... a loving portrait of a business family. Zabar’s is not a tell-all but rather an embrace-all ... Recipes, most attributed to Lilly Zabar, round out each chapter: latkes, stuffed cabbage, sweet noodle kugel. Longtime staffers are honored. Their names and stories point to how far Zabar’s has come.
... a touching and well-researched paean to the Zabar family. This is a love letter to a family and the business empire they created; it encompasses a history of Ukrainian pogroms in the early 20th century, an exploration of the New York City grocery industry in the 1940s, a discussion of the exploding gastronomic scene in the 1970s, with family stories and photographs deftly woven throughout ... With wonderful photos of relatives over the years and many of Lilly's recipes included, Zabar's: A Family Story, with Recipes is a beguiling stroll through New York history--and a fascinating glimpse into an ambitious family.
This is a joyful book, made poignant when you learn that Lori Zabar died a few months before its publication. She was 67, and had lived with cancer for several years while she finished her book. One way to honor her memory is to try your hand at making that sweet noodle kugel
