I learned about Molly Goldberg when I was studying Russian in grad school. In one of my language classes, we studied the six different patterns for how a Russian phrase typically rises and falls. They were called "EKAs." I can't remember what that stands for. But I'll never forget that one of them was named the Molly Goldberg EKA. It rises in the middle and falls at the end. I've never actually heard Molly Goldberg speak, but I imagine it might be how she would say, "Such a MENSCH he is, to make my soup."
A, what a lovely essay, Jason! B, I just ordered myself a copy of Berg's book, which somehow, improbably, I do not already own. C, I'm just crazy about The Goldbergs, and I've watched all the extant episodes repeatedly. D, I seem to recall learning (perhaps from the documentary?) that Berg more or less couldn't cook. E, When Gertrude won the Tony for Best Actress in a Play for A Majority of One, she bested, among others, Lynn Fontanne in The Visit!
It's crazy to me that she couldn't cook because I have a good number of old Jewish cookbooks and this one is stocked. I'd say it's even better than Jennie Grossinger's. It's got everything.
(Also, there are few things more fun than Gertrude doing her own Sanka commercials, in character as Molly, smashing the fourth wall as she chats with the TV audience.)
I learned about Molly Goldberg when I was studying Russian in grad school. In one of my language classes, we studied the six different patterns for how a Russian phrase typically rises and falls. They were called "EKAs." I can't remember what that stands for. But I'll never forget that one of them was named the Molly Goldberg EKA. It rises in the middle and falls at the end. I've never actually heard Molly Goldberg speak, but I imagine it might be how she would say, "Such a MENSCH he is, to make my soup."
A, what a lovely essay, Jason! B, I just ordered myself a copy of Berg's book, which somehow, improbably, I do not already own. C, I'm just crazy about The Goldbergs, and I've watched all the extant episodes repeatedly. D, I seem to recall learning (perhaps from the documentary?) that Berg more or less couldn't cook. E, When Gertrude won the Tony for Best Actress in a Play for A Majority of One, she bested, among others, Lynn Fontanne in The Visit!
It's crazy to me that she couldn't cook because I have a good number of old Jewish cookbooks and this one is stocked. I'd say it's even better than Jennie Grossinger's. It's got everything.
I can't wait to get my copy!
(Also, there are few things more fun than Gertrude doing her own Sanka commercials, in character as Molly, smashing the fourth wall as she chats with the TV audience.)
The folks at NYT Cooking have a version of it too: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023002-pickle-soup-ogorkowa-zupa