Drizzle of Honey - Tapa blanda

A comprehensive discussion of the culinary history of the coverso Jews of Spain discusses how these Iberian Jews, forced to convert to Catholicism during the Inquisition, kept their ancient traditions alive in private and includes many traditional recipes. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

David Gitlitz and Linda Kay Davidson are professors at the University of Rhode Island. Each has written several books on Spanish culture, including Gitlitz's Secrecy and Deceit, an alternate selection of the History Book Club and winner of the 1996 National Jewish Book Award for Sephardic Studies and the 1997 Lucy B. Dawidowicz Prize for History. They are married and this is the first book they have written together. Their newest book is The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago, now available from St. Martin's Press.