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Inside the Mexican Jewish ‘Cocina’

JL;DR SUMMARY Ilan Stavans and Margaret E. Boyle, two scholars bonded by their Mexican Jewish heritage, have co-authored "Sabor Judio: The Jewish Mexican Cookbook" after discovering family cookbooks rich with recipes and stories of Mexican Jewish history. 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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Jewish HistoryIlan StavansAshkenazi JewsCookbooksSephardi JewsFusion CuisinePati JinichMexican Jewish CuisineMargaret E. BoyleEstrella Jafif

Places mentioned

Mexico City, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
"Boyles great-grandmother, Baba Malka Poplawski, had begun a similar notebook that her progeny annotated while she was still alive and cooking in Mexico City."
Maine, United States
"invited Ilan Stavans to an academic conference in Maine in 2016, neither had an inkling that it would be the beginning of a deliciousand prolificfriendship."
Massachusetts, United States
"Boyle at Bowdoin College in Maine and Stavans at Amherst College in Massachusettsquickly connected over their shared Mexican Jewish heritage."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Adeena Sussman lives in Tel Aviv. She is the author of Shabbat: Recipes and Rituals from My Kitchen to Yours and Sababa: Fresh, Sunny Flavors from My Israeli Kitchen."

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