CBC Radio at 1pm Today, The Hour’s list, and Momofuku hearts Wilensky’s
Hey friends and family in Canada. Tune into CBC Radio today at 1pm for my interview on The Next Chapter with Shelagh Rogers. If you miss it, you can find the clip online later on.
Also, Montreal’s alt weekly The Hour has recommended Save the Deli as a holiday gift read. So go out there and buy your friends a copy!
says the mini-review:
David Sax was born in Toronto, schooled in Montreal and lives in Brooklyn, and is now, according to his book’s jacket, the “world’s foremost authority on deli.” A few old guys on my street might contest this, but anyhow… Sax, who travelled across America’s great cities and beyond in search of the “perfect pastrami,” is man’s man kind of writer: down to earth, funny, light - not like any of the meat he’s writing about.
(Also, a nice shout out to my friend Hal Niedzviecki, whose Peep Diaries is in the same list, and the Globe and Mail 100 best books of the year list.)
Finally, I read an interview with Momofuku chef and owner David Chang in the National Post, where he raves about his fave spots in Montreal. Wilensky’s makes the list as his idea of perfection.
We take a trip to Wilensky’s, a Montreal institution, and while eating a “special” (hot baloney and salami sandwich with mustard) Chang looks at the surly men behind the counter and the notification that you will charged extra if you ask for no mustard, “This is my dream restaurant.” Instantly Chang has formed a kinship with the most unfriendly lunch place in town. Not surprising for someone who, when asked about the “cookability” of his books in last issue of Gourmet, said, “I don’t know. I kept on saying to Pete, ‘I don’t know who the f- is going to cook this sh- …’”)
Coming on the heels of Calvin Trillin’s visit to the temple of the Special, I’m pleased to see Wilensky’s get the global recognition it deserves.
Finally, a reminder to you all that Chanukah and Christmas are coming up, and Save the Deli makes a great gift for friends, family, or even yourselves. So go to the Buy The Book page and…you know…BUY A BOOK!
