Alana Newhouse is the editor in chief of Tablet, a
daily online magazine of Jewish news, ideas, and culture launched
in 2009. Prior to Tablet, she spent five years as culture
editor of the Forward, where she supervised coverage of
books, films, dance, music, art, and ideas. She also started a line
of Forward-branded books with W.W. Norton and edited its
maiden publication, A Living Lens: Photographs of Jewish Life
from the Pages of the Forward. A graduate of Barnard College
and Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism, Newhouse has
contributed to the New York Times, the Washington
Post, the Boston Globe, and Slate.
Tablet, launched in 2009 by editor in chief Alana Newhouse, is a
daily online magazine of Jewish news, ideas, and culture.
Tablet's recent books include The 100 Most Jewish
Foods by Alana Newhouse and The Newish Jewish
Encyclopedia by Stephanie Butnick, Liel Leibovitz, and Mark
Oppenheimer, cohosts of the magazine's Unorthodox podcast,
the most popular Jewish podcast on iTunes, with more than 4 million
downloads. Follow @tabletmag on Instagram and Twitter.
"Amusing, yet serious."
--New York Times
"[A] love letter--to food, family, faith and identity, and the
deliciously tangled way they come together."
--NPR's The Salt "Your gift giv ing prob lems are now over
-- just stock up on The 100 Most Jew ish Foods: A High ly Debat
able List. This book will help deal with one of life's most per
sis tent prob lems, the appro pri ate gift for any occa sion --
host ess present, Hanukkah, engage ment, birth day, or get
well."
--Jewish Book Council "Wholly original. . . . The whimsical,
hilarious, nostalgic and, at times, serious collection reminds me
of a boisterous dinner party with all your favorite foodies and
chefs coming together against the backdrop of a laid-back panel on
their experiences with Jewish food. . . . A real treat."
--Hadassah "A perfect gift for this Passover--gorgeous and funny
and well written. . . . The 100 Most Jewish Foods is also
unafraid of the ways in which food can be a window into history,
culture, and politics."
--Bklyner "An entertaining choice for anyone interested in how food
reflects a people and helps connect them to shared traditions."
--Baton Rouge Advocate "The most culturally and historically
significant Jewish foods. . . . Yes, it's highly debatable--that's
the point."
--Epicurious "Downright entertaining . . . the most interesting
cookbook we've read this year."
--Fleishigs Magazine "You, me, your grandparents, your nosy
neighbors and your jealous non-Jewish foodie friends all need to
pick up a copy of The 100 Most Jewish Foods: A Highly Debatable
List. . . . This ain't just a cookbook. It's also a
history lesson, a culinary compendium and a gorgeously photographed
gourmet grab bag. By dissecting various meals or foodstuffs, this
book has captured the very essence of what it means to be
Jewish."
--Baltimore Jewish Living "You don't have to be Jewish to love
The 100 Most Jewish Foods. . . . Funny, emotional,
memorable, and filled with gemutlichkeit, this is a book for any
reason and all seasons."
--Booklist, starred review "This entertaining and
informative reference brings the rich traditions of Jewish foods to
life."
--Publishers Weekly
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