Curated Cuisine: Joan Nathan's favorite Jewish recipes from family history

Curated Cuisine is a monthly series examining all things edible, from the chefs cooking the food to the writers reviewing the recipes. Meet the people shaping the food industry, both local and national and enjoy a post-show bite inspired by the conversation.

There is no greater authority on Jewish cooking than Joan Nathan. In addition to her latest, “My Life in Recipes: Food, Family, and Memories.” Nathan has written twelve other cookbooks, including “King  Solomon's Table,” “Jewish Cooking in America” and “The Jewish Holiday Baker.”  She has won numerous awards and has been inducted into the James Beard Foundation’s Who’s Who in American Food and Beverage. “My Life in Recipes” is her most personal book yet, recounting her family’s arrival to America, her childhood and an adulthood centered around family and meals. Boston Magazine food editor Rachel Leah Blumenthal moderates.

Copies of the book will be available to purchase from our bookstore partner Brookline Booksmith, Nathan will sign and guests will enjoy a bite from the book following the conversation.

This event is co-produced by Boston University Metropolitan College Programs in Food & Wine.

About “My Life in Recipes”

Before hummus was available in every grocery store — before shakshuka was a dish on every brunch menu — Joan Nathan taught home cooks how and why they should make these now-beloved staples themselves. Here, in her most personal book yet, the beloved authority on global Jewish cuisine uses recipes to look back at her own family’s history — their arrival in America from Germany; her childhood in postwar New York and Rhode Island; her years in Paris, New York, Israel and Washington, D.C. Nathan shares her story — of marriage, motherhood and a career as a food writer; of a life well-lived and centered around meals — and she punctuates it with all the foods she has come to love.  With over 100 recipes from roast chicken to rugelach, from matzoh ball soup to challah and brisket, here are updated versions of her favorites. But here too are new favorites: Salmon with Preserved Lemon and Za’atar; Fragrant Spiced Chicken with Rice, Eggplant, Peppers, and Zucchini; Mahammar (a Syrian pepper, pomegranate and walnut dip); Moroccan Chicken with Almonds, Cinnamon and Couscous; Joan’s version of the perfect Black and White Cookies.  This is a treasury of recipes and stories — and an invitation to a seat at Nathan's table.

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