Cooking Sephardi History with Dr. Hélène Jawhara Piñer
American Sephardi Federation in partnership with the UJA-Federation of New York and TriBeCa Synagogue present:
Cooking Sephardi History with Dr. Hélène Jawhara Piñer
Join Festival Sefarad with culinary historian, celebrated chef, and cookbook author Dr. Hélène Jawhara Piñer as she reflects on ways food can tell stories about Sephardic Jews. The workshop will feature a cooking demo and be followed by a book signing.
Purchase the award-winning books by Dr. Hélène Jawhara Piñer.
Jews, Food, and Spain: The Oldest Medieval Spanish Cookbook and the Sephardic Culinary Heritage
Matzah and Flour: Recipes from the History of the Sephardic Jews
Friday, 6 June at 2:00PM
@Tribeca Synagogue – 49 White Street, NYC
ASF Broome & Allen Fellow Hélène Jawhara Piñer earned her Ph.D in History, Medieval History, and the History of Food from the University of Tours, France. An administrator of the over 11,000 member Sephardi Cuisine! group on Facebook, her recipes have appeared in the Sephardi World Weekly, Sephardi Ideas Monthly, Tablet Magazine, The Forward, and S&P Central’s Newsletter.