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Chosen Food: Cuisine, Culture, and American Jewish Identity / Baltimore: Jewish Museum of Maryland, 2011.
Jewish American Food Culture / Jonathan Deutsch and Rachel D. Saks. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2008.
Jewish Cooking Boot Camp: The Modern Girl's Guide to Cooking like a Jewish Grandmother / Andrea Marks Carneiro & Roz Marks. Guilford, CT: Three Forks, 2009.
Kosher Nation / Sue Fishkoff. New York: Schocken Books, 2010.
Manischewitz, The Matzo Family: The Making of an American Jewish Icon / by Laura Manischewitz Alpern; introduction by Jonathan D. Sarna. Jersey City, N.J.: KTAV Pub. House New York, NY: in association with The American Jewish Historical Society, 2008.
The Restaurants Book: Ethnographies of Where We Eat / edited by David Beriss and David Sutton. Oxford; New York: Berg, 2007.
Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen / David Sax. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
General Cookbooks
Jewish Cooking in America / Joan Nathan. 1st ed. New York: A. Knopf, 1994.
Jewish Food and Drink / Aviva Paraiso. New York: Bookwright Press, 1989.
Love and Knishes: An Irrepressible Guide to Jewish Cooking / Sara Kasdan; Ilustrations by Louis Slobodkin. New York: Vanguard Press, 1956.
The Manischewitz Passover Cookbook / by Deborah Ross; ilustrated by Gene Szafran. New York: Walker and Company, 1969.
The New York Times Jewish Cookbook: More than 750 Traditional and Contemporary Recipes for Every Occasion / edited by Linda Amster; introduction by Mimi Sheraton. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2002.
Regional Cookbooks
The 2nd Ave Deli Cookbook: Recipes and Memories from Abe Lebewohl's Legendary New York Kitchen / Sharon Lebewohl and Rena Bulkin. New York: Villard, 1999.
Kitchen Council: Favorite Recipes from Twin-Cities Cooks / compiled and edited by the Evening Group, Council of Jewish Women, Minneapolis, Minn. Minneapolis, MN: Council of Jewish Women, 1966.
Kosher Southern-style Cookbook / by Mildred L. Covert and Sylvia P. Gerson; illustrated by Alan Gerson; foreword by Gavriel Newman. Gretna, LA.: Pelican Pub. Co., 1993.
Mama Cooks California Style: New Twists on Jewish Classics / editor, Thelma Rifkind. Reseda, CA: Jewish Home for the Aging of Los Angeles, 1997.
Mazel Tov, Y'all: A Bake Book for Happy Occasions / Sara Kasdan. New York: Vanguard Press, 1968.
Shalom on the Range: A Roundup of Recipes and Jewish Traditions from Colorado Kitchens / Denver, Colo.: Friends of Shalom Park, 1997.
Regional Food History
From the Jewish Heartland: Two Centuries of Midwest Foodways / Ellen F. Steinberg, Jack H. Prost. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2011.
Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary Tales of the Jewish South / Marcie Cohen Ferris. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2006.
Russ & Daughters: Reflections and Recipes from the House that Herring Built / Mark Russ Federman; foreword by Calvin Trillin. New York: Schocken Books, 2013.
The Children's Jewish Holiday Kitchen / Joan Nathan. New York: Schocken Books, 1987.
A Jewish Cookbook for Children / Ronnie Steinkoler; illustrated by Sonja Glassman. New York: Messner, 1980.
Tastes and Tales: Jewish Cookery for Young People with Tales from Around the World / Malvina W. Liebman; illustrations, Malvina W. Liebman. Miami: Central Agency for Jewish Education, 1986.
The Ellis Island Immigrant Cookbook / Tom Bernardin. New York: Ellis Island Immigrant Cookbook, 1991.
The French-Kosher Cookbook / Ruth and Bob Grossman. New York: P. S. Eriksson, 1964.
The Italian-Kosher Cookbook / Ruth and Bob Grossman. New York: P. S. Eriksson, 1964.
Millie Chan's Kosher Chinese Cookbook / Mille Chan. New York: Harmony Books, 1990.
A Russian Jew Cooks in Peru / Violeta Autumn. San Francisco: 101 Productions; Scribner, New York, 1973.
The Yemenite Cookbook / Zion Levi and Hani Agabria. New York: Seaver Books: Distributed in the U.S. by H. Holt, 1988.