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Save the deli : in search of perfect pastrami, crusty rye, and the heart of Jewish delicatessen

Author: David Sax
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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As a journalist and life-long deli obsessive, David Sax was understandably alarmed by the state of Jewish delicatessen. A cuisine that had once thrived as the very center of Jewish life had become endangered by assimilation, homogenization, and health food trends. He watched in dismay as one beloved deli after another--one institution after another--shuttered, only to be reopened as some bland chain-restaurant  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: David Sax
ISBN: 9780151013845 0151013845
OCLC Number: 313658019
Notes: Includes index.
Description: 319 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents: New York, nu? --
USA : coast to coast with latkes to boast --
Travels in the deli diaspora --
Food and Yiddish appendix (for the goyim or woefully assimilated) --
Listing of delis.
Responsibility: David Sax.
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As a journalist and life-long deli obsessive, David Sax was understandably alarmed by the state of Jewish delicatessen. A cuisine that had once thrived as the very center of Jewish life had become endangered by assimilation, homogenization, and health food trends. He watched in dismay as one beloved deli after another--one institution after another--shuttered, only to be reopened as some bland chain-restaurant laying claim to the very culture it just paved over. So David set out on a journey across the United States and around the world in search of authentic delicatessen. Was it still possible to Save the Deli? Join David as he investigates everything deli-- its history, its diaspora, its next generation. He tells about the food itself--how it's made, who makes it best, and where to go for particular dishes. And, ultimately, he finds hope.--From publisher description.

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