A grandfather dies. The refrigerator enters the granddaughter’s kitchen, and with it the smells and specialties of Jewish-Polish cuisine and culture flow into the story. A world of “gefilte fish”, the traditional Jewish recipe for stuffed carp, and a song of praise to the cornichon opens up to us.
Élise Goldberg’s award-winning text combines loose memories with her family history: the result is a dense and humorous text that also provides a literary introduction to Jewish cuisine.