Jake Cohen
Jake Cohen shares modern Jewish cooking, challah tutorials, and dinner-party recipes online, in his cookbooks, and as host of Jake Makes It Easy.
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- From
- Dix Hills, Long Island, New York
- Known for
- Modern Jewish cooking, challah tutorials, and hosting
- Training
- Culinary Institute of America
- Breakout
- Jew-ish, his 2021 New York Times bestselling debut cookbook
Mini bio
How it started.
Jake grew up in Dix Hills on Long Island and was hosting dinner parties while still in high school. He studied at the Culinary Institute of America, then cooked at ABC Kitchen and Daniel in New York before moving into food writing.
Finding his voice.
A test-kitchen role at Saveur gave him room to explore family recipes, including an apple cake from his great-grandmother. He went on to work as food editor at Tasting Table, restaurant critic at Time Out New York, and editorial director at the Feedfeed.
From the screen to the table.
During the pandemic, his recipe videos, challah tutorials, and live virtual cooking sessions helped grow his audience. Jew-ish arrived in 2021 and became a New York Times bestseller, bringing together Ashkenazi recipes and Persian-Iraqi influences from his family.
Keep a place at the table.
I Could Nosh followed in 2023, and his television show Jake Makes It Easy brought his cooking to A+E. His third book, Dinner Party Animal, expands the invitation with menus and practical plans for feeding friends. Hosting and community remain a thread through his books and his work with OneTable and City Harvest.
Creditschronological, newest first
Cookbooks
Television
- 2024Jake Makes It EasyHost
Awards
Quotes
extending hospitality to others is the fastest way to turn strangers into friends and friends into familyJake Cohen, Dinner Party Animal introduction, quoted by New York Jewish Week
His approach to hosting, quoted in a September 29, 2025 interview: https://www.jta.org/2025/09/29/ny/jake-cohen-will-teach-you-how-to-throw-a-dinner-party
Trivia
- He told Table Manners that his bar mitzvah had a nautical cruise theme.
- He studied wine in Bordeaux, as he discussed on Table Manners.
- His debut cookbook came with a digital Jew-ish Haggadah he curated for Passover.
- At Saveur, he adapted his great-grandmother’s apple cake into a plum bar.
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