FROM RUTH'S KITCHEN WITH LOVE

“As A Multi-Faceted Author Gracious Hostess And Cook Ruth Has Long Been Admired By Her Many Friends Who Have Been Invited To Her Dinners. One Cannot Forget Her Multi-Ethnic Specialties Among Them Romanian Eggplant Salad Colombian Ajiaco Potato Soup Bukovinian Schmettentorte (Sour Cream Cake) To Name Just A Small Sampling Of Her Culinary Repertoire. French Gastronome Jean Brillat-Savarin Once Remarked That ‘The Discovery Of A New Dish Does More For The Happiness Of The New Race Than The Discovery Of A Star.’ George Bernard Shaw Also Believed That There Was No Love More Sincere Than The Love Of Food. A Sampling Of The Recipes From This Book Readily Confirms Both Opinions.” —Vladimir F. Wertsman Author Of What’S Cooking In Multicultural America (Scarecrow Press 1996) . This Is An Unpretentious Cookbook Designed For Epicurean Tastes. It Is Also A Tribute To The Women Of Various Ethnic Backgrounds Who Left Us The Legacy Of Fine Cuisine Which I Hope To Pass On To Future Generations. The Majority Of These Recipes Are From Bukovina Once Northern Romania And Other Countries Which Were Once Part Of The Austro-Hungarian Empire. Some Of The Bukovinian Dishes Are Almost Legendary In Their Nostalgia. Many Have Never Before Been Documented And Most Probably Have Never Been Featured On Restaurant Menus. . I Have Wandered Across Four Continents And Have Experienced Life Under Monarchies Communism And Fascism All Of Which I Survived. These Multiple Acculturations Were Extremely Difficult But Had Also Some Positive Effects: One Of Them Being The Acquisition Of A Myriad Of Recipes. I Am Pleased To Share With You Some Of Them In The Hope That You Will Enjoy This Adventure As Much As I Did. —Ruth Glasberg Gold