SEEKING THE BLACK RADISH

SEEKING THE BLACK RADISH passes on the culinary history of Jews in Germany, sharing firsthand memories of Old World traditions and recipes from people in their 80s and 90s and the Jewish foodways in pre-war Germany.

SEEKING THE BLACK RADISH: The Cuisine of German-Jews, written by the mother daughter team of Gabrielle Rossmer Gropman and Sonya Gropman, and inspired by the cooking traditions of their family. The recipes are imbued with a connection to a lost homeland and those that perished there, provided by the comfort and continuity of generations of a family sharing and preparing familiar meals. The multitude of cooks who brought their cooking traditions with them when they emigrated from Germany inform this volume, full of recipes that have seen a resurgence in popularity in today’s culinary world. With recipes for Potato Dumplings (Kartoffel Klöss), Mustard Pickles (Senfgurken), and Hedgehog Cake (Igel), SEEKING THE BLACK RADISH passes on the culinary history of Jews in Germany, sharing firsthand memories of Old World traditions and recipes from people in their 80s and 90s and the Jewish foodways in pre-war Germany. Sonya Gropman grew up in Boston. She is the Coordinator of Farm Spot, a 200 member CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) in her neighborhood of New York City. Her blog eat+art+word utilizes both her photographs and writing in looking at and writing about food from many different perspectives. She is a contributing blogger to Edible Queens Magazine Blog. Gabrielle Rossmer Gropman was born in Germany in 1938 and grew up in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. As a visual artist, she has exhibited widely in the U.S. Her multi-media art installation about the history of her German-Jewish family was exhibited in the museum of her hometown, Bamberg, Germany in 1991 and subsequently travelled to over 20 venues in the U.S. as part of “Witness and Legacy: Contemporary Art About the Holocaust.” She was the Administrative Director of the Mediation Program at Harvard Law School for 20 years.