The Gropmans allow us to revel in a cuisine that has been unjustly maligned for too long. The German-Jewish Cookbook provides both the cook and the interested reader with much to enjoy both for gustatory pleasure and for the historical and familial context in which these foods reside. ... This reader is eager to test out many of the recipes and also to seek out the more esoteric ingredients that have for all intents and purposes vanished from the regular retail sources to which we normally turn for our foodstuffs. ... One of the best things about this cookbook is that you don’t even need to be interested in cooking to find it fascinating. There is so much history and culture woven into the text, that it almost feels like a trip to another country. The recipes in the book are not all kosher but the authors make clear which ones are not and it is easy to adjust them to make them kosher if one desires. The book includes two indexes, a list of resources for foods, a bibliography and a list of acknowledgements. This book is highly recommended.

An absolute joy to read. Written by a mother and daughter team, “The German-Jewish Cookbook” wonderfully chronicles their experiences hunting down family recipes and gathering the many enthralling stories of the foods with which they grew up. ... A book that will make a contribution in culinary iconography and that for me, personally, opened up a new glimpse into my own German-Jewish past

A long-anticipated examination of a cuisine steeped in the rich, tragic history of a people for whom the flavor of home is a direct connection to the past. It is a deeply personal, ethnoculinary marvel, and as extraordinary to cook from as it is to read.

A full and beautiful portrait of German-Jewish cuisine, from its roots in Germany to its flourishing in New York City. The recipes and stories from mother and daughter ooze with love. This is a very special cookbook and such a valuable slice of history.

Spending time with Sonya and Gabrielle Gropman is like dropping in on old friends for an afternoon “kaffeeklatsch.” Welcoming hosts, they are also eloquent storytellers who know how to cook. Their book is a rich and enticing blend of recipes, history and family memoir that documents a vanishing cuisine, while expanding our grasp of what Jewish cooking can be.

More than a cookbook ... a hybrid of memoir, family and cultural history, and ethnography. So many recipes, traditions and details of daily German-Jewish life were lost in the abyss of its 20th-century history, along with entire communities. “The German-Jewish Cookbook,” written for Jews and non-Jews alike, gives these wonderful recipes for all occasions new life and provides fascinating reading as well.