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Pastrami on Rye by Ted Merwin

August 18, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader 1 Comment

Bingo 18 (Award Winner) In 2015, Ted Merwin’s Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli won the National Jewish Book Award, which is presented by the Jewish Book Council. I neither knew that nor would have cared if I had known when I bought the book, but it’s rather convenient for a Bingo Square. Basically, this book is as the subtitle suggests a social and cultural history of the Jewish deli in the United States starting in 1880sish NYC through nearly the […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbr11bingo, food history, food writing, jewish culture, jewish food, pastrami on rye, ted merwin

CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:67 · Genres: Cooking/Food, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr11bingo, food history, food writing, jewish culture, jewish food, pastrami on rye, ted merwin ·
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