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SUMMARY:Author Event with Leah Eskin
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with Leah Eskin\, author of the 
 historical novel Like Wafers in Honey (Levine Querido\, pub. April 14\, 
 2026). Based on the experiences of a real Italian-Jewish cook named Edda 
 Servi Machlin\, the novel tells two stories: that of Stella\, a Jewish girl 
 from the Tuscan town of Pitigliano\, who spends the winter of 1943 fleeing 
 Fascist and Nazi brutality\, and that of Edda\, a Westchester housewife 
 trying to save a lost treasure — Italian Jewish cuisine. Each chapter 
 includes a recipe updated for modern kitchens. The event will be moderated 
 by Rabbi Steven Stark Lowenstein of Glencoe's Am Shalom Congregation. 
 Signed copies of Like Wafers in Honey will be available for purchase from 
 The Book Stall. And there will be Leah-baked treats from a recipe in the 
 book!\n\nRegister if you'd like a reminder prior to the program. You can 
 also opt to receive a text message reminder. All links and any specific 
 event details will still be sent via email. This program will be 
 recorded.\n\nAbout the author: Leah Eskin writes “The Sweet Life\,” a 
 dessert column\, for Midwest Living. She is the author of the memoir and 
 cookbook Slices of Life: A Food Writer Cooks Through Many a Conundrum. 
 During the pandemic\, she launched an online bakery called Crumble Handmade 
 Pastry. Her column "Home on the Range" ran in the Chicago Tribune for 15 
 years.\n\nLike Wafers in Honey is getting great reviews. Here's one: "My 
 father\, himself an Italian Jew\, used Edda Servi Machlin's recipes as a 
 bridge to his culinary and personal roots. Machlin's life inspired this 
 beautiful novel by Leah Eskin: a survival story and a cultural archive. It 
 honors a nearly vanished world through narrative and recipes\, showing how 
 memory\, food\, and storytelling can resist erasure." \n—Yotam 
 Ottolenghi\, author of Jerusalem: A Cookbook and Ottolenghi Comfort
LOCATION:Johnson Room
ORGANIZER;CN="Grace Hayek":MAILTO:ghayek@glencoelibrary.org
CATEGORIES:Featured
CONTACT;CN="Grace Hayek":MAILTO:ghayek@glencoelibrary.org
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