Revisit family narratives and discover secret ingredients with the help of historians, genealogists and culinary experts, including the inimitable Joan Nathan, author of Jewish Cooking in America and My Life in Recipes. Colorful comfort foods are brought to life in an eclectic mix of American kitchens and illustrated with treasured family photos, illuminating historical documents and a peek into one of the country’s largest collections of Jewish American cookbooks.

Families set a place at the Jewish table for viewers as they reconstruct — and deconstruct — their families’ favorite meals. Marissa tweaks her grandmother’s famous brisket with chili sauce; Marissa’s grandmother, Diane, has a few thoughts on how it turned out! Tricks of the trade come from Bill, who uses the handwritten recipe from his father’s San Antonio deli every time he makes cheese blintzes. There’s also Emily’s salade cuite de poivrons, which encapsulates her year abroad with a French Algerian family that opened her palate to the world outside Ashkenazi cuisine — and her mind to the wider Jewish diaspora.

Viewers’ plates are filled with delectable recipes and family stories, like the centuries-old tale of Sephardic migration to the intricate link of Syrian cuisine and pomegranate molasses. Our understanding of what makes food Jewish is expanded with vegetarian kreplach and sweet and sour cabbage with marrow bones. FAMILY RECIPE: JEWISH AMERICAN STYLE inspires every family to dust off their recipe boxes (and call your mother — or bubbe!). Every delicious dish is a story of resilience, resistance and reinvention, with a side of laughter and a generous slice of life. L’Chaim!