Creator Bio
Esther Levy
19th Century
Little is known about Esther Levy (born Jacoby) beyond the fact that she was raised within Philadelphia’s German Jewish community and that she personally registered her Jewish cookbook, the first American Jewish cookbook to be publicly available in the United States, with the Library of Congress.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
Primary Source
Jewish Cookery Book
Get a calf’s head, with the skin on, but cleaned from the hair. Half boil it; take all the meat off in square pieces; break the bones of the head, and boil them in some good veal and…
Related Guide
Life Writing: Biography, Autobiography, and Ego Documents, 1750–1880
The famous and the obscure, women and men, in epitaphs and private letters, ethical wills, cookbooks, and religious reflections, all reflect aspects of Jewish life in a period of great transition.