The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook : garden-fresh recipes rediscovered and adapted for today's kitchen

280 Pages·2015·62.99 MB·English

by  Jochnowitz

Translation copyright © 2015 by YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
“Fania Lewando” copyright © 2015 by Efraim Sicher
Foreword copyright © 2015 by Joan Nathan All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Schocken Books,
a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York. Originally published in Vilna
in Yiddish as Vegetarish-Dietisher Kokhbukh by G. Kleckina in 1938.
Schocken Books and colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.
eBook ISBN: 978-0-80524328-4
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-8052-4327-7
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lewando, Fania, author.
[Vegetarish-Dietisher Kokhbukh. English]
The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook / Fania Lewando ; translated from the Yiddish,
annotated, and adapted for the modern kitchen by Eve Jochnowitz ; foreword
by Joan Nathan.
pages cm
Includes index.
1. Jewish cooking. 2. Vegetarian cooking. 3. Cooking (natural foods)
I. Jochnowitz, Eve, translator. II. Title.
TX724.L45 2015 641.5′636—dc23 2014031579
www.schocken.com
Cover design by Kelly Blair
v3.1
Dedicated to the memory of Fania Lewando,
a pioneering thinker and cook
and a passionate educator, who devoted her life
to promoting health and vitality

Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Foreword by Joan Nathan
Translator’s Preface
Fania Lewando:
A Lost Treasure from Jewish Vilna, by Efraim Sicher
To the Housewife:
A Few Words and Practical Advice, by Fania Lewando
Why Are Fruits and Vegetables So Important for the Organism?,
by Dr. B. Dembski
Vegetarianism as a Jewish Movement, by Ben-Zion Kit
Vitamins
Salads
MAYONNAISE PROVENÇAL
SALAD WITH MAYONNAISE PROVENÇAL
GREEN SALAD WITH MAYONNAISE PROVENÇAL
TOMATOES STUFFED WITH SALADE PROVENÇAL
TOMATO SALAD
SALAD OF MARINATED PEARS
SALAD OF SAUERKRAUT WITH MARINATED BOROVKES MUSHROOMS
EGGPLANT APPETIZER
VITAMIN SALAD WITH RAW CABBAGE
SALADE VINAIGRETTE
POTATO SALAD
FRENCH SALAD OF COOKED CARROTS AND GREEN PEAS
RADISH SALAD
VITAMIN SALAD WITH CARROTS
FRESH CUCUMBER SALAD
SALAD OF MARINATED CORNICHONS WITH MARINATED MUSHROOMS
BEAN SALAD
STUFFED TOMATO APPETIZER
RED CABBAGE SALAD
CHEESE SALAD
CREAM WITH CHEESE
SALAD WITH LEMON SAUCE (MISERIA)
VITAMIN SALAD
APPLE AND HORSERADISH SALAD
VITAMIN SALAD (ANOTHER ONE)
APPLE SALAD
ORANGE SALAD
LEEK APPETIZER
TOMATO APPETIZER
Soups
SOUP NUTS (MANDLEN) FOR VARIOUS SOUPS
PURÉED CARROT SOUP
VEGETABLE SOUP
BEER SOUP
LENTIL SOUP
MUSHROOM SOUP
POTATO SOUP
SAGO SOUP
FRENCH SOUP
OATMEAL SOUP
MUSHROOM BROTH WITH NOODLES
CAULIFLOWER SOUP WITH NEW POTATOES
ALMOND SOUP
FINE SEMOLINA SOUP
SOUR CREAM SOUP
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE SOUP
SPLIT PEA SOUP
SUMMER SQUASH SOUP
RICE AND MUSHROOM SOUP
CHICKPEA SOUP WITH FARFEL
PRUNE BUTTER (POVIDL) SOUP
CRANBERRY SOUP
PLUM SOUP WITH APPLES AND PEARS
PRUNE SOUP
APPLE SOUP (APPLESAUCE)
RHUBARB SOUP
APRICOT SOUP
COLD CHERRY SOUP
COLD BLUEBERRY SOUP
ROLL SOUP
CABBAGE SOUP WITH MILK
POTATO SOUP WITH MILK
FARINA SOUP WITH MILK
FARINA SOUP WITH WATER
SAGO SOUP WITH MILK
RICE SOUP WITH WATER
RICE SOUP WITH MILK
POTATO SOUP WITH MILK
FARFEL WITH MILK
NOODLES WITH MILK
MILK SOUP WITH EGG DROPS
BEET BROTH WITH MUSHROOMS (PORCINI)
PICKLE SOUP
BEET SOUP WITH CABBAGE
CANNED-TOMATO SOUP
TOMATO SOUP WITH NOODLES
SAUERKRAUT SOUP WITH MUSHROOMS (KAPUŚNIAK)
BEET SOUP
PRESERVED SORREL SOUP
UKRAINIAN BORSCHT
CABBAGE AND APPLE BORSCHT
BRAN BORSCHT
Cutlets
CHICKPEA CUTLETS
CABBAGE CUTLETS
NUT CUTLETS
BEAN CUTLETS
EGG CUTLETS
BUCKWHEAT KASHA CUTLETS
CELERIAC CUTLETS
SPINACH CUTLETS