As the subtitle of his book states, these are ``recipes you should have gotten from your grandmother.''Īlthough Smith lives in Seattle, he travels to Chicago three months a year to film his television series at WTTW-TV Chicago. Smith visited the homes and communities of many different cultural groups, and tells how to make their traditional foods. A 35-chapter companion cookbook by the same name - now third on the New York Times bestseller list - is also available (New York: William Morrow, $19.95).īoth the cookbook and show discuss the food of immigrants who came to the United States through Ellis Island. It is the fifth show in Smith's ongoing Frugal Gourmet series - the highest-rated television cooking show ever. Smith, who is a Methodist minister, is the host of public television's currently-airing, 39-program series ``The Frugal Gourmet On Our Immigrant Ancestors.'' His beaming, bearded countenance is seen on 288 television stations across the United States. We need this ethnic glue which holds us together.'' ``I want Americans to hold onto their heritage as they learn about other cultures. ``We are a land of proud immigrants with many traditions and flavors,'' he says in a Monitor interview. THE concept of America as a melting pot does not sit well with Jeff Smith, the Frugal Gourmet.
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