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Author: Laura Silver

Laura Silver is an award-winning journalist whose writing on food and culture has appeared in the New York Times, the Forward and on NPR. Laura has been a writer in residence at the Millay Colony, the Banff Centre, and the New York Public Library. She is considered the world’s leading expert on the knish.
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04/08/2014

Seeking Mrs. Stahl’s

I took knishes, kasha, Mrs. Stahl's, and my grandmother for granted; then they were gone.

by Laura Silver

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