The UVM Food Systems Graduate Program and the Humanities Center are pleased to host a screening of the documentary film, Deli Man, Friday, April 8, at 4:00 pm, in the Fleming Museum, room 101. A discussion will follow with the film's Director & Producer, Erik Greenberg Anjou.

DELI MAN is a documentary film about a third-generation deli man, Ziggy Gruber, who has built arguably the finest delicatessen restaurant in the U.S. His story, augmented by the stories of iconic delis such as Katzʼs, 2nd Avenue Deli, Nate ʻn Al, Carnegie, and the Stage, embodies a tradition indelibly linked to its savory, nostalgic foods.

Deli man is the third work in a trilogy about Jewish culture, produced and directed by Erik Greenberg Anjou.  The celebrated preceding films are“A Cantorʼs Tale” and “The Klezmatics - On Holy Ground,” which have to date screened at more than two hundred international film festivals and have been broadcast in the U.S., Israel, Canada and Poland.

The principal guide of Deli Man is the effusive and charming Ziggy Gruber, a third-generation delicatessen man, owner and maven (as well as a Yiddish-speaking French trained chef) who currently operates one of the countryʼs top delis, Kenny and Ziggyʼs in Houston, Texas. Kenny and Ziggyʼs has been touted in press reviews ranging from “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” to the L.A. Daily News.