"In the pantheon of #cookbooks to have come out of the #Syrian #Jewish community (and there are many), one reigns supreme. It isn’t elegant or sleek and has no high-quality photographs to accompany its #recipes. In fact, it’s completely void of color, save for its cover, a banal red jacket stamped with an unassuming title: #DealDelights: #Cookbook presented by Sisterhood of Deal #Synagogue. A few geometric shapes resembling pots look as if they’ve been pulled from a bygone version of Microsoft Word and stand in for cover art. Its pages are fastened together by three large binder rings, and its chapters are organized like so:
#Appetizers and #Pickles
#Beverages and #Breads
#Soups, #Sauces, #Salads
#Fish & #Poultry
#Meat Dishes
The “#RedCookbook,” as it’s casually called, is not just a guide to #SyrianJewish #cooking. In fact, I almost always fall into hyperbole when explaining what this text means to us. It’s a #kitchen staple, much like salt or oil."
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/food/articles/cookbook-legend-deal-delights
