Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food

by Laura Silver

Book Overview

When Laura Silver's favorite knish shop went out of business, the native New Yorker sank into mourning, but then she sprang into action. She embarked on a round-the-world quest for the origins and modern-day manifestations of the knish. The iconic potato pie leads the author from Mrs. Stahl's bakery in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, to an Italian pasta maker in New Jersey--and on to a hunt across three continents for the pastry that shaped her identity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611683122
• ISBN13: 9781611683127
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Brandeis University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 7.3"