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Synopsis
Canadian journalist David Sax's love affair with the succulent foods found in Jewish delis comes across powerfully in this plea to keep deli culture alive and the schmaltz flowing. Traveling across the world, blogging along the way, Sax discovers that there is deli magic outside of New York City, in such far flung places as Denver, Houston, and even Brussels! Reviewing delis, delving into cultural history, the origins of pastrami, blintzes, chopped liver, and so much more, this book will be hard to read without a bowl of matzoh ball soup and a corned beef sandwich on rye with mustard.
| Size | | Length: | 319 pages | | Height: | 8.5 in | | Width: | 5.8 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 15.2 oz |
Industry Reviews
"In his deeply satisfying...book,....Sax chronicles the demise of the deli: the skyrocketing cost of rent in big cities, the dispersal of American Jews, the climbing cost of meats traditionally used by delis...and, most important, the lack of culinary interest from next-generation Jews. This wonderful book is, in other words, both memorial and call to arms, a shofar blast meant to summon the far-flung back to the Temple remnants."
(11/08/2009)
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