I’ve spent some time recently with my many tomes on Jewish food… all of which contain snippets of history but none of which tell me what I want to know.
I can find a page or two sketching out the history of Jews in France between approximately 800 and 1300 CE, for example, but no trace of what foods came in or went out with them.
I have on my to-do list a more thorough research project into the history of Jews in France, but this fall has been a whirlwind and I haven’t made a serious attempt at undertaking that yet. I’m armed with a few directions in which I want to start my search, and I promise to report back when I have something of interest to share.
