Walking on Walnuts

Ring, Nancy

ISBN 10: 0553375164 / ISBN 13: 9780553375169

Published by Bantam, 1997

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Synopsis:

A struggling artist who abandoned her work to begin a career as an assistant pastry chef offers an account of life in New York's restaurant kitchens and includes memories of her Jewish immigrant family of esoteric cooks

From the Inside Flap: years as a struggling artist and waitress, Nancy Ring decided to find a "survival job" that would bring satisfaction as well as survival. Armed with only chutzpah and a love of baking instilled by generations of her family, she answered a newspaper ad seeking an assistant pastry chef. So began a roller-coaster ride of apprenticeships in New York's high-pressured, ego-infested, and sometimes rat-infested, kitchens.

In this culinary memoir, Nancy Ring combines funny and poignant stories of love and work with warm remembrances of a family that celebrates food with gusto and cherishes memories with passion.





Through it all, Nancy is sustained by her memories of her Jewish family, and the recipes that were handed down to her through generations. Blintzes, mandelbrot, fruit compote, all made in the steamy kitchens of her relatives, come wafting back to her in times of grief and celebration. It's what fortifies her determination to make it on her

Bibliographic Details

Title: Walking on Walnuts
Publisher: Bantam
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: paperback
Condition: Very Good