Tuesday, October 20, 2009

The State of the Deli


He may have written a book about Jewish food, but David Sax is quite a ham. He refers to a deli's finances as "pastraminomics," describes a knish as being "baked to a George Hamiltonesque hue," and titles a chapter on Las Vegas's deli scene "Luck Be a Brisket Tonight."

But in addition to Catskills shtick, journalist Sax brings passion and substance to Save the Deli, his paean to the Jewish delicatessen experience. The heart of the book is his cross-country road trip, during which he sizes up the state of the deli in cities obvious (New York, Los Angeles, Miami) and unlikely (Boulder, Salt Lake City, Houston).(read more...)

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