Cynthia
Cohen
Hi friend, I think your idea is great to go for Jewish cuisine and I would really like to help you with this. You can see the influence of many regions and places that Jews has lived through out. You will also find the constraint of kashrut in cooking of Jewish food.
As you are planning to prepare jewish food then it is very necessary for you to know that the jewish meal always begins with the breaking of meal. For this they always use challah. It is very sweet, golden and eggy bread. You will find it similar to egg twist roll in taste and texture. Another thing that is the main part of jewish food is bagel. Bagel is a kind of bread in donut shape. You can find a real bagel as the one is spongy, soft and warm from inside and lightly crispy from outside. You can also go for gefitile fish and matzah ball soup.
You can find all other interesting recipes on jewishcookery. Some of the famous chef in California foe Jewish cuisines are josia citrin, raphel lunette, alex reznik and ray garcie. You can order the foods from their restaurant as they are the famous ones for Jewish cuisines in California.