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Born and raised in the
large Syrian/Lebanese community of Brooklyn, New York, Virginla
Jerro Gerbino, a grandmother herself, is the family cook and the
keeper of its culinary traditions. She has inherited her love
of cooking from her mother, Helen, who excelled in the preparation
of Syrian pastries. She is a legal secretary and now resides
in New Jersey.
Her first cousin and
co-author
Philip M. Kayal, was also born in Brooklyn, but presently
resides
in New Jersey. A sociologist at Seton Hall University,
he is the author of several books on the Arab-American
Experience.
Realizing that food is
part of ethnic identity and heritage, the authors see this cookbook
as a necessary contribution to the culinary melting pot of America. |
