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(COOK-BOOK). INES DE BENEDETTI.  Poesia Nascosta. Ricette di Cucina ebraica in Italia. Milan, Adei, (1949). Text entirely in Italian. Second edition. pp. xxiv, 328, (1). Browned. Original printed wrappers. Sq. 8vo. No copies listed in WorldCat. “Hidden Poetry. Jewish cuisine recipes in Italy.” First issued in 1931, this was the very first community cookbook issued in Italy.  See S. Siporin, “From Kashrut to Cucina Ebraica: The Recasting of Italian Jewish Foodways.” The Journal of American Folklore 107, no. 424 (1994): 268–81. https://doi.org/10.2307/541204.