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Nida has graciously answered interview questions and I had every intention of posting them first, and then doing the review of her book, A Taste Of Israel. I was just going to quickly page through the recipe book to get a sense of who Nida is, but I could not put it down from page 1. The photography is amazing and Nida has written this recipe book as “an attempt at returning a piece of Jewish Heritage to the small but vibrant Jewish community in Lithuania”. Unbeknown to me, there is a Lithuanian Jewish Community in South Africa.
A Taste Of Israel
The recipe book is subtitled from classic Litvak to modern Israeli and was originally published in Nida’s home language of Lithuanian. Situated completely opposite Romania when you…
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