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A HOME BOOK
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Copyright 2007 by Doris Schechter

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Schechter, Doris.

At Omas table : more than 100 recipes and remembrances from a Jewish familys kitchen / Doris Schechter.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN : 978-1-1012-1560-9

1. Cookery, Jewish. I. Title.

TX724.S484 2007

641.5676dc22

2007017776

PUBLISHERS NOTE: The recipes contained in this book are to be followed exactly as written. The publisher is not responsible for your specific health or allergy needs that may require medical supervision. The publisher is not responsible for any adverse reactions to the recipes contained in this book.

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To the best grandchildren a
grandmother could ever have:
Matthew, Reuben, Sara, Ian,
Lila, Rachel, Molly, Edith,
Teddy, Noah, Sophie, Jeremy,
Aidan, Bradley, Alexandra,
and Emily.

You are the future.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Of all the family and friends who have been so supportive of me over the years, the first person I want to thank is my husband, Marvin. You and our five wonderful children consistently helped me find and refine the cooking part of my life.

To my five children, Philip, Stuart, Laura, Rene, and Dena, whose different tastes honed my culinary skills over years of family dinners and wonderful celebrations. Thank you one and all.

To Hannah Kapit, who helped me believe in myself.

To Ruth Gruber, who made sure that the facts of my journey as a child to the United States were historically accuratethe only way facts can be.

To my literary agent, Carla Glasser, who trusted in me and provided me the opportunity to find my roots. Thank you, too, for introducing me to Evie Righter, who was an absolute joy to work with on every level. She understood who I was and am.

To Marian Lizzi, my editor at Penguin, who quietly and capably enabled me to revisit a past that I wanted to forget. I am very grateful for having taken the journey back. And to Katie, Marians assistant, who was helpful to a fault in answering my questions about the the preparation of the manuscript.

To Zeva Oelbaum, who was so excited about this book and ready to participate in any way on its coming to light, thank you for your generosity and friendship.

To Luei B. Elsheik, with whom I have worked for years at My Most Favorite Food, thank you for being such an enormous help with recipe-testing. And to Amilcar Palacios, also at My Most Favorite, thank you for working so conscientiously on the dessert recipes. To each of you, your assistance has been invaluable.

Which brings me to a very important group of family and friends whose participation in the preparation of the manuscript I could not have done without: my tasters. First, I want to thank the Austrian contingent, who were so crucial in verifying that the Austrian recipes were authentic: my cousin, Ruth; my friend Elisabeth; Rita from Indiana; and Andreas Launer of the Austrian Consulate in New York, and his wife, Eva.

In addition to the Austrian group are all the dear friends who came to the lunches and dinners, who shared in the spirited conversations and happy times as I wrote this book. Your reactions to the food of my formative years (and beyond) were instructive and insightful. Thanks to Lisa, Judy and Beth, Paul and Paula, Mark and Nancy (who introduced me to Elisabeth for which I am eternally grateful), Janice, Lonnie and Ross, Rene and Gerda (dear friends of Elisabeths, each of whom shared her extraordinary past), Carla (again), Hannah (again), Zeva and John, Marty and Marsha, Denise, Graciela, Michal, and David.

It goes without saying that in the tasting department, I also owe special thanks to my children, my sons-and daughters-in-law, and my grandchildren, specifically Reuben, Edith, Rachel, Jeremy, and Teddy. When you get a thumbs-up for a recipe from a youngster with discerning tastes (and there are quite a few in this family!), you know youve got a winner.

Which brings me to the food itself: Thank you to Michael at Park East Kosher Butchers, Inc., for supplying me with some of the best cuts of meat I have ever tasted.

And to Scott, my son-in-law, for his support in our shared enterprise.

The writing of a book can be a solitary journey. This was not the case with At Omas Table. Preparing the manuscript was an unforgettable experience for me. I am indebted and grateful to everyone who was involved.

INTRODUCTION

A FAMILYS JOURNEY

Unlike some of my generation, I was fortunate to know one of my grandmothers, and I got to know her quite well. Her name was Leah Goldstein, and she was my mothers mother. Leah was born in Lemberg, also known as Lvov, which at that time was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and would later become Poland. She had married Ludvig Goldstein, from Austria. They were the parents of four children; my mother, Berta, was the oldest.

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