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I come
from a long line of legendary cooks..and
eaters! My mother's family (the
Rabinowitzes) is huge, and I grew up in
the Brooklyn/Long Island version of the
movie Avalon (without the fire, of
course). Raised with my cousins as
siblings, our parents were inseparable,
and our holiday feasts, or even
impromptu get-togethers, were hardly
what you might call intimate gatherings.
When
Melting Pot Memories led to a new career
as a journalist, guest speaker and
cooking instructor, I gladly gave up
court reporting and began crisscrossing
the country, speaking for various
organizations, synagogues and churches.
I began teaching Jewish cooking classes
for Sur La Table (where I freely admit I
was not trained at La Varenne), and
became a columnist and contributing food
writer to The Orange County Register,
the Jewish Journal of Greater Los
Angeles, the Canadian Jewish News and
others.
Now I am a grandmother of four, and I am
most gratified that what I set out to do
when I sent that first letter to my
family, asking for recipes and stories,
has been accomplished. Jason, Lauren,
Samantha and Blake, as well as my
grandparents' other (at last count) 25
great-great-grandchildren - welcome
Darren Robbins and Eden Komishock! - now
have a written record of their family
history. It is my prayer that they all
may delight in the legacy they have been
given and continue to pass these
traditions down through the generations. |
