Lea Zeltserman

Writer. Speaker. Mostly Soviet-Russian Jewish food, immigration, culture. Words in @globeandmail @tabletmag @heatedmag @jdforward @chatelaine @todaysparent

[Lea Zeltserman @zeltserman]

I started working on this in January. It feels like a missive from another planet right now. But… Purim is this week. For @tabletmag, in an homage to my Soviet grandmothers, I imagine how #JewishFood could have developed in the USSR.

https://t.co/0rprlOT3ep

[Lilith Magazine @LilithMagazine]

Thank you for highlighting "When Food Betrayed the Jews"! https://t.co/SxcappCSyd

[Center for Jewish History @cjewishhistory]

Struggling to find records of your Jewish ancestors in Belarus? @TheTogetherPlan archivists are ready to help! Join us for a presentation by TTP’s Archive Services Caseworker Carl Kaplan (Boston) & Archive Services Coordinator Vasily Zaitsau (Minsk). https://t.co/Df22QgF7XF

[Lea Zeltserman @zeltserman]

@JZarankin @ruthmadievsky @katyaapekina @shbarocas @LLuxner @AllanLevine12 @MaratGrinberg @Kveller @LilithMagazine @JTAnews Thank you, this is so heartening to hear! 💕

[Lea Zeltserman @zeltserman]

March #SovietSamovar is out! Musings from me on ghostly objects in my basement, hamantaschen recipes + great reads from @ruthmadievsky @katyaapekina @shbarocas @LLuxner @AllanLevine12 @MaratGrinberg @Kveller @LilithMagazine @JTAnews
https://t.co/fcDPzYiS8k

[Lea Zeltserman @zeltserman]

And here's the recipe itself - Soviet Salmon Zakuski - with canned salmon and capers. A very Soviet-era homage. #hamantaschen #JewishFood
https://t.co/Y9f0pviB1G

[Lea Zeltserman @zeltserman]

More savoury hamantaschen - and an essay I wrote for @tabletmag a couple years ago, imagining the Jewish holidays foods that could have been. #JewishFood #Hamantaschen

[Lea Zeltserman @zeltserman]

I started working on this in January. It feels like a missive from another planet right now. But… Purim is this week. For @tabletmag, in an homage to my Soviet grandmothers, I imagine how #JewishFood could have developed in the USSR.

https://t.co/0rprlOT3ep

[Lea Zeltserman @zeltserman]

@SashaVasilyuk Here's the article, and the recipe at the bottom.

https://t.co/0rprlOT3ep

[Lea Zeltserman @zeltserman]

It's hamantaschen week! If you're looking for something savoury, I've just posted a mushroom hamantaschen recipe that imagines how #hamantaschen might have developed if Soviet-Jews had been permitted religious freedom. #JewishFood #recipes #Purim https://t.co/YTDySwydpq

[Lea Zeltserman @zeltserman]

@SashaVasilyuk I've gotten very into them - and my kids love that we basically can eat hamantaschen for dinner and then the regular ones for dessert. I did a recipe for salmon ones in Tablet a few years ago, on a similar 'what if we'd celebrated Jewish holidays in the USSR?' theme.

[Lea Zeltserman @zeltserman]

It's hamantaschen week! If you're looking for something savoury, I've just posted a mushroom hamantaschen recipe that imagines how #hamantaschen might have developed if Soviet-Jews had been permitted religious freedom. #JewishFood #recipes #Purim https://t.co/YTDySwydpq

[Lea Zeltserman @zeltserman]

Really excited for this @Pushkin_House talk on Russian food since 1800, which covers some of my fave interests - state control over food, Russian vs. Soviet cuisine & why Russians consider dishes like Uzbek plov "their" food. Today 14:30EST. #sovietfood https://t.co/i0PnL9fE2D

[Sasha Vasilyuk @SashaVasilyuk]

Join me @latimesfob or, better yet, give me tips for my 1st time! I’ve heard legends about the green room… And of course, if you’re into historical fiction, come to Sunday talk with @melissachadburn @crystalhanak @nguyen_p_quemai & Myriam Chancy. #bookfest

[Sasha Vasilyuk @SashaVasilyuk]

My picks for Women’s History Month @JewishBook are MOTHER DOLL by @katyaapekina and THE POSSIBILITIES by @ygoldlove https://t.co/uhZXOx6k6p

[Lea Zeltserman @zeltserman]

@VladaTeper I was glad you wrote about that. My grandparents were here for only a few months, and I'd forgotten so much of that period - or just didn't understand what was going on - but Gorbachev really stood out, even to my 10-yr-old self.

[Vlada @VladaTeper]

Honored to be included! Thank you for Soviet Samovar @zeltserman !

[AlinaAdams_Author @IamAlinaAdams]

Thank you for the shout out!!!

[Lea Zeltserman @zeltserman]

@VladaTeper @IamAlinaAdams @AnnaFridlis @PuncturedLines @SashaVasilyuk @MashaDC @MaratGrinberg Bc I forgot the link in the newsletter, a review of @maratGrinberg new book The Soviet-Jewish Bookshelf, which I'm excited to read. As booknerd who obsesses on how food shaped Soviet-Jewish identity, I'm here for the book perspective on it. https://t.co/8QRGbx5Lj1

[Lea Zeltserman @zeltserman]

SovietSamovar is back. I talk about cooking habits & nostalgia, why I stopped making soups & share a rassolnik (aka pickle soup) recipe. Plus, fab work from @VladaTeper @IamAlinaAdams @AnnaFridlis @PuncturedLines @sashavasilyuk @MashaDC @MaratGrinberg
https://t.co/YF2VzNYYkP

[Vlada @VladaTeper]

Moved to be included! Thank you @IamAlinaAdams and thank you so much @zeltserman !

[AlinaAdams_Author @IamAlinaAdams]

Yay! @zeltserman calls my YouTube series binge-worthy! Check it out at the link, along with some brilliant writing by @SashaVasilyuk, @MashaDC,@AnnaFridlis, @VladaTeper & all the post-#Soviet/#Jewish content you had no idea you needed! Plus, soup!

https://t.co/x0IC4v493Q