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(More customer reviews)This book is one of the cutest and most helpful books on the topic of Jewish cooking I have ever read. My strudel is always a disaster, but after following her recipe, it finally turned out right.....after 20 years. The latke recipe was helpful as well. It's just an overall happy, fun book.
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One part Tuesdays with Morrie, one part Like Water for Chocolate, NanaLena's Kitchen by Amy Ostrower is an inspirational collection of storiesand recipes from a Southern Jewish kitchen. These recipes read almost likefolk tales, fables from a mythic past handed down generation to generationwith love. As an extended family of sisters, daughters and granddaughtersgather to make a Passover meal or prepare the Shivah table, Nana Lena'srecipes are dispensed with an equal measure of wisdom - about life anddeath, courage and responsibility, family and faith.We see the spirited Lena grow in these pages from a young girl and impetu-ousbride to a loving mother and grandmother. Her story mirrors the larg-ercurrents of her times. The daughter of immigrants, Lena Goodman wasborn on the Fourth of July, 1912 in Berkley, Virginia. During her lifetimeshe saw the Flu Epidemic of 1918, the Great Depression, the Second WorldWar, the invention of indoor plumbing -- even a Jewish boy named SandyKoufax play Major League Baseball. She continues to live on in these sto-ries,fondly remembered by her granddaughter Amy, who is a screenwriterliving in Los Angeles.Nana Lena's Kitchen is a gem -- and a perfect gift for mothers, daughters,bubbies and best friends.www.nanalenaskitchen.com"Nana Lena's Kitchen warms your heart. In an age of indifferencehere is a woman, her stories and recipes deliciously remembered, whoreminds you of the beauty of the human heart. Pull up a chair andhave a nosh."--Jan Goldstein, Author of All That Matters"Here are charm and wisdom, served with love."--Amy Hill Hearth, Co-Author of Having Our Say:The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
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