The Yiddish Book Center's
Wexler Oral History Project
A growing collection of in-depth interviews with people of all ages and backgrounds, whose stories about the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture offer a rich and complex chronicle of Jewish identity.
“Julia Child, Garlic, and Oregano”: Eve Jochnowitz’s Culinary “Mame-Loshn” (Mother Tongue)
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Eve Jochnowitz, scholar of Ashkenazi foodways, talks about what foods she loves to cook. She also talks about her mother and her grandmother's cooking style.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Eve Jochnowitz.
This excerpt is in Yiddish.
Eve Jochnowitz was born in United States in 1963.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
