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Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen Paperback – Bargain Price, October 1, 2010

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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Mariner Books (October 1, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0547386443
  • ASIN: B004H8GLZE
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4.0 out of 5 starsCutting against the grain
By korova on September 2, 2009
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New Yorkers are going to hate this book. Not only does it name the two best cities for deli as Los Angeles (all true New Yorkers can't stand LA, especially transplants who have to live or work there) and Montréal (CANADA? Huh??), it was written by a guy from Toronto. How can NYC not be the undisputed Deli Capital of the World? And what does a Canadian know from deli, anyway?

The answer is this: David Sax is on a mission. It's right there--it's the title of the book! Sax has traveled the world in search of the best of Jewish delicatessen culture and food. Believe me, Sax knows just about all there is to know about the deli classics everybody is familiar with, like pastrami, bagels, and knishes, as well as about hardcore Jewish soul food, such as p'tcha, kishke, and cholent. He's eaten more deli than you can possibly imagine. He knows what he's talking about.

Sax keeps the tone light and entertaining for the most part, even though Save the Deli serves up generous helpings of history, food criticism, and travel writing. The only (minor) flaw in the text is that Sax hasn't woven the chapters into a flowing and coherent whole very well. Some sections end abruptly, while others feel somewhat disconnected from the material that follows. This may stem from his background as a magazine writer. Nonetheless, the book is enjoyable and fun to read overall.

Bottom line: Save the Deli is a combination travelogue, tribute, and polemic. While Sax's aim is serious, he leavens his writing with a great deal of humor and sensitivity. Anybody who loves corned beef on rye with lots of mustard, always stops for fresh rugelach, or is just a dedicated fresser will dig this book. Maybe New Yorkers will too, when all is said and done. 3.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsI See a Pastrami Sandwich in My Future!
By Laurie Gold VINE VOICE on September 12, 2009
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I'm a secular Jew raised in Los Angeles, home of a huge Jewish population. As I get older - yet not more devout - I feel more Jewish, probably because I live smack dab in the middle of the Bible Belt. I also live with a foodie who has a tremendous fondness for deli, yet, because I'm not much of a meat eater, I've never even eaten a pastrami or corned beef sandwich. All of those things add up to a person surprisingly interested in a book devoted to Jewish delis.

The book begins with an anecdote about author David Sax's grandfather, who, upon being released from the hospital after a bout of angina, stopped off at his favorite deli on the way home, ate a sandwich piled high with fatty meat, then dropped dead. Perhaps it is only a Jew who could write such a story with fond humor, and perhaps it is only another Jew who could laugh when reading it, but for me, the author's tremendous verve and humor served him well throughout SAVE THE DELI, a book that traces not only the Jewish Deli - in the U.S., Canada, and Europe - but also provides context in the way of Jewish history.

Most of his food-related stories, descriptions, and metaphors charmed me, but very occasionally they fell flat, particularly when he waxed poetic. I totally get the joys of sinking your teeth into a slice of double-baked rye bread, with its chewiness and airy density...what I don't get is how cured meat smells like a fine fragrance on a beautiful woman.

Luckily those awkward moments are few and far between, and throughout most of the book, devoted to a world tour of deli, Sax delivers a foodie high of cured meats, baked goods, and a liberal does of schmaltz - as in the rendered fat of poultry that is, as the author writes in his inimitable fashion, an "aphrodesiac to Jewish men.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsMouthwatering Memoir of Jewish Delis
By A. Silverstone VINE VOICE on October 3, 2009
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David Sax has produced a book that induced hunger pangs every time I sat down to read a chapter. His primary mission is to identify the surviving (and hopefully thriving) Jewish deli today, both in the epicenter of the Deli Universe - New York - but also in select cities around the US, and even some in Europe. However, Sax also sets the historical context, describing the rise of Deli culture to the peek of the golden age in the 40s and 50s and then the inevitable decline. Alternately, Sax is mourning the disappearance of the Jewish deli and celebrating islands of thriving deli culture that he finds in both expected (Los Angeles) and unexpected (Boulder) cities. There is much description of the different pickling processes to produce pastrami and corned beef, comparisons of matzoh ball soup, and the Pavlovian descriptions of the less well-known, but more arterial clogging speck (pickled brisket fat), kishke (schmaltz-stuffed intestine) and grine (chicken skin cracklings). To help out, Sax includes both a glossary, and a listing of all the delis he visited. Although there is much to mourn in the passing of so many delis, there is reason to snap on your bib and head out to find the still-surviving and newly inaugurated delis that are true to the time-tested techniques of food preparation that produce sandwiches to die for.
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3.0 out of 5 starsBright tastes and dark shadows
By Paper or Kindle TOP 1000 REVIEWER on August 27, 2009
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David Sax has a passion for deli, and he's willing to travel the world, literally, to find it. No dish is too exotic, which reminds me of Anthony Bourdain, but while Bourdain explores all culinary bases, David Sax sticks to the rib-sticking food of his youth. He gives a good picture of all the people he meets, and their quirks, but his descriptions of the food will really make you drool. Better have a can of Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray soda on hand while you read this!

There is plenty of humor, but a darker side, too, as he considers an exhibit of cooking pots at Birkenau, a [...] extermination camp, and reflects on how Jewish cooking was decimated by the Holocaust. He explores Poland, where some people, Jews and non-Jews alike, are attempting to reanimate the cuisine.

He finds plenty of people as devoted to deli as he is, people who prepare it, serve it, eat it and talk about it with gusto. He explores the history of the foods, the preparation and the short-cuts (such as instant corned beef, at which he practically sneers).

There are some charming photographs of delicatessens and the people who maintain them, but I would really have liked some recipes. Although there is a list of delicatessens, and a glossary for people who don't know what all these dishes are, it would have been absolutely terrific to have some basic recipes for the home cook to try.

If you've never tried delicatessen, try reading this book. It may well give you an appetite!
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5.0 out of 5 starsI want to copy David Sax

Far exceeded my expectations. Considering a copy-cat trip around the USA. Please tell David Sax to come to New England and visit our great places starting at Rein's in CT, Bubby's... Read more

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