And even knowing the Settlement Cookbook has this Jewish story and to think that it was garlicless in this way, like, how did that come to be?

I mean, I think that there was an attempt to sort of, you know, tone down the ethnic a little bit at this time.

In the early editions.

In the early editions.

I think that there's still, you know, there's definitely, like, concern about anti-Semitism, particularly by these acculturated Reform Jews who are like, we want to help you because— You are our co-religionists of a sort.

And also, we don't want you to embarrass us by being strange.

But also, there is like this history of referring to Jews as garlic eaters.

What do you think about that?

Correct.

Yes.

So it was a big deal that she was willing, despite the fact that she was a reformed Jew and did not keep kosher at all, that she wanted to meet these students where they were.

and teach them how to cook with American ingredients and how to keep house here.

But she wanted them to feel comfortable.

So this was actually kind of unique in the settlement movement.

And this cookbook came out of these classes.

What were these cookbooks like at the end of their run?

Why did she write this cookbook?

So she was involved in the settlement movement, which is why she helped create this settlement, uh, house.

But she was part of this movement of what they called friendly visiting, which was an attempt to help the immigrant poor get to feel more assimilated or acculturated in their new communities.

So in the late 19th century, you see this very, very large migration of Southern and Eastern Europeans to the United States, and many of them are sort of outside the more, uh...

They're outside the norm, both religiously and ethnically.

Uh, and so there's also a chasm between the already here Jewish population and the Jews that come from Eastern Europe.

There's a language barrier.

Mm.

Why did she write this cookbook?

So she was involved in the settlement movement, which is why she helped create this settlement house.

But she was part of this movement of what they called friendly visiting, which was an attempt to help people.

The immigrant poor get to feel more assimilated or acculturated in their new communities.

So in the late 19th century, you see this very, very large migration of Southern and Eastern Europeans.

to the United States.

And many of them are sort of outside the norm, both religiously and ethnically.

What does assimilation for these newly arrived Jews look like in the actual book? Is that something explicitly talked about, hinted at? What does that look like in the actual artifact?

Why did she write this cookbook?

So she was involved in the settlement movement, which is why she helped create this settlement, uh, house.

But she was part of this movement of what they called friendly visiting, which was an attempt to help the immigrant poor get to feel more assimilated or acculturated in their new communities.

So in the late 19th century, you see this very, very large migration of Southern and Eastern Europeans to the United States, and many of them are sort of outside the more, uh...

They're outside the norm, both religiously and ethnically.

Uh, and so there's also a chasm between the already here Jewish population and the Jews that come from Eastern Europe.

There's a language barrier.

Hmm.

Who wrote this book? Can you give us a brief introduction to her?

Sure.

And this was a rabbit hole that I really had trouble understanding.

taking myself out of when I started to look into this woman.

The author, or the, I guess better to say the creator and editor, was Elizabeth Black Kander.

And she was known best as Mrs. Simon Kander to her readers.

because that is how she was credited on the cover.

until

Why did she write this cookbook?

So she was involved in the settlement movement, which is why she helped create this settlement, uh, house, but she was part of this movement of what they called friendly visiting, which was an attempt to help the immigrant poor get to feel more assimilated or acculturated in their new communities.

So in the late 19th century, you see this very, very large migration of southern and eastern Europeans to the United States, and many of them are sort of outside the more, uh...

They're outside the norm, both religiously and ethnically.

Uh, and so there's also a chasm between the already here Jewish population and the Jews that come from Eastern Europe.

There's a language barrier.

There's definitely a religious barrier, um, in terms of practice.

Hmm.

Why did she write this cookbook?

So she was involved in the settlement movement, which is why she helped create this settlement house.

But she was part of this movement of what they called friendly visiting, which was an attempt to help people.

the immigrant poor get to feel more assimilated or acculturated in their new communities.

So in the late 19th century, you see this very, very large migration of Southern and Eastern Europeans to the United States.

And many of them are sort of outside the norm, both religiously and ethnically.

And so there's also a chasm between the already here Jewish population and the Jews that come from Eastern Europe.

Like what is assimilation for these newly arrived Jews look like in the actual book? Like, is that something explicitly talked about, hinted at? Like what does that look like in the actual artifact?

Why did she write this cookbook?

So she was involved in the settlement movement, which is why she helped create this settlement, uh, house.

But she was part of this movement of what they called friendly visiting, which was an attempt to help the immigrant poor get to feel more assimilated or acculturated in their new communities.

So in the late 19th century, you see this very, very large migration of Southern and Eastern Europeans to the United States, and many of them are sort of outside the more, uh...

They're outside the norm, both religiously and ethnically.

Uh, and so there's also a chasm between the already here Jewish population and the Jews that come from Eastern Europe.

There's a language barrier.

Hmm.

Why did she write this cookbook?

So she was involved in the settlement movement, which is why she helped create this settlement, uh, house.

But she was part of this movement of what they called friendly visiting, which was an attempt to help the immigrant poor get to feel more assimilated or acculturated in their new communities.

So in the late 19th century, you see this very, very large migration of Southern and Eastern Europeans to the United States, and many of them are sort of outside the more...

Uh, they're outside the norm, both religiously and ethnically.

Uh, and so there's also a chasm between the already here Jewish population and the Jews that come from Eastern Europe.

There's a language barrier.

Hmm.