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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 11:53, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

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Cara De Silva

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  • ... that Cara De Silva called a book of recipes compiled by a woman in Terezin concentration camp, who died of starvation in 1944, not a cookbook but a record of "psychological resistance”? Source: "Cara De Silva, a journalist and historian of food and culinary culture who in 1996 edited a groundbreaking collection of recipes amassed by prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp, which became a surprise hit, died on Dec. 7 in Manhattan. She was 83.
    Mina Pachter, the prisoner who assembled the volume, died of starvation in 1944.
    Ms. De Silva decided to leave the recipes largely as they were, even though many were incomplete. This was not a cookbook, she insisted, but a Holocaust document and a record of what she considered “psychological resistance.”" NY Times

Created by Thriley (talk) and DaffodilOcean (talk). Nominated by Thriley (talk) at 12:07, 13 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Cara De Silva; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Think this is a great and really interesting hook, but have a slight issue with the content on the hook. The hook is about her saying something about someone else, and I think it could be better; possibly about her instead of something she said. Any other ideas? MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 23:18, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for your review. I think it should be clarified that she was the one who edited the book and got it published. It is her major claim to notability and a powerful hook. Let me make an alt. Thriley (talk) 03:15, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
  • ALT1 ... that after Cara De Silva published a book of recipes compiled by a woman in Terezin concentration camp, who died of starvation in 1944, she called it not a cookbook but a record of "psychological resistance”? Thriley (talk) 03:17, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
ALT1 is not possible as it is over 200 characters. Perhaps a shortened version can be proposed? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:51, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
ALT1a ... that after Cara De Silva published a book of recipes compiled by a woman in Terezin concentration camp, who died of starvation in 1944, she called it a record of "psychological resistance”? This version is 190 characters Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 16:31, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
@Mary Mark Ockerbloom:@Thriley: This is getting better, but I think "who died of stravation in 1944" doesn't need to be included; otherwise, ALT1a is a bit wordy. Additionally, removing that detail makes it slightly more interesting, but doesn't exclude too much information. MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 21:12, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
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