Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food (HBI Series on Jewish

Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food (HBI Series on Jewish Women)

Winner of the New York Book Festival
Finalist for the Religion News Writers Association

When Laura Silverâ€™s favorite knish shop went out of business, the native New Yorker sank into mourning, but then she sprang into action. She embarked on a round-the-world quest for the origins and modern-day manifestations of the knish.

The iconic potato pie leads the author from Mrs. Stahlâ€™s bakery in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, to an Italian pasta maker in New Jerseyâ€”and on to a hunt across three continents for the pastry that shaped her identity. Starting in New York, she tracks down heirs to several knish dynasties and discovers that her own family has roots in a Polish town named Knyszyn.

With good humor and a hunger for history, Silver mines knish lore for stories of entrepreneurship, survival, and major deliciousness. Along the way, she meets Minnesota seniors who make knishes for weekly fundraisers, foodies determined to revive the legacy of Mrs. Stahl, and even the legendary knish makerâ€™s granddaughters, who share their joie de vivreâ€”and their family recipe.

Knish connections to Eleanor Roosevelt and rap music? Die-hard investigator Silver unearths those and other intriguing anecdotes involving the starchy snack once so common along Manhattanâ€™s long-lost Knish Alley. In a series of funny, moving, and touching episodes, Silver takes us on a knish-eye tour of worlds past and present, thus laying the foundation for a global knish renaissance.
Country USA
Brand Brandeis University Press
Manufacturer Brandeis University Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber , black & white illustrations
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781611683127
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Brandeis University Press
Manufacturer	Brandeis University Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	, black & white illustrations
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781611683127
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food (HBI Series on Jewish Women)

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