Joan Nathan has just published her 12th cookbook, 'My Life in Recipes,' and told Fox News Digital about the adventures, memories and family history she's captured in the new book.
Often referred to as 'the godmother of Jewish cooking,' award-winning author and food writer Joan Nathan recently released her 12th cookbook, 'My Life in Recipes: Food, Family, and Memories' . She brings her family’s history to life by recreating the recipes of her ancestors, she told Fox News Digital in an interview. She's also been inspired to create other dishes through her travels. Each dish that Nathan prepares is tied to a memory or an adventure, she said.
Born in 1943 in Providence, Rhode Island, Nathan spent her childhood both in Providence and Larchmont, New York, but the eclectic foods that her European grandparents shared with her made an indelible imprint, she said. 'That one dish reminds us of being safe as a child within our homes.' 'Their food preferences became the folklore of my life, as did the stories that accompanied the food they served,' Nathan writes in 'My Life in Recipes.
In the summer of 1969, when Nathan was 26, Nathan decided to travel to Israel after sitting next to a Peace Corps volunteer who told her that Israel was 'the most fascinating place he had ever visited.' Her trip turned into a two-and-a-half year sojourn. She fell in love with eggplant kugels, soufflés, and roasted and fried eggplant.
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