ISBN: 9780814760314
Editorial: New
Autor: Merwin, Ted
Año de edición: 2015
N° Páginas: 256
Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
Descripción: Críticas [A]cultural history of American Judaism told through a particularly revealing culinary lens.-- "Haaretz"[Merwin's] writing is so lively and entertaining readers will forget they're being educated. The workis also an excellent example of a multidisciplinary approach--combining food studies, Judaic studies, history and sociology.-- "Reporter"[Pastrami on Rye] is an entertaining work of merit, written in a fluent style that recalls Calvin Trillin at his foodie best and Ludwig Bemelmans at his most observant.-- "Santa Fe New Mexican"[V]ery well researched and enjoyable.-- "JWeekly.com"A comprehensive history of the New York deli from its European antecedent beginnings to what Ted Merwin calls the 'postgastronomic' deli we have today. After doing exhaustive research into the subject, Dr. Merwin has put his scholarly pen and thoughtful gaze to work to create this marvelous book. I got really hungry for pastrami reading this comprehensive story of the American deli. Now that is a sign of a great read.--Joan Nathan, author of Quiches, Kugels and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in FranceA pleasing exercise in culinary and cultural history, evoking some favorite New York-centric comfort foods... [Merwin] does a solid job of locating the delicatessen... as a cultural and culinary center of New York Jewish life.-- "Kirkus Reviews"Avital addition to the academic literature in cultural history, American studies, American Jewish studies, food studies, and popular culture studies.-- "Journal of American Culture"Brings together a vast range of scholarship and anecdote to produce the first comprehensive history of the Jewish delicatessen. Both culinary and cultural history, this book will be of interest to scholars and common readers alike, the former for its incisive interpretations of modern Jewish foodways and the latter for its ability to recreate a time and place that was 'home' for so many 20th century Jews in America. Its evocation of deli menus alone will get your mouth watering.--David Kraemer, author of Jewish Eating and Jewish Identity Through the AgesCombining a flair for anecdote with exhaustive research, Merwin has produced an exuberantly readable history of delis, and he reveals how their prepared foods helped free early twentieth-century women from daily kitchen drudgery. The very success of ethnic Jewish delicatessens led inevitably to cultural assimilation for Jews and to appreciative acceptance by Gentiles, and the delicatessen became indisputably an American institution.-- "Booklist"In Pastrami on Rye, author Ted Merwin captures the essence of the New York deli experience...Merwin offers a thoughtful, 'overstuffed' look at all aspects of the Jewish deli by examining the role of its food in America through, as he puts it, the 'greasy...gluttonous lens of the pastrami sandwich.' [A] delightful exploration of one of America's favorite culinary institutions.-- "Chicago Tribune"In Pastrami on Rye, Merwin finally addresses the pressing question overlooked in his first book on New York Jews (In Their Own Image): but where did they eat? This fun and informative examination of the New York Jewish deli is half history and half love story; batampte und geshmacht, with a heaping helping of sakhelyoull kvell before you plotz!--Eric Michael Mazur, co-editor of God in the Details: American Religion in Popular CultureIn Pastrami on Rye, Ted Merwin gamely sets out to show how American Jews evolved from the clannish immigrants of the late 1800s into well-heeled secularists who atone for their parents' assimilation through (mostly culinary) nostalgia.-- "The Times Literary Supplement, Samuel Ashworth"Merwin has set out to trace the rise and fall of the delicatessen in American Jewish culture, using this analysis to help us understand the American-immigrant experience. He has been more than successful. By meticulous and thorough research, Merwin has shown that in the postwar migration to the suburbs, city neighborhoods frag
- Idioma: Inglés
- Autor: Merwin, Ted
- Editorial: New
- N° Paginas: 256
- Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
- Envío: Desde EE.UU.
