Miriam's kitchen : a memoir / Elizabeth Ehrlich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ehrlich, Elizabeth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ehrlich, Elizabeth.

Jewish women--United States--Biography.

Jewish women.

United States.

Jewish cooking.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 370 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1998.

Summary:

"Like many Jewish Americans, Elizabeth Ehrlich was ambivalent about her background. She identified with Jewish cultural attitudes, but not with the institutions; she had fond memories of her Jewish grandmothers, but she found their religious practices irrelevant to her life. It wasn't until she entered the kitchen--and world--of her mother-in-law, Miriam, a Holocaust survivor, that Ehrlich began to understand the importance of preserving the traditions of the past. As Ehrlich looks on, Miriam methodically and lovingly prepares countless kosher meals while relating the often painful stories of her life in Poland and her immigration to America. These stories trigger a kind of religious awakening in Ehrlich, who moves tentatively toward reclaiming the heritage she rejected as a young woman."--Page 4 of cover.

Notes:

Includes index.

National Jewish Book Awards - Autobiography and Memoir, Winner, 1997

ISBN:

014026759X

9780140267594

OCLC:

40309228