The bialy eaters
Subtitle: the story of a bread and a lost world
By: Mimi Sheraton.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Broadway Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Bread; Cookery (Bread)
Description: "A passion for bialys, those chewy, crusty rolls with the toasted onion center, drew Mimi Sheraton to the Polish town of Bialystok to explore the history of this Jewish staple. Carefully wrapping, drying, and packing a dozen American bialys to ward off translation problems, she set out from New York in search of the people who invented this marvelous bread.

Instead, she found a place of utter desolation, where turn-of-the-century massacres, followed by the Holocaust, had reduced the number of Jewish residents from fifty thousand to five.".

"Sheraton became a woman with a mission, traveling to Israel, Paris, Austin, Chicago, Buenos Aires, and New York's Lower East Side to rescue the stories of the scattered Bialystokers. In a bittersweet mix of humor and pathos, she tells of their once-vibrant culture and iconic bread, reviving the exiled memories of those who escaped to the corners of the earth with only their recollections - and one very important recipe - to cherish."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-160).