Description: Amira is nervous about how different her and her Nona's Iraqi cholent is from the other entries in the "Best Cholent Competition Down Under," but gains confidence once the judges taste it.
Brief description: Sarah Sassoon grew up in Sydney, Australia where she learnt to cook t'bit with her grandmother, Nana Aziza. She is a writer, poet and educator, and author of the children's picture book Shoham's Bangle. Sarah lives in Jerusalem where she regularly cooks t'bit for her husband and four hungry boys.
Review Quotes:
"This enrich-ing sto-ry intro-duces read-ers to cus-toms with which they may be unfa-mil-iar and reminds them that Jew-ish com-mu-ni-ties have always lived all over the world, each with their own spe-cial tra-di-tions, tastes, and styles." --Jewish Book Council
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