Rhapsody in schmaltz : Yiddish food and why we can't stop eating it / Michael Wex.
Rhapsody in schmaltz : Yiddish food and why we can't stop eating it / Michael Wex.
Rhapsody in schmaltz : Yiddish food and why we can't stop eating it / Michael Wex.
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Publisher
New York : St. Martin's Press, [2016]
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G 2016/3387
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Language
English
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Physical content
xviii, 297 pages ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: an oral fixation -- Who says it's supposed to taste good? The prehistory of Jewish food -- Getting to no: beginnings of the dietary laws -- If you have to ask, it's treyf: more dietary laws -- Fat of the land: the fundamentals of Yiddish cuisine -- The mother of us all: cholent and its...
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Publisher
New York : St. Martin's Press, [2016]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2016]
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Summary
"Bagels, deli sandwiches and gefilte fish are only a few of the Jewish foods to have crossed into American culture and onto American plates. Rhapsody in Schmaltz traces the history and social impact of the cuisine that Yiddish-speaking Jews from Central and Eastern Europe brought to the U.S. and that their American descendants developed and refined...
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Rhapsody in schmaltz : Yiddish food and why we can't stop eating it / Michael Wex.
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Includes bibliographical reference (pages 267-279) and index.
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G 2016/3387
Record Identifier
74VKVqjVoRbl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVqjVoRbl
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ISBN
9781250071514 (hardback)
1250071518 (hardback)
DDC
641.5676
MMS ID
991024010335602626
