Mama Drevich’s Veal Meat Loaf

Seema “Sylvia” Salzberg came from a long line of bakers in the town of Kozienice, Poland (a town whose rabbis were immortalized in Isaac Bashevis Singers novels). But when her daughter, my friend Shirley Drevich, remembers her mother’s cooking, it’s the meat loaf she misses the most. And what meat loaf! The delicacy of lean ground veal punctuated with pungent fresh dill and garlic. A loaf that’s crusty and brown on the outside, yet meltingly moist within. The shot of club soda acts as a lea