delicatessens

When Ellie accidentally overhears that her family deli is most likely going to close, she does the only thing she can think of. She makes a wish on matzo ball soup. Eleven-year-old Ellie is feisty, determined, and a little bit anxious. She considers Lukshen Deli part of the family--after all, it's been around for four generations, ever since her great-grandmother opened it. Along with her BFF, Ava; her sisters, Anna and Mabel; her lunch buddies, Aanya, Brynn, Nina, and Sally; and her grandparents, Bubbie and Zeyda, Ellie is determined to prove that old fashioned Jewish delis can get with the times--but if her plan doesn't work, the deli will be sold for good.

Hans-Peter, who enjoys working in his family's Chicago delicatessen, applies for admission to the prestigious Peshtigo School that his cousin Freddie, a vegan and outspoken animal rights activist, attends.

Gas station clerk Todd has a crazy night when a storm hits and he is stuck at work with a punk, a pregnant woman, a muscleman, and a ruthless old woman.

A young boy goes to work with his uncle and learns what goes on in a deli.

Raisin and Rice, two Manhattan mice who live in the storeroom at Zanzibar's Deli, which is filled with delectable treats, prepare a Christmas feast and discover the most important ingredient--friends. Includes recipe for "Raisin and Rice Christmas Treats.".

Ben Ryder Howe recounts his wife's decision to buy her Korean-American parents a deli in Brooklyn, and describes his experiences helping in the store when it struggled while continuing his job as an editor at the Paris Review.