I LOVE this newsletter!!!! Thank you for all the great book recommendations. Also, I sorely miss the rye bread of my Brooklyn childhood. It was referred to as “corn bread” because it was baked on a bed of cornmeal which clung to the underside. (https://www.seriouseats.com/jewish-corn-rye-comeback)
I LOVE this newsletter!!!! Thank you for all the great book recommendations. Also, I sorely miss the rye bread of my Brooklyn childhood. It was referred to as “corn bread” because it was baked on a bed of cornmeal which clung to the underside. (https://www.seriouseats.com/jewish-corn-rye-comeback)
How interesting that the corn bread is not because of corn but because of Kern. And I know why you miss it!
Wish I could edit this comment. I meant to write “it was referred to as “corn bread” because, we thought, it was….”