The Book Stall in Winnetka, Ill., welcomed local author Leah Eskin (r.) and publisher Arthur Levine (l.) to discuss her debut historical novel, Like Wafers in Honey (Levine Querido), for an enthusiastic crowd. Eskin and Levine met as students at Brown University in Providence, R.I. When Levine had the idea for a novel based on the life of Jewish cookbook star Edda Servi Machlin, he knew exactly who should write it. Eskin's food column ran in the Chicago Tribune for 20 years, and her writing has been nominated twice for a Pulitzer Prize.
