:		$40 members, $45 guests (members will be given priority)

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