One Passover, the siblings become particularly attached to the carp in their bathtub, and try to save him. Known for cooking the best gefilte fish in all of New York City, Leah and Harry's mother would always buy a live fish, a week before the holiday, in order to have the freshest ingredients when cooking. Let's face it, real shots often sound a lot like firecrackers, and this is a mystery Blog.Looking back from the distance of many years, Leah narrates this story of her girlhood in Flatbush, Queens, when she and her brother Harry would surreptitiously refuse to eat any gefilte fish at Rosh Hashanah and Passover. So, I'm off to Chinatown where I can see the parade of dragons and hear the firecrackers, or at least I hope that's what they are. Must be because of the paucity of titles I've been able to come up with. Speaking of food, here's a great article from Salon on "The Carp in the Bathtub" by Alan Deutschman for all you foodies out there.īut I digress. Now carp reminds me of another holiday completely, and one of my favorite holiday books, not a mystery, is The Carp in the Bathtub by Barbara Cohen, illustrated by Joan Halpern. Did you know that carp is a typical main course o n New Year's Eve? Carp symbolizes a profitable year ahead.
During my search I discovered some information about typical foods for Chinese New Year. I seem to remember a mystery by William Marshall (Yellowthread Street mysteries) set during Chinese New Year, but I may be mistaken.
The Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee by Robert Van Gulik (7th Century china) "New Year's Eve in Lan-Fang"Īnd, a short story by Mary Reed and Eric Mayer: "The Lady Fish Mystery", EQMM, September/October 1996. I'd love to find out which ones I'm missing. Yes, there's the Nancy Drew, The Chinese New Year Mystery that's part of the Nancy Drew Notebooks ( by Carolyn Keene and Jan Naimo Jones), but I was looking for adult mysteries. Living in San Francisco, the City that Knows How, I thought I'd put together a special mystery list for Chinese New Year! This wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. I love holiday mysteries, as you probably know if you've been following this Blog. 恭賀發財 Gung Ho Fat Choy! This is the Year of the Ox.
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