Sharon Lebewohl, Co-Author
2nd Ave Deli Cookbook
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Sharon Lebewohl is the co-author of the acclaimed 2^ndAve Deli Cookbook

(Villard, $24.95) written to honor the memory of her father, Abe Lebewohl, creator of the legendary New York City kosher restaurant.  Abe often talked about writing the book himself; he wanted to share his coveted recipes so people around the world could prepare his food for their loved ones.  After Abe was murdered in 1996, Sharon made sure her father’s plans were realized.  The Lebewohl family continues to run the restaurant.

A graduate of the French Culinary Institute, Sharon is a popular culinary educator in New York and around the country and is frequently invited to appear on national and local television.  She has appeared with Katie Couric on NBC-TV’s Today Show, with Martha Stewart on From Martha’s Kitchen, with Bobby Flay on the TV Food Network’s FoodNation, with David Rosengarten on In Food Today, and with Morley Safer on PBS-TV’s Legendary Hangouts.  Sharon also makes regular local appearances on such shows as Fox -TV’s Good Day New York, WABC-TV’s Eyewitness News, WPIX-TV’s Evening News and PBS-TV’s Keeping Kids Healthy.  She is also a frequent radio guest, especially on WOR Radio’s highly-regarded Food Talk with Arthur Schwartz.

Chopped Liver & Chicken Soup Recipes Mixed With Personal Memories

“After my father was shot “my job was keeping his spirit alive,” first by giving up nursing to help run the business and, next, by writing the cookbook my father always talked about writing himself,” says Sharon, who infused her father’s two passions in the book:  good food and good friends.  2^ndAve Deli Cookbook recipes include all the deli specialties: the decadent chopped liver, the cold-curing chicken soup with matzah balls, kasha varnishes and cholent.  The book is also peppered with personal stories like the one about restaurateur Drew Nieporent (of Nobu) who when hosting a party for French chef Paul Bocuse asked celebrity chefs to create their signature dishes.  According to Bocuse, his favorite dish, hands-down, was Abe’s life-like bust of Bocuse sculpted from the Deli’s world-famous chopped liver.  The book also has favorite recipes from family and friends including some of Abe Lebewohl’s favorite people (and customers) like Bobby Flay who contributes his yellow corn pancakes with smoked salmon and mango-serrano crème fraiche.

Sharon is the proud mother of Ayalah, Tzvi and Eliyahu.  She lives in New York City and is currently working on her second cook book.

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