Join food columnist and author Faith Kramer for a book talk and Spice Workshop as you create exotic blends to enliven your cooking. Hear all about Kramer’s travels in Jewish communities the world over on her journey to discover the world’s best Shabbat recipes.

Let Kramer’s book, 52 Shab­bats, be your guide if you have ever thought about start­ing, shar­ing or expand­ing your cel­e­bra­tion of Shab­bat. The book’s many essays and sto­ries also explore Shab­bat tra­di­tions, the Jew­ish cal­en­dar and the sym­bol­ism of foods in Judaism, offer descrip­tions of Jew­ish com­mu­ni­ties around the world, and inves­ti­gate the glob­al Jew­ish pantry. The cook­book won gold in the Fore­word Reviews Indies Book Award for 2021 in the cook­book category. 

Faith Kramer learned to love Shab­bat from her grand­moth­er, who was a ter­ri­ble cook, and how to impro­vise recipes from her moth­er, who was a fear­less one. Now Kramer is a writer, recipe devel­op­er and speak­er on Jew­ish food­ways. She is cook­ing colum­nist for j., the Jew­ish News of North­ern Cal­i­for­nia and lives in the San Fran­cis­co Bay Area.

Ticketed event: $18 includes book talk, Q&A, spice workshop with homeade spice blends to take home

Mandel JCC Stonehill Auditorium

March 5, 2023, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST

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