The Jewish Manual: Practical Information in Jewish and Modern Cookery with a Collection: of Valuable Recipes & Hints Relating to the Toilette

Judith Cohen Montefiore was known for her social influence and generosity throughout the Jewish community. She married Moses Montefiore in 1812, and together they became two of the most well known members of the Jewish elite. Apart from her diaries there are no other extant publications under her name, but scholars consider that she was the author of the first Jewish cookbook in English, The Jewish Manual: or Practical Information in Jewish & Modern Cookery; with a Collection of Valuable Recipes and Hints Relating to the Toilette, edited by a Lady, which was published in 1846.