Esther Levy  Jewish Cooking, 19th-Century Style  First-ever
Jewish cookbook auctioned  Editorial Intern   So you think your
Passover cleaning is tough.  “Before using the kitchen tables,
they must undergo a thorough scrubbing, and be rinsed with
scalding water. It was customary in England to lay them in
fuller’s earth, which is not so well known here; so it would be
advisable to have coarse cloths tacked on instead. The cisterns
must be cleaned, and a piece of flannel put on the nozzle of the
hydrant.”  Esther Levy’s 1871 cookbook, the first Jewish
cookbook in America, fetched $11,000 at auction last week.
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