Evelyn Rose

Evelyn Rose MBE (2 December 1925 – 18 May 2003) was an Anglo-Jewish cookery writer. Her magnum opus on Jewish cuisine, the Complete International Jewish Cookbook, was published in 1976 and has been revised three times since, most recently in 2011.

Her obituary in The Guardian described her singular accomplishment as the melding of "contemporary cooking with Jewish dietary laws, regulations that not only prohibit the use of pig meat and shellfish, but also the mixing of dairy products with meat". Evelyn Rose was also "highly aware of the changes in culinary trends, particularly the move away from the fatty foods so typical of traditional Jewish cooking ... her modern, health-conscious recipes exemplified the changes that had taken place over her long career." never missing a single issue, and also wrote a food column for the wine magazine, Decanter. Evelyn Rose was survived by her husband Myer, whom she married in 1948. Myer and Evelyn had three children; sons David and Alan, and a daughter, Judi. During her time in the United States Rose worked as a secretary at the MGM studios in California. She was invited to audition for the lead role in National Velvet, which was won by Elizabeth Taylor.

Judi assisted her mother with the writing of her column and books in her later years, and produced the third revised edition of The Complete International Jewish Cookbook in 2011 following two years work. Judi and her mother also wrote The First-Time Cookbook in 1982 for children leaving home, and Mother and Daughter Jewish Cooking in 2000.