Summary(01:00) Jeffrey Yoskowitz tells of his father growing up in Brooklyn, family from Poland. Father liked Eastern European deli food -- (07:05) Father remembers a “Brooklyn where you could get a hot dog, pastrami sandwich or a knish for a nickel”. Once married, parents moved to New Jersey, where Jeffrey born and raised. Remembers Brooklyn as a place to visit, of father’s reminiscences -- (11:20) Jeffrey attended college, moved to Brooklyn around 2009 -- (14:00) In Brooklyn twelve years. Is a food writer, culinary anthropologist, with particular interest in Eastern European Ashkenazi Jewish food. Founded company: Gefilteria. Authored cookbook: Gefilte manifesto: new recipes for old world Jewish food -- (18:00) Speaks about history of Jewish food industry in Brooklyn, and NYC, street peddlers, pushcarts. Today, Brooklyn a place for creativity.
NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Audio interview conducted online 2021 March 14, by Ariane Loeb at Brooklyn Public Library. Collected through the Brooklyn Collection Jewish History Project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is funded by the David Berg Foundation.
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TitleOral history interview with Jeffrey Yoskowitz on May 5, 2021.
Biographical Note(01:00) Jeffrey Yoskowitz tells of his father growing up in Brooklyn, family from Poland. Father liked Eastern European deli food -- (07:05) Father remembers a “Brooklyn where you could get a hot dog, pastrami sandwich or a knish for a nickel”. Once married, parents moved to New Jersey, where Jeffrey born and raised. Remembers Brooklyn as a place to visit, of father’s reminiscences -- (11:20) Jeffrey attended college, moved to Brooklyn around 2009 -- (14:00) In Brooklyn twelve years. Is a food writer, culinary anthropologist, with particular interest in Eastern European Ashkenazi Jewish food. Founded company: Gefilteria. Authored cookbook: Gefilte manifesto: new recipes for old world Jewish food -- (18:00) Speaks about history of Jewish food industry in Brooklyn, and NYC, street peddlers, pushcarts. Today, Brooklyn a place for creativity.