Matzoh Ball Gumbo - Culinary Tales of the Jewish South (Paperback)

This is a historic tour of southern Jewish foodways. Since early colonial times in America, Jewish southerners have been tempted by delectable regional foods. Because some of these foods - including pork and shellfish - have been traditionally forbidden to Jews by religious dietary laws, southern Jews face a special predicament. In a culinary journey through the Jewish South, Arkansas native Marcie Cohen Ferris explores how southern Jews embraced, avoided, and adapted southern food and, in the process, have found themselves at home. From colonial Savannah and Charleston to Civil War - era New Orleans and Natchez, from New South Atlanta to contemporary Memphis and across the Mississippi and Arkansas Deltas, Ferris examines the expressive power of food throughout southern Jewish history. She demonstrates how southern Jews reinvented traditions as they adjusted to living in a largely Christian world where they were bound by regional rules of race, class, and gender. Featuring a trove of photographs, ""Matzoh Ball Gumbo"" also includes anecdotes, oral histories, and more than thirty recipes to try at home. Ferris's rich tour of southern Jewish foodways shows that, at the dining table, Jewish southerners created a distinctive religious expression that reflects the evolution of southern Jewish life.

General

Imprint:	The University of North Carolina Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2010
First published:	September 2010
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	344
ISBN-13:	978-0-8078-7123-2
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Cookery / food & drink etc > National & regional cuisine Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies Books > Food & Drink > National & regional cuisine
LSN:	0-8078-7123-0
Barcode:	9780807871232

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