Israeli cuisine Moroccan Jewish cooking, chicken with olives, a Mediterranean classic, and chicken "albondigas" (meat balls) in tomato sauce, from Jerusalem Sephardi cuisine. "Albondigas" are also prepared from ground meat., similar to albogindas is the more popular Kufta which is made of minced meat, herbs and spices and cooked with tomato sauce, date syrup, pomegranate syrup or tamarind syrup with vegetables or beans. Grilled and barbecued meat are common in Israeli cuisine. The country has many small eateries specializing in beef and lamb kebab, shish taouk, merguez and shashlik. Outdoor barbecuing, known as "mangal" or "al ha-esh" (on the fire) is a
Leeds University Library's Cookery Collection best seller, Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management; "Comprising Information for the Mistress", edited by Mrs Beeton and first published in 1861. The book is a collection of recipes and advice for women about conducting their housekeeping duties. It was an enormous commercial success and sold 2 million copies by 1868. The Cookery D collection contains a large number of printed cookery books from Italy as well as a number other countries. For example, "Opera di Bartolomeo Scappi" (1570) is an illustrated Italian cook book with recipes and images of kitchen utensils. The author is Bartolomeo Scappi, renowned renaissance chef,