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Cholent: The Most Jewish Food on Earth

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A thousand-flavor Shabbat stew traces Jewish migrations, changing ingredients and names across the Diaspora for 1,700 years.

It sounds insane. Why would anyone deliberately leave a pot cooking for fifteen hours straight? But that’s what Jewish people worldwide have done for more than 1,700 years.

In this richly-researched book, Jewish food scholar Joel Haber explains the reasons for this practice, digging into how one special food—“the Shabbat stew”— has changed as Jews have migrated. Despite...