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soup, fried Middle Eastern turnovers,
'Yemenite fried cauliflower and Central
European cheese dumplings. There are
potato pancake recipes but with dif-
ferent flavors; one is from Georgia,
and another is from Romania.
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from 2 pm - 5:30 pm daily
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Even if you're not old enough to
remember Detroit's Darbys or
Boesky's restaurants, you can get an
appreciation of what they represented
in America's Great Delis: Recipes
and Traditions From Coast to Coast
(Collectors Press; S35).
Besides providing a history of
Jewish hangouts, the book opens up
the secret recipes that made the delis
so popular, including chicken poulet
at Darbys, potato lathes at Art's Deli in
California, and coleslaw at Ben's
Kosher Delicatessen in New York.
Author Sheryll Bellman writes
about cultural history
Joyce Goldstein, chef and author,
gives the flavor of the Italian-Jewish
culture in Cucina Ebraica (Chronicle
Books; $19.95), a tome that provides
culinary history and rich recipes. To
make it all the
more authentic,
Goldstein gives
the Italian names
for the dishes she
includes — tono
resco con piselli
(fresh tuna with
peas), zucca gialla
in agrodolce (sweet-and sour squash)
and polpettone di polio (chicken loaf).
Instead of focusing on any specific
food for Chanukah, the author has two
menus for Chanukah meals — one
meat and one dairy All her recipes,
including bolo (ring-shaped sweet
bread), offer new flavors for Jewish
American tables not used to Italian
touches.
YIDDISHKEIT
Since 1948
RESTAURANT OF DE:MOH' AND - LIMY
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Joachim Neugroschel, who has
translated the writings of many well-
known authors, adds a new dimension
with Radiant Days, Haunted Nights:
Great Tales From the Treasury of
Yiddish Folk Literature (The Overlook
Press; $27.95). The anthology includes
stories that have not been available in
English.
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The collection includes original
tales, Yiddish retellings of biblical sto-
ries and Yiddish versions of famous lit-
erature. The tone of the pieces ranges
from somber to funny, and the subjects
range from religious to secular.
Michael \Vex is both a university
teacher and standup comedian, and his
new book takes both professions into
account. Born to
Kvetch: Yiddish
Language and
Culture in All of
Its Moods (St.
Martin's Press;
$24.95) provides
both scholarly
and comic looks
at the Yiddish lan-
guage as it
shaped and was shaped by the people
speaking it.
Wex explores the phrases, idioms and
expressions of Yiddish and uses the lan-
guage as his base for also portraying
Jews in exile responding to persecution.
The author takes readers from the
Middle Ages to the 21st century.
Yale Strom left Michigan as a child
more than 20 years ago, but he offers
many opportunities for family and
friends to keep up with his interests.
Through books, films, photographs and
music, Strom communicates as a versa-
tile artist whose projects often relate to
Eastern Europe.
Wandering Feast: A Journey
Through the Jewish Culture of
Eastern Europe (Jossey Bass; $24.95)
tells of travels shared with his wife,
Elizabeth Schwartz. They report on
Yiddish folkways, klezmer music and
traditional foods that feed the Jewish
culture staying put.
SELF-HELP
Abraham J. Twerski is a Chassidic
rabbi and a psychi-
atrist and merges
both disciplines in
a book that takes
on a question-and-
answer format. He
responds to trou-
bled people in
Dear Rabbi, Dear
Doctor (Shaar
Press; $16.95), addressing issues that
result in anxiety, addiction and other
problematic responses.
Twerski, assistant professor of psy-
chiatry at the University of
Pittsburgh School of Medicine, is a
Torah scholar who regularly applies
religious teachings to the resolution
of modern conflicts.