Jews, Food, and Spain

Hélène Jawhara Piñer holds a doctoral degree in Medieval History and the History of Food. She has lectured at Bar-Ilan University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Casa de Velásquez in Madrid, and the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History (Philadelphia). Dr. Jawhara Piñer’s main research interest is the medieval culinary history of Spain through inter- and multiculturalism, with a special focus on Jewish culinary heritage. She is the author of the historical cookbook Sephardi: Cooking the History (Academic Studies Press) which was praised by the Los Angeles Times, El País, and the Jewish Book Council and is a winner of the 2021 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. Piñer spearheads the culinary live show “Sephardic Culinary History with Chef Hélène Jawhara Piñer,” promoted the ASF & The Center for Jewish History. Her new historical cookbook is forthcoming in Winter 2023.

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Paul Freedman

Introduction


Part One. The Jews’ Place in the Construction of an Andalusian Cuisine (Twelfth to Fourteenth Centuries)

1. A Unique “Witness” to Complex Realities

2. The Jewish Stamp in the Kitāb al-ṭabīẖ

3. Jewish and Muslims Food Consumption and Cooking Practices in the Kitāb al-ṭabīẖ

4. Eggplant: The Jewishness Marker


Part Two. The Legacy of the Multicultural Cuisine of Al-Andalus (Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century): The Evolution and Perception of Jewish Food

5. The Counterpoint of Christian-Dominated Cookbooks

6. Iberian Literary Works: Witnesses to Food Discrimination against Jews

7. Trends and Evidence: Food as an Identity Marker

8. The Trials of the Inquisition: Written Witnesses of an Oral Transmission of Jewish Skills




Part Three. Sephardic Jewish Culinary Heritage: Between Rebirth and the Desire to Recognize a Past Legacy

9. Common Dishes in Spanish Sephardic cuisine

10. Dishes and Diaspora: From the Kitāb al-ṭabīẖ to the Sephardic Culinary Heritage of the Mediterranean Basin

11. Recipes and Photos of Jewish Dishes from the Kitāb al-ṭabīẖ

12. Recipes and Photos of Iberian Medieval Dishes in the Sephardic Culinary Heritage of the Mediterranean Basin

Conclusion
Bibliography
Index