From Arak To Za’Atar: Jerusalem and its many culinary traditions
Key information
- Date
- Time
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6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Venue
- Brunei Gallery
- Room
- Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
- Event type
- Lecture
About this event
Yotam Ottolenghi
"In my lecture I will talk about stuffed vegetables and rice casseroles, about hummus wars and various other culinary skirmishes, and about pork shrewdly dressed as turkey. Through these I will try to give a general view of Jerusalem, its tapestry of people and some of the foods they celebrate and fight over.” Loading the player...Yotam Ottolenghi: From Arak To Za’Atar: Jerusalem and its many culinary traditions
Biography
“I grew up in Jerusalem and left it more than two decades ago. More recently, I returned to the city to look at it through a chef’s eyes and try to understand its food. This turned out to be a very tall order: the city’s culinary cultures are so complex and intricate, and also so sensitive and politically charged, that I had to make do with descriptions and stories that are either very private or rather arbitrary.”
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