Bread with smoked meat, bagels with cream cheese and pickles: Jewish delis have a long tradition in New York, many fans – and have even become a museum of it.
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- Jewish gastronomies have long enriched the New York food scene.
Bis zum 2. April 2023 zeigt die New-York Historical Society (NYHS) am Central Park in Manhattan die Ausstellung «I will have what you are having: The Jewish Deli».
The quote comes from the cult comedy “Harry and Sally” from 1989. Harry (Billy Crystal) and Sally (Meg Ryan) are sitting in the Jewish delicatessen “Katz’s” and Harry claims that no woman can fake an orgasm for him. Then Sally does just that, deceptively real and in the middle of the restaurant, whereupon a woman at the table next to her tells the waiter, “I want exactly what she had!”
The show, previously seen at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, is “delightful” and has “cultural significance,” said Louise Mirrer, director of NYHS. “And we wouldn’t be surprised if visitors leave craving a smoked meat sandwich.” You can see mainly objects from the history of the so-called delicatessens. Founded in the early 19th century, the Historical Society is primarily devoted to the history of metropolitan New York.
