Sharon Lebewohl
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Sharon Lebewohl is a restaurateur, lecturer, food consultant, cookbook author, and a guest instructor at The Institute of Culinary Education and New York's Jewish community Center.
She is daughter of Abe Lebewohl, the restaurant entrepreneur and founder of the Second Avenue Deli in New York City.
Biography
Born in the late 1950s to a Jewish American family, Lebewohl attended the East Side Hebrew Institute on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Lebewohl grew up at the Second Avenue Deli and learned cooking from her father, Abe Lebewohl.{{Cite journal|date=3 January 2000|title=Sharon Lebewohl and Rena Bulkin|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lfh&AN=49310133&site=ehost-live|journal=Baker & Taylor Author Biographies|url-access=subscription |via=EBSCOhost}} The restaurant was founded by her father and Sharon Lebewohl and her uncle, Jack, took over in 1996 after Abe's death. At the same time, Lebewohl attended college and educated and trained as a registered nurse. Lebewohl is a mother of three and has several grandchildren.
Career
A 2001 graduate of the French Culinary Institute, Lebewohl is a culinary educator and lecturer around the U.S., and appears frequently on television.
For ten years, following the murder of her father, Lebewohl managed the 2nd Ave Deli along with her father's brother, Jack Lebewohl.
Lebewohl co-authored The 2nd Ave Deli Cookbook, written as tribute to her father's memory.{{cite news|title=Before, And After: A Deli Lives On|work=The New York Times|first=Alex|last=Witchel|date=October 27, 1999|page=1}} Mark Rotella of Publishers Weekly called The 2nd Ave Deli Cookbook "a cookbook that will bring a tear to readers' eyes",{{cite magazine|title=The Second Avenue Deli Cookbook|magazine=Publishers Weekly|first=Mark|last=Rotella|volume=246|issue=31|date=August 2, 1999|page=78}} the Lincoln Journal Star said the book "drips with schmaltz and nostalgia",{{cite news|title=Food Briefs|work=Lincoln Journal Star|date=April 12, 2000|page=1}} and Jan Norris of the Palm Beach Post called it "a cookbook for all."{{cite news|title=The Best of the Crop|work=Palm Beach Post|date=October 28, 1999|first=Jan|last=Norris|page=1FN}} Writing for The Florida Times-Union, Dan McDonald observed that the "stories and recipes give the book a real flavor of the people and traditions of the city's East Village" and summarized The 2nd Ave Deli Cookbook as "a wonderful resource for the non-Jew and non-New York City dweller."{{cite news|title='2nd Ave.' will delight deli lovers|work=The Florida Times-Union |first=Dan|last=McDonald|date=April 13, 2000|page=F-1}} The book also includes anecdotes from patrons of the restaurant.{{Cite journal|last=Schuder|first=Michael|date=2000|title=The Second Avenue Deli Cookbook|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=3814503&site=ehost-live|journal=Nation's Restaurant News|volume=34|issue=47|pages=57|url-access=subscription |via=EBSCOhost}} In 2007, Lebewohl produced the DVD A Sabbath Meal, cooking along with actor Mike Burstyn.
=Publications=
- (Co-author, with Rena Bulkin) The 2nd Ave Deli Cookbook: Recipes and Memories from Abe Lebewohl's Legendary Kitchen (New York: Villard, 1999) {{isbn|9780375502675}}
- "A Sabbath Meal": In the Kitchen with Sharon Lebewohl and Mike Burstyn, 2007 (DVD).
References
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External links
- [http://www.sharonlebewohl.com/ The official website of Sharon Lebewohl, food consultant, chef and author]
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