Jerusalem: A Love Letter To Food And Memories Of Home | Synopsis

Jerusalem: A Love Letter To Food And Memories Of Home

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Jerusalem is known for its bitter politics, a divided city where decades of religious and political strife have torn away shared spaces. But as British-Israeli chef Yotam Ottolenghi tells NPR's Melissa Block, if there's one place in which Jerusalemites of all stripes still stand united, it's in their love of food. And food, in Jerusalem, is everywhere. It's practically an obsession. The city becomes the muse for Ottolenghi and co-author Sami Tamimi in their lush new cookbook — part travelogue, part memoir, all Jerusalem. For Ottolenghi, these recipes are a chance "to show that there's a lot in the Jerusalem experience that is shared and common to everybody," he tells Block.   For example, both chefs got in plenty of trouble as kids for their love of a street-fresh falafel sandwich on the way home from school.

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Tahini Falafel Hummus Middle Eastern cuisine Jerusalem Cooking Tomato Chef

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Yotam Ottolenghi

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0.141263	"Hummus is everybody's favorite food in Jerusalem, and when you talk about something that is so common to everybody but in a place that's so highly divided in many ways, it is already a formula for explosion in many ways. Everybody wants to take ownership of that plate of hummus, both Jews and Arabs, and when this argument starts, there's no end to it," Ottolenghi says. ...
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Melissa Block

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Sami Tamimi

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British-Israeli

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Region: East Jerusalem

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City: Jerusalem

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Chefs Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi say their latest cookbook is a chance to re-imagine the recipes of their childhoods, reminiscing about Jerusalem's open-air food markets and street food.

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Jerusalem: A Love Letter To Food And Memories