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Book Review of Miriam's Kitchen: A Memoir

Miriam's Kitchen: A Memoir
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"Like many Jewish Americans Elizabeth Erlich was ambivalent about her background. She identified with Jewish cultural attitudes, but not with the institutions; she had fond memories of her Jewish grandmothers, but she found their religious practices irrelevant to her life. It wasn't until she entered the kitchen - and world - of her mother-in-law, Miriam, a Holocaust survivor, that Ehrlich began to understand the importance of preserving the traditions of the past.

This is an amazing self discovery journey and a really good read.