Jack's Wife Freda: Cooking From New York's West Village: A Cookbook

Author: Jankelowitz, Maya

Brand: Blue Rider Press

Color: Celadon/Pale green

Features:

• BLUE RIDER

Binding: hardcover

Number Of Pages: 256

Release Date: 21-03-2017

Part Number: 9780399574863

Details: Product Description
“Walking into Jack’s Wife Freda feels like a big, warm hug. Maya and Dean serve food you want to eat, anytime, any day. Though I’ll never stop parking myself at their restaurants, I can’t wait to re-create their favorites (and mine) at home.”
—Jessica Seinfeld, bestselling author of Deceptively Delicious, The Can’t Cook Book, and Food SwingsFrom Jack's Wife Freda, the New York City neighborhood restaurants with a worldwide following, a gorgeously illustrated cookbook filled with beloved recipes for accessible, delicious, and inventive Jewish comfort-food cooking at home.

Jack's Wife Freda, a pair of downtown restaurants whose signs bear the illustrated face of their namesake grandma, have become part of the epicenter of Jewish comfort-food dining in New York's Greenwich Village. With their communal, casual vibe and detailed coziness, the restaurants feel like home, and everyone--from the many local regulars to thousands of tourists just passing through--is greeted like family by owners Maya and Dean Jankelowitz, and their staff. And the food is another reason you never want to leave. A tempting and imaginative meld of Jewish immigrant traditions and recipes, the menu crafted by chef Julia Jaksic borrows from the Ashkenazi and Sephardic dishes of the Jankelowitz's respective childhoods, along with the flavors of South African and Israeli cooking. Fans line up on Carmine and Lafayette Streets each morning for a taste of the legendary spicy baked Shakshuka, Eggs Benny with Beet Hollandaise, or Rosewater Waffles with Honey Syrup. The bustling lunch crowd digs into classics like Matzoh Ball Soup, paired with new favorites like Peri-Peri Chicken Wings infused with African bird's eye chili, and Maya's Grain Bowl with Turmeric Tahini Dressing. Refreshing daytime drinks including Cantaloupe Juice and Nana Tea give way to a signature New York Sour at five o'clock, alongside an appetizer of Fried Zucchini Chips with Smoked Paprika Aioli or Haloumi with Grapes. Dinnertime brings delectable crowd-pleasers that home cooks will turn to again and again: Spiced Rack of Lamb with Herbed Israeli Couscous, Duck Tagine, and Freda's Fish Balls. Malva Pudding, Yogurt Panna Cotta with Rose Syrup and more are a perfect end to any meal.

Good food enjoyed with friends and family is the foundation of Jack's Wife Freda, and Maya and Dean bring the same vibrant energy and love of great cooking and healthful eating to their first cookbook. Whether you live around the corner and pop in regularly for a favorite meal or look forward to an out-of-town visit, this beautifully illustrated and user-friendly book makes it easy to eat from Jack's Wife Freda all day, every day.


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Review
"Maya and Dean Jankelowitz have an arsenal of recipes suited to home cooks....The approachable, vibrant dishes transport a little of the neighborhood joints’ sunny brunch vibes directly to your home."

—Alainna Lexie Beddie, T: The New York Times Style Magazine 

“Melding South African flavors, Parisian mainstays, Israeli side dishes, Greek standards, and Jewish home cooking…with the magic of the restaurant bottled up in the new cookbook
Jack’s Wife Freda, I’m finally able to replicate the experience at home…no matter which way you slice it, these recipes are pretty damn good.”

—Carlye Wisel, TASTE
“Jack’s Wife Freda portrays the restaurant’s homey vibe with airy, sun-drenched photographs…There’s crispy fried gefilte fish, and chicken soup floating with savory duck-fat matzo balls. The dishes in the cookbook are unfussy and bright, translating seamlessly to the home kitchen because the restaurant itself is essentially an extension of the Jankelowitzes’ home.”

—Leah Koenig, Tablet

“Thanks to Dean and Maya's new cookbook, we now can get our hands on some of their most-loved recipes.”

—Epicurious 

“A gift to the hungry masses…
Jack's Wife Freda: Cooking From New York's West Village is sure to be the must-h

EAN: 9780399574863

Package Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.2 x 1.2 inches

Languages: English