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(COOK-BOOK). ESTHER LEVY. Jewish Cookery Book, on Principles of Economy Adapted for Jewish Housekeepers. With the Addition of Many Useful Medicinal Recipes and other Valuable Information Relative to Housekeeping and Domestic Management. FIRST EDITION. Interesting pencil correction on page 13, the word “servant” has been struck through and replaced in pencil with the word “maid.” pp. 200 + pp. 10 (ads). Lacks pp. 21-2. Stained and worn through use, browned, few leaves loose and fore-edges chipped. Original boards, rubbed, extremities worn. 8vo. Philadelphia, W.S. Turner, 1871. THE FIRST JEWISH COOKBOOK PUBLISHED IN AMERICA. The author sought to elevate American home cooking with social polish while remaining true to the tenets of the Jewish religion, or as Esther Levy herself wrote: “Without violating the precepts of our religion, a table can be spread, which will satisfy the appetites of the most fastidious.” Includes laws relating to how to run a Kosher home, household hints, diets for invalids and medicinal recipes, as well as a Jewish Calendar and hours for the commencement of the Sabbath.