“We nibbled on it like mice.” Novelist Bell Kaufman (May 10, 1911 – July 25, 2014) on her first taste of chocolate.

Bel Kaufman, z"l, granddaughter of Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem and author of award-winning novels (Up the Downstair Case), recalls the food shortages of her childhood in Soviet Ukraine and how her early memories of hunger have made her deeply appreciative of food.

For the full interview, visit the Yiddish Book Center here

— sdl