Molly Lyons Bar-David
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Molly Lyons Bar-David (pen name, M.X.L.; née, Lyons; Hebrew: מולי ליונס בר-דוד, 1910-1987) was a Canadian-born Israeli journalist and cookbook author, who served as culinary advisor to El-Al Airlines.[1] Her Folklore Cook Book (1964; international title, The Israeli Cook Book), containing 750 recipes, was the first cookbook to include recipes from multiple Israeli ethnic groups as well as the Jewish diaspora.[2]
Molly Lyons (nickname, "Malka") was born in Saskatchewan, on July 3, 1910.[3] Her parents emigrated to Canada from Russia.[4]
Career
Bar-David was a food columnist for the Jerusalem Post,[5][6] and for more than twenty years, she wrote the "Diary of an Israeli Housewife" column for Hadassah Magazine.[7] She wrote for many Canadian newspapers including Junior Hadassah, Palestine Illustrator News,Saskatchewan Jewish Post, The Jewish Advocate, Tisdale Recorder, and Woman’s Wear (Toronto).[3]
She published four non-fiction books, including Women in Israel (1952), with a preface by Naomi Ben-Asher,[8] and a memoir, My Promised Land (1953). She also published three cookbooks: Folklore Cook Book (1964),[2] whose international title was, The Israeli Cookbook (1968).[3]; and Jewish Cooking for Pleasure (1965).
