Zabar’s Audiobook Libro.fm

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The fascinating mouthwatering story with recipes of the immigrant familythat created a New York gastronomic legend The most rambunctious andchaotic of all delicatessens with one foot in the Old World and the other inthe vanguard of every fastbreaking food move in the city Nora Ephron

When Louis and Lilly Zabar rented a counter in a dairy store on 80th Street and Broadway in 1934 to sell smoked fish they could not have imagined that their store would eventually occupy half a city block and become a beloved mecca for quality food of all kinds A passion for perfection a keen business sense cutthroat competitive instincts and devotion to their customers led four generations of Zabars to create the Upper West Side shrine to the cheesefish meat produce baked goods and prepared products that heralded the twentiethcentury revolution in food production and consumption

Lori ZabarLouiss granddaughterbegins with her grandfathers escape from Ukraine in 1921 following a pogrom in which several family members were killed She describes Zabars gradual expansion Louiss untimely death in 1950 and the passing of the torch to Saul Stanley and partner Murray Klein who raised competitive pricing to an art form and added toptier houseware and appliances She paints a delectable portrait of Zabars as it is todaythe intoxicating aromas the crowds the devoted staffand shares behindthescenes anecdotes of the longtime employees family members eccentric customers and celebrity fans who have created a uniquely American institution that honors its immigrant roots revels in its New York history and is relentless in its devotion to the art and science of selling gourmet food

Includes a downloadable PDF of recipes from the book