Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen

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About Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen

Publisher Web Link: http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/

Part culinary travelogue, part cultural history, part rallying cry, Save the Deli is a must-read for anyone whose idea of perfect happiness is tucking into a pastrami on rye with a pickle on the side.

Corned beef. Pastrami. Brisket. Matzo balls. Knishes. Mustard and rye. In this book about deli’s food, history, and characters, its greatest triumphs, spectacular failures, and ultimately its very future, David Sax goes deep into the world of the Jewish delicatessen. From New York to Chicago, Florida, L.A., Montreal, Toronto, Paris, and beyond, Sax strives to answer the question: Can the Jewish deli thrive, and if so, how?

Funny, poignant, and impeccably written, Save the Deli is the story of one man’s search to save a defining element of a culture--and the sandwiches--he loves.

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About David Sax

Author Web Link: http://www.savethedeli.com/

David Sax is a deli fanatic, whose yearning for the salted, cured meats traces back to friday nights at Yitz’s in Toronto. Further back he can trace deli lineage to his father’s childhood in Montreal, and his grandfather’s childhood in Romania.

By trade David is a journalist, writing for publications such as New York Magazine, VanityFair.com, GQ, Portfolio, the Walrus, and Toronto Life. His website www.davidsax.ca features his non-deli work (which is decidedly less delicious).

Currently David is writing a book on the decline of the Jewish delicatessen, to be published on October 19th, 2009 by McLelland and Stewart (Canada) and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (USA). Over the course of the past few years he’s toured the world, interviewing deli owners and famous deli lovers (like Ed Koch, Ruth Reichel and Mel Brooks), tried his hand cutting sandwiches at Katz’s, and voyaged to the heart of deli country, whether New York, LA, Montreal, Paris, London, or Poland.

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