Leah Eskin: LIKE WAFERS IN HONEY

Celebrating Leah Eskin's debut novel, Like Wafers in Honey, on the patio at The Ivy Bookshop!

Owner of Crumble Handmade Pastry, which graced the Baltimore food scene for many years, Eskin now lives in Chicago but returns to her beloved Baltimore to celebrate her exciting first novel. We love this bit from the blurb: the book "combines the historical sweep and emotional power of The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer and the resonant use of food and recipes of Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel." What's not to love?!

Depicting an Italian-Jewish way of life, one story line follow Stella, searching for safety in Mussolini's Italy, and another follows Edda, a housewife in 1960s Westchester trying to make sense of a new culture, as well as the "spaghetti and meatballs" food that passes for Italian cuisine. In between these two remarkable stories are more than forty recipes (updated for today's cooks), all inspired by the life and example of Edda Servi Machlin, author of The Classic Cuisine of the Italian Jews.

We're looking forward to celebrating this project, and hope to see you there!

Order LIKE WAFERS IN HONEY here!

Leah Eskin writes about food and other pressing matters. For nearly 20 years her award-winning column “Home on the Range” ran in the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers. Eskin writes the dessert column for Midwest Living magazine and is the owner of Crumble Handmade Pastry. She lives in Chicago with her husband and their chocolate Lab, Milo. You can reach her at leaheskin.com.

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