Learn to COOK - A Taste of Challah
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Manufacturer: Feldheim Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 641
EAN: 9781583309223
ISBN: 1583309225
Label: Feldheim Publishers
Manufacturer: Feldheim Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 206
Publication Date: 2007-05-15
Publisher: Feldheim Publishers
Studio: Feldheim Publishers
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Editorial Reviews:
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Many find the task of making their own bread, and more specifically, of making their own challah, to be intimidating and difficult. A Taste of Challah brings the lost art of home challah and bread baking back to where it is meant to be - in the home. Far more than just another cookbook, A Taste of Challah is a guide, containing within it everything you need to know about the topic of challah and bread baking. Clear instructions and step-by-step, full-color photos will help you successfully master each recipe. This book goes far beyond tasty challah; you can sample breads from around the world. There are recipes included for Kubana, Rye and Flax Seed Bread, Oatmeal Raisin Bread, Saluf, Bagels, Hot Pretzels ... and much, much more. Try them, and enrich your home with the aromas and tastes of both past and present. Replete with numerous tips and sound advice, A Taste of Challah ensures that all your bread baking will come out perfect and tasty ... every single time.
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Summary: Some good things, some odd things
Comment: This is an unusual book. It is, as other reviews have noted, far more a book about challah--spiritual components, religious components--than it is a cookbook. The title is thus a tad misleading. It also, as has also been noted, lacks a basic recipe for challah with eggs, which is like doing a French bread cookbook without a baguette recipe.
However, I have to admit that the recipes themselves are excellent. I've made the za'atar bread twice, and it disappears rapidly because it is so tasty. The basic no-egg challah recipe is fine, and all of the others I've tried are also very good.
The book is expensive, and unless you're really excited about the non-recipe content or, like me, you collect bread cookbooks, I am not sure that I'd recommend it, but there are certainly some useful things here.
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Summary: perfect challah, indeed...
Comment: instructions, which can be followed with ease, great results, that's exactely what I expect.
How to braid the dough, however, is not as clearcut as how to prepare and bake it.
If you want to bake great tasting challah or other breads like sourdough (the pizza dough is really tasty too) this is the book of your choice!
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Summary: Must have book
Comment: A Taste of Challah: A Comprehensive Guide to Challah and Bread Baking by Tamar Ansh is truly one of the most comprehensive books, complete with clear and detailed instructions and over 350 beautiful full-color step-by-step photographs
It is more than just another bread-making recipe book. I am an experienced bread maker and have taught classes in breadmaking for many years. Nevertheless, I learned so much from Tamar's book. Whether you're a novice to challah/bread-baking or an old hand at it, this is a book you'll definitely want to own.
In addition to recipes and instructions for everything you ever wanted to know about making and braiding challah, there are wonderful chapters on large challah shapes, small challah shapes, health challah and breads, specialty breads, Middle Eastern breads and accompaniments, and fun and different ideas. Recipes include, in addition to the traditional challahs, Zatar challah, Pecan challah, Yemenite Saluf, flower-shaped challah rolls, kubana, onion croissants and dessert breads and rolls.
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Summary: tasty and beautiful
Comment: this beautifully written book has changed my sabbath table forever. I tried the recipe and tips this week and got amazing results. My challas looked absolutely stunning, nicer than the bakery and my family tells me they were delicious!!! I have until now made tasty but funny looking challa but this easy to read and implement guide has transformed my challa baking both spiritually and physically. its a must have!
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Summary: not the best resource on jewish baking
Comment: While this book might be less intimidating for beginngers than Maggie Glezer's Blessing of Bread, in most respects it is far inferior to Glezer's work. There are few recipes for Challah (as a previous review noted the one for plain Challah does not contain eggs) and the recipes for the other breads are lackluster. If you want a book that examines Jewish baking through the ages and across many different regions, Glezer's book is definitely the better choice. If your goal is a basic overview of Challah and a few basic recipes, Ansh's book will suffice.
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