Czernowitzers...
More proof that we have on our list accomplished people in every
discipline -- a short review of Ruth Glasberg Gold's recently published
cookbook:
--- Gold, Ruth Glasberg. FROM RUTH'S KITCHEN: DELICIOUS BUKOVINIAN AND OTHER ETHNIC DISHES. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, 2011, 246pp, ISBN978-1-4502-5238-6(paperback), $ 17.95. KEY WORD A: Cooking-International KEY WORD B: Cooking-Multiethnic This volume is a welcome addition to multiethnic cuisine collections in public and special libraries. It offers over 240 unpretensious, multicultural recipes (Austrian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Hungarian, Israeli, Jewish, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Ucrainian), based on what the author has learned from her ancestors(mother,other relatives),,friends (mentioned in the book),and especially on her own extensive culinary experience and inspirations as cook and host during her life in Europe, Asia, South America and United States. Readers will be pleased to find, just as examples, recipes for Austrian salmon mousse or Romanian bean paste as appetizers, Kaiser rolls and Bukovina potato bread, Israeli eggplant and Bulgarian beet salads, Colombian Ajiaco and Hungarian cabbage soups, Russian kotlets and Jewish/Polish style jellied carp,plus her mother's Bukovinian Schmettentorte sour cream cake. In her introduction, the author mentions with pride : "...for the past fifty years, all the recipes in this book were prepared by me and served to my family and large dinner parties, encouraging readers to engage "in this creative hobby" as a means of giving pleasure to others.The text of recipes is accompanied by a useful list of "tips" and general index. The author, a Romanian Holocaust survivor, has previously published RUTH'S JOURNEY: A SURVIVOR'S MEMOIR (1996), followed by Spanish, Romanian, German,and Hebrew editions. Her speech about Holocaust experiences, delivered at the United Nations (January 2009) was published in MULTICULTURAL REVIEW (Summer 2009). Vladimir F. Wertsman, New York Public Library --- Congratulations Ruth!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This moderated discussion group is for information exchange on the subject of Czernowitz and Sadagora Jewish History and Genealogy. The opinions expressed in these posts are the opinions of the original poster only and not necessarily the opinions of the List Owner, the Webmaster or any other members or entities connected with this mailing list. The Czernowitz-L list has an associated web site at http://czernowitz.ehpes.com that includes a searchable archive of all messages posted to this list. Please post in "Plain Text" if possible (help available at: <http://www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/PlainText.html>). To remove your address from this e-list follow the directions at http://www.cit.cornell.edu/computer/elist/lyris/leave.html To receive assistance for this e-list send an e-mail message to: owner-Czernowitz-L_at_list.cornell.edu -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Received on 2011-12-27 10:53:05
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