The Streicker Center NYC: in conversation with Jake Cohen on "The 'Other' Jewish Food"
lun. 10 mars
|New York
https://streicker-fall-2024.ticketleap.com/other-jewish-food/dates/Mar-10-2025_at_0700PM


Time & Location
10 mars 2025, 19:00 – 23:00
New York, 1 E 65th St, New York, NY 10065, USA
About the event

If you are still under the illusion that “Jewish” food means gefilte fish, brisket, bagels and kugel — with a little bit of falafel thrown in for good measure — you haven’t met Hélène Jawhara Piñer.
A culinary historian who mines the history of Sephardic cooking from the records of Inquisition trials, medical treatises and medieval cookbooks written in Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Occitan, Italian and Hebrew, she opens a fascinating new window into our other Jewish culinary traditions, transporting us to an ancient world too often ignored.
Her new book, Matzah and Flour, offers 125 recipes that showcase the power that flour from grains like barley and chickpeas had in sustaining Sephardic families. With savory delicacies and sweet delights, she intertwines narratives about the cultures the dishes reflect.
Hélène joins us to delve into the symbolism of matzo as an embodiment of Jewish resilience and to celebrate Sephardic cuisines and…