http://jcarrot.org/who-ordered-the-clean-glass/ Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:40:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://jcarrot.org/who-ordered-the-clean-glass/#comment-1164 sheryll bellman Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:28:13 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/who-ordered-the-clean-glass/#comment-1164 As the author of America's Great Delis, I do want to make it clear that the recipes that appear in the book were the exact recipes that were supplied by the delis themselves. It had nothing to do with editing or choice as the delis were reluctant to part with their "prized" recipes and gave me what they could. Any Jewish cook knows that making Jewish food is not an exact science and it is all from instinct...as explained in the introduction. Perhaps your readers should know that this is history and that is what is important...the recipes were just the icing on the cheesecake! As the author of America’s Great Delis, I do want to make it clear that the recipes that appear in the book were the exact recipes that were supplied by the delis themselves. It had nothing to do with editing or choice as the delis were reluctant to part with their “prized” recipes and gave me what they could. Any Jewish cook knows that making Jewish food is not an exact science and it is all from instinct…as explained in the introduction. Perhaps your readers should know that this is history and that is what is important…the recipes were just the icing on the cheesecake!

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