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C'est Délicieux: Joan Nathan Discusses Her New Book on French Jewish Cuisine

JL;DR SUMMARY Esteemed food writer Joan Nathan releases "Quiches, Kugels, and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in France," exploring the rich history and evolution of Jewish cuisine in France. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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KosherJewish TraditionsRecipesJoan NathanCultural ExchangeJewish Culinary HeritageFrench Jewish CuisineChocolate Almond CakeOlive Oil Chocolate MousseQuiches Kugels Couscous

Places mentioned

Paris, France
"She talks with Forward Ingredients columnist Leah Koenig about her first food memories in Paris as a teen, the evolution of Jewish food and kashrut in France and culinary collaboration among Jew and gentile cooks."
Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
"This recipe for Chocolate Almond cake is four hundred years old, and was passed down orally in one Bayonne family from mother to daughter in Spanish, Ladino, and then French."
Madrid, Madrid Province, Spain
"Ever since Ana Bensadon moved to Madrid from her native Tangier in the 1950s, she has been writing to Sephardic Jews all over the world asking for recipes."
Tangier, Tangier-Assilah, Morocco
"Ever since Ana Bensadon moved to Madrid from her native Tangier in the 1950s, she has been writing to Sephardic Jews all over the world asking for recipes."
Florida, United States
""My idea is to leave a legacy for the young women," she told me, while visiting her daughter in Florida."

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