Oma and Bella

Classic Jewish recipes from Eastern Europe. “Having lost both of their families in the Holocaust, Oma and Bella had to teach themselves, often from scratch, how to make the dishes their mothers and grandmothers made for them in Katowice, Poland (Oma) and Vilnius, Lithuania (Bella),” writes Karolinski in the introduction to the cookbook. This means pickles, blintzes, brisket, goulash, kugels, and baked apples, among other comforting dishes.