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Book Review
Book Review; A Family Whose Plate Is Deliciously Full
2001
Overview
Not that life was always sunny offstage. Volk drops little bombshells into her prose with the precision of a pastry chef piping frosting flowerets: Her grandfather beat her father; her mother mandated clean plates and raised two sequential dieters; one husband died and left his wife without money; one uncle intimidated [Patricia Volk]. Even her beloved parents were capable of the kind of misstep that makes us wince. Dad had a string of objectionable epithets that he hauled out whenever Patricia moved too slowly on the tennis court or when her posture astride a horse was off. Mom found so much to fret about, all in the name of love, that it was hard not to worry along with her. Volk's family story begins with great-grandfather Sussman Volk, who introduced pastrami to the New World. On the other side of Patricia's family, the Morgens owned 14 restaurants, over time, including a temple to continental cuisine located in the heart of the garment district. That was where Patricia's beloved father worked; that was what the family called \"the store,\" where they sold swank satisfaction to their customers.
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Los Angeles Times Communications LLC
