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Treasures from the Monferrato Jewish kitchen
Recipes "book" of Rosina Leblis Donati, born 1849
The recipes "book" of Rosina Leblis Donati, born at Casale Monferrato in 1849.
Four hand-written pages, stitched together by a poor string, a paper cover heavily stained by time and use, casual scratches and traces of everyday work.
Here you can see how material tradition was transmitted in a typical Piedmontese Jewish middle-class home. "Jewish" (where everybody, men and women, had to learn how to read and write, in order to be part of the community) and "middle-class" (the social and political class that led Italy to unification and flourishing).
A legacy left by a housewife who, in an age when writing was still a privilege of a few, felt a need to leave a trace of herself.

Goose salami

Codfish fillet with tomatoes

Chicken breasts with artichokes

Spinach with zucchini and pine nuts

Filled zucchini with tomato sauce

Chicken breasts with artichokes

Latkes or pampuches

Precipizi

Potato pancakes

Apple pancakes

Chocolate cake
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