by Marilla | Apr 11, 2016 | Interviews, Rhapsody in Schmaltz, Tablet
Michael Wex is not a chef. He’s not a lifelong challah baker, an avid cookbook collector, or even, by his own admission, much of a home cook. But his new book, Rhapsody in Schmaltz: Yiddish Food and Why We Can’t Stop Eating It, might just be the most important Jewish...
by Marilla | Apr 6, 2016 | Rhapsody in Schmaltz
Rhapsody in Schmaltz got a starred review in the April issue of Library Journal. Wex has written a delightful and informative history of Jewish (“Yiddish”) food from biblical times to the present, describing its evolution and popularization through media...
