fairygirl69
Senior Cook
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- Sep 11, 2006
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Let me start by saying I'm not a Jewish. I'm actually a Roman Catholic. But I admire and respect the Jewish faith. A few weeks ago I was very ill with a virus and needed to stay in bed for a few days. While I was laying there, I learned how to check out ebooks from the library from my phone. So I looked through the cookbooks and happened upon Marcy Goldman's A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Baking. Always wanting to branch out my skills, I checked it out. Immediately I was fascinated. I read the book from cover to cover. I was dying to bake something from that book but had to stay down a few days longer. Finally, I was well enough to get up and bake. So I chose her challah recipe that includes a sponge starter. I'd made challah before but this, this was the supreme challah! My question is this. Is this author some sort of gold standard in Jewish baking? Furthermore are there any cookbook authors that have an even better challah recipe?