The Well-Spiced Life

Company : Israel Book Shop Author : Barbara Bensoussan Publisher : Israel Bookshop Publications Format : Hardcover Dimensions : 6 X 9"" Weight : 23oz As a young woman, acclaimed author Barbara Bensoussan always thought she'd marry a nice Jewish boy from New York, just like her mother. But her life took a distinctly different turn when she entered the Orthodox world and her nice Jewish boy turned out to hail from Casablanca! Suddenly she found herself the Sephardic version of the bride-who-knew-nothing! Now she had a husband who thought the chicken soup she adored was little more than flavored water, and who'd grown up eating the head of a lamb -teeth showing- on Rosh Hashanah. As the years passed and her family grew, she did her best to absorb the culture and cuisine of the Sephardic world - some of which, she laments, is still clinging to her waistline. The literary result of Barbara's foray into the Sephardic world is The Well-Spiced Life, an authentic food memoir t