My life in recipes : food, family, and memories

9780525658986

First edition

450 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 27 cm

"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso
Includes index

Beginnings : an introduction
The old world : my earliest memories and my father's family
The new world : New York City and my mother's family
My childhood years : from Providence to Larchmont
Back to Rhode Island
Broadening horizons : from summer camp to summer abroad
University years
My junior year in Paris
Graduation, a taste of New York, and graduate school
New York, New York : stepping into the real world
Jerusalem : learning about living and the meaning of a meal
A short sojourn in Africa
Planting the seeds for a writing career
Love, marriage, and a new beginning
Learning to be a food writer
A move to Washington : big changes, my first baby, and The Jewish Holiday Kitchen
My kitchen is my laboratory
A gastronomical awakening in Washington
A mentor for the two of us
Our life in Washington and on the road as a food writer
Motherhood and raising children
My holiday is Passover
Leo Lerman and Gourmet magazine
Moroccan food : a long love affair
My work writing for The New York Times
A trip to the Soviet Union
A legendary editor
PBS's Jewish Cooking in America with Joan Nathan
Meeting some of the greats in the food world
On the speaking circuit
Food culture USA : the Smithsonian recognizes American food
The power of food and generous chefs
Journeys with Joan
My last travels with Allan
Summers on Martha's Vineyard
Mourning, the pandemic, and coming back to life

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Herman, Gabriela, photographer