Creator Bio
Ethel G. Hofman
b. 1939
Ethel Hofman grew up in the Shetland Isles in the north of Scotland, and lives in the United States. She is a syndicated Jewish food columnist, cookbook author, and food editor of the Baltimore Jewish Times and the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent. Hofman is also a past president of the International Association of Culinary Professionals.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Mackerel at Midnight: Growing Up Jewish on a Remote Scottish Island
Food was important not just as a means of survival, but also because, as Ma repeatedly told me, “it’s made with love that makes it taste so good.” As a toddler, perched on a chair, I watched each step…