By Sapeer Mayron on Stuff…
I once asked an Auckland Rabbi what his favourite Jewish food was. His answer surprised me.
“Any food is Jewish food, so long as a Jewish person is eating it.”
This encapsulates the sumptuous new cook book Butter, Butter by Jewish pastry chef Petra Galler.
It’s not a ‘Jewish cook book’ necessarily, which are usually sorted by our holidays and accompanying traditional dishes.
Like most Jews, Galler was raised knowing food is central to whānau life, where dinner is the main event of the day.
“Food is the great connector, it brings people together at the end of the day to eat and share and chat,” she said, speaking from her Auckland, Karangahape Rd apartment.
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