David Sax


Save the Deli is a man (David Sax) and a site (http://www.savethedeli.com), and a book (Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) dedicated to saving the Jewish deli from extinction, mayonaise, and various other atrocities that dare interfere with the purity of meat on rye with mustard.

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What a Deli Lover Thinks

I’ve been running the blog savethedeli.com for nearly three years, and in that time I’ve…

What’s So Funny About a Jewish Deli?

Delis are funny places. Have you ever sulked out of a delicatessen feeling like the…

Where Deli is Community

Once upon a time, the delicatessen was the third pole of Jewish American communal life.…

A Near-Death Sandwich

I’m often asked what was the highlight of writing my book Save the Deli. What’s…

Funny, It Doesn’t Taste Jewish…

David Sax is the author of Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty…