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Sweets, Holidays and Family Recipes - Israeli-Mediterranean Cookbook (Cook In Israel - Kosher Recipes, Mediterranean Cooking 1) Kindle Edition

by Orly Ziv (Author), Idit Yatzkan (Illustrator), Katherine Martinelli (Photographer) Format: Kindle Edition
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Fresh and healthy Mediterranean flavors easily explained.

Sweets, Holidays and Family Recipes presents 34 selected no-fail recipes, inspired by Mediterranean Israeli cooking. The recipes are accompanied by beautiful color photographs, easy explanations and clarifications and step-by-step photos that make the recipes easy to follow.

Winner of the Gourmand World Cookbooks Awards (2013).

Sweets, Holidays and Family Recipes includes Mediterranean dishes such as Greek Eggplant-pie, meatballs in tomato sauce (with a special Sephardic twist!) and the perfect (classic, but brilliantly simple) chocolate cake that every home cook needs master. It easily explains known Mediterranean cuisine such as and Malabi and delicious almond-cookies, as well as sweet and savory dishes such as potato pancakes (“levivot”), leek patties and zucchini pancakes, suitable for Jewish holidays or any time of year.

User-friendly cookbook that will earn a permanent spot in your kitchen.

All recipes included in Sweets, Holidays and Family Recipes are Kosher, and most are vegetarian. They all present fresh flavors and exquisite tastes, and include Mediterranean ingredients, such as tahini and fresh vegetables. The book also includes authentic family recipes that have been passed down in the author’s family, as well as her children’s favorites dishes. All the recipes are based on simple techniques and familiar ingredients, and are suitable for weeknight meals, just as for hosting and entertaining.

Sweets, Holidays and Family Recipes includes:

  • Easy to follow, user-friendly recipes
  • New cooking tips and techniques
  • Photo of every recipe, including many step-by-step photos
  • A treasure trove of 100% kosher recipes!

Healthy and delicious home cooking doesn’t need to be time consuming or complicated! Learn how to cook delicious and healthy Israeli food like a pro, with this award winning cookbook.

Get your copy of Sweets, Holidays and Family Recipes now!

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"Home cooking is something that is very important to Ziv. She wanted from the outset to create a book where all the recipes are user-friendly and nothing is too complicated. In a bid to show how easy the recipes are to make, all of the photos were taken in her home while she was cooking and no artificial coloring or styling were used. 'The photos show exactly what you will get if you make it,' she says while highlighting that some of the recipes also have step-by-step photos."
- The Jerusalem Post

"Capturing the essence of a recipe along with the essence of the author themselves is a difficult task, yet a task completed so skillfully by Orly and her photographer. Each image is bright and inviting, making me wish I had time to cook most of the recipes in this book. Vegetarians and vegans may particularly enjoy this work as there are just two meat recipes in the entire book and the focus on real food, whole ingredients and cooking with local produce means there are plenty of gluten free dishes for you to sample too... This is a book that I turn to to build a menu or read for pleasure. The food tells a story and brings people together."
- This American Bite

"Cook In Israel bears the subtitle "Home Cooking Inspiration" and that is precisely what Orly's book is all about. In a warm family-oriented way that is customary for Israelis, Ms. Ziv welcomes you into her kitchen with open arms. ... Orly shares family favorites, holiday dishes and an expansive array of vegetarian recipes that are mainstays in Middle Eastern culture."
- Busy in Brooklyn

From the Author

The recipes in this book are very personal, and reflect the way my family and I eat. This book is a look into my home and my kitchen, a glimpse into my daily life and cooking classes. The recipes are inspired by my mother and grandmother, by newspaper clippings, by the shuk and by all the cultures that have come to Israel to make it the melting pot it is. They are largely inspired by the Sephardic cuisine that I grew up on, and are entirely kosher.
In addition to simple, flavorful recipes that anyone can make, I've also included little tips and tricks to make cooking as easy as possible.

This is how I recommend that you use my recipes: Try them, and then use them as a jumping off point to be inspired and make them your own. Switch up the vegetables or change the spices to create your own flavors - there's no such thing as failure in the kitchen, only learning experiences. Of course baking is all about accuracy, but there's still room to play there as well. Change plums to peaches or hazelnuts to almonds and see what happens.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00HIURFWQ
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 25, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3480 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 100 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Orly Ziv

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Drawing on her Jewish-Greek heritage and the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean flavors of her Tel Aviv home, Orly focuses on fresh flavors and simple techniques that are as suitable for weeknight meals as they are for entertaining. Through her company, Cook in Israel, Orly welcomes people from around the world into her country and her home to get to know her culture through food and cooking. Now, this experience is available to anyone, anywhere through her cookbook.

About Orly Ziv: A lifelong food lover, Orly Ziv worked for many years as a clinical nutritionist before launching Cook in Israel in 2009. Through her company Orly offers culinary tours around Israel and intimate cooking classes out of her home. For more information, visit www.cookinisrael.com.

Cook in Israel won Best Cookbook Photography / Third from Gourmand World Cookbooks Awards 2013

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Lots of wonderful recipes in this cookbook
Lots of wonderful recipes in this cookbook. I had a few plums I needed to use up so I made the Plum Cake. It was so good. Looking forward to making many more of the recipes in this book. Most of them are made with ingredients most of us have in our pantries and the recipes are not long and complicated. I received a copy for free for my review. No other compensation was received. Opinions are my own.
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Sheryl McEWen
5.0 out of 5 stars Chocolate and Halva Babka.....LOVE LOVE LOVE
Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2016
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Sweets, Holidays and Family Recipes - Israeli-Mediterranean Cookbook (Cook In Israel - Kosher Recipes, Mediterranean Cooking 1)

I have been in the Food and Restaurant industry for many years and the expression of Food and Beverage has always been my passion, so I am the most critical when it comes the display and presentation of anything related. Although, I normally like an elaborate artful display of food art, when illustrating recipes, I can appreciate the fact that these recipes and this book are authentic and the ethnic origins of the recipes have taught me. I love to learn about cultures and what their food entails and I also think it’s an amazing privilege to be a part of and to celebrate another culture.
With that said, this recipe book was delightful, it truly was. It’s filled with love and passion for the Eastern European Regional Cuisine I adore from wonderful places such as Greece, Balkan, Bulgaria and Israel to name a few. The authors’ recipes choices are a simple great reflection of the culture.

