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Podcast: The Parting Shot with H. Alan Scott
Episode: Why Jake Cohen Doesn’t Just Want You to Buy His New Cookbook, ‘I Could Nosh’
Description: Jake Cohen’s first cookbook, ‘Jew-Ish’ (Harvest, 2021), was a perfect intro to the Instagram-famous cook. How to top it? It “was this mashup of everything I’ve done up to that point. The second book was starting from scratch,” Cohen told Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott. And that’s exactly what Cohen did with his new cookbook, ‘I Could Nosh’ (Harvest, September), turning to family recipes for ideas. It’s “this jumping-off point for inspiration of the way that the matriarchs of our family fed everyone they love.” But to Cohen, just owning the book isn’t enough. “To me, the book is not successful...