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Jewish Italian Cooking

March 28, 2023, 7:30 pm

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Calling all food lovers and home chefs! Join Sisterhood and the Hendel Family Library as we welcome—via Zoom—cookbook author Benedet­ta Jasmine Guet­ta. Guetta’s most recent cookbook, Cook­ing alla Giu­dia, recently received a National Jewish Book Award—The Jane and Stu­art Weitzman Fam­i­ly Award for Food Writ­ing and Cook­books. Experience a virtual journey to Italy and learn about the amazing food  the Jews of Italy have contributed as well as their historical importance.

Join us via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82482393968?pwd=NHFwZm9yUGQwT05pN3MwUXJvMW9qdz09

Meeting ID: 824 8239 3968  •  Passcode: Cook1!

 

Cook­ing alla Giu­dia

Cooking alla Giudia is the ultimate tribute to the wonderfully rich, yet still largely unknown, culinary heritage of the Jews of Italy. From Roman deep-fried artichokes (carciofi alla giudia) to Venetian sarde in saor (sweet-and-sour sardines), Apulian orecchiette pasta, and Sicilian caponata, some of Italy’s best-known dishes are Jewish in origin. But little is known about the Jewish people in Italy and their culinary traditions. It was the Jews, for example, who taught Italians to eat the eggplant, and thus helped inspire the classic eggplant parmigiana and many other local specialties. With a collection of kosher recipes from all regions of Italy, including plenty of vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options, author Benedetta Jasmine Guetta is on a mission to tell the story of how the Jews changed Italian food, to preserve these recipes, and to share with home cooks the extraordinary dishes prepared in the Jewish communities of Italy. Highlighted throughout the book are menus with regional Italian specialties, along with short, useful guides to the Italian cities with Jewish history. The book will show how to integrate the recipes into your everyday meals and holiday traditions as well.

Benedet­ta Jas­mine Guet­ta

Benedetta Jasmine Guetta is an Italian food writer and photographer. She was born in Milan, but she lives in Santa Monica, California. In 2009, she cofounded a website called Labna, the only Jewish/Kosher cooking blog in Italy, specializing in Italian and Jewish cuisine. Since then, she has been spreading the word about the marvels of Italian Jewish food in Italy and abroad, teaching the recipes of the cuisine to a growing number of people in cooking schools, synagogues, and community centers, among other institutions. Her work has been featured in numerous news outlets in Italy and abroad, including the Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, Elle à Table, Saveur, and Tablet. Guetta has previously coauthored two cookbooks in Italian; this is her first English-language cookbook.

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