The recipes are basic enough to follow for the beginning home cook, but interesting and different enough for the experienced chef to appreciate. Baking is not only an experience, but an art that isn’t easily mastered and recipes that are sometimes hard to duplicate and teach. These recipes are tried and true and I was able to reciprocate without fault and prepare them for my family.

The Chocolate and Halva Babka, the Fruit and Tahini Crumble and the Plum Cake are my favorites. I also cater to true vegetarians and I appreciate the recipes allowing me to do so. Anyway, I like and enjoyed reading this recipe book and I recommend it to anyone who loves learning other cultures and there cuisines, loves good pastries and sweets and enjoys baking. I did receive this book at a heavily discounted price in exchange for my feedback; however the seller/author has no influence over my opinion whatsoever.
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DD Gott - Donadees Corner
5.0 out of 5 stars New, Cookbooks for treats and everyday foods for everyone's collection.
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2020
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I guess that if anything is true, I have learned that cooking is not easy for a person like me. I didn't learn how to cook growing up, I always was outside working with my Dad. My head under the hood of a big rig and fetching tools. My brothers hated working with him, and I was the only one that loved it. I did learn how to fend for myself with cars and almost anything else. My dad always said that it was good to be a girl, but that girl needed to know how to be self-sufficient. Well, I definitely am that, thanks to him. Oh, and he always made me wear gloves to that I would still have soft hands WITHOUT grease under the nails!!! LOL That being said I have collected cookbooks so that I can fix anything that I want. I love having the digital ones, they don't take up any space. Also having a small family now that the kids and grandkids are grown, having a cookbook is the only way to go in making smaller portions.
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Joe
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Israeli Cookbook
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2020
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I live in an area where we have no Israeli restaurants, and I miss Israeli food. This book has multiple tasty recipes that I like. Examples include:
- Soufganiyot - These are doughnuts that are perfect for Hanukkah. The adjustment I made on this recipe is that I use apple butter for some of the doughnuts.
- Latkes also known as Levivot - These are very tasty. The adjustment I made is I added apple sauce as a topping for some.
- Borekas - These taste like those I would purchase from bakeries in Israel.

Three items I would have liked recipes for in this book were rugelach, matzah and challah.

This low cost book seems to have some of my favorite recipes for the items above. If a second version is made of this book, I would recommend the additions I list above.

If you crave Israeli food, this is a good book.
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D. Sally Legg
3.0 out of 5 stars Short and Basic
Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2020
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Easy recipes to follow but nothing seemed to jump out at me or make me want to run and bake quickly.
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Lynn Demsky
5.0 out of 5 stars Most delicious looking and easy to follow!!
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2019
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Is an interesting cookbook in that with each recipe Orly explained what it was and where in the Jewish Holiday it fell in --- she had pictures of each recipe and they all looked delicious. Particularly liked how most of the recipes had stuff you already had laying about the house! Did jot a couple down and do plant to make!
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aml
5.0 out of 5 stars Great!
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2016
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I bought this book on a whim because the recipes looked simple and used ingredients I generally have at home. Everything I have made has turned out great and my family loves it. The meatballs and the salmon dishes from the family recipes section were huge hits. I especially like the fact that these recipes are healthy and use mainly natural ingredients. I am so happy that I found this cookbook because it has provided many new recipes to my repertoire.
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Stephanie K
5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of wonderful recipes in this cookbook
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2016
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Lots of wonderful recipes in this cookbook. I had a few plums I needed to use up so I made the Plum Cake. It was so good. Looking forward to making many more of the recipes in this book. Most of them are made with ingredients most of us have in our pantries and the recipes are not long and complicated. I received a copy for free for my review. No other compensation was received. Opinions are my own.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of wonderful recipes in this cookbook
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2016
Lots of wonderful recipes in this cookbook. I had a few plums I needed to use up so I made the Plum Cake. It was so good. Looking forward to making many more of the recipes in this book. Most of them are made with ingredients most of us have in our pantries and the recipes are not long and complicated. I received a copy for free for my review. No other compensation was received. Opinions are my own.
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Chooliki
4.0 out of 5 stars Includes pictures
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2020
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With pictures added this is a simple easy to use recipe cookbook. Recipes I never heard of but with the pictures and easy ingredients and steps I will use this.
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Suzan Lee Hanson Costa
5.0 out of 5 stars Uma bela proposta atendida com excelência
Reviewed in Brazil on January 17, 2023
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O livro se propõe a mostrar a culinária familiar de Israel e o faz com cuidado, excelência e carinho: belas fotos, a história de cada prato e uma ótima seleção de receitas que nos mostra a vocação universal da cozinha. Adorei.
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Valerie Baker
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Reviewed in Canada on December 14, 2018
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Good book
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Ali
5.0 out of 5 stars Great !
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 22, 2019
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Clear and easy to use. Nice recipes. Good pictures
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Rudyard
5.0 out of 5 stars Great and easy recipes
Reviewed in France on October 20, 2016
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I love all the books of Orly Ziv. The recipes are clear, quite easy to do and so yummy. I bought them all and I can assure you they'll change your life!
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Khaleesi X
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 29, 2019
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