Patricia Volk writes a colorful, food-oriented history of her New York Jewish family, including vivid accounts of relatives like her great-grandfather (who introduced pastrami to New York City) and her gorgeous mother, who couldn't co...

From the acclaimed author of Stuffed: an intimate, richly illustrated memoir, written with charm and panache, that juxtaposes two fascinating lives—the iconoclastic designer Elsa Schiaparelli and the author's own mother—to explore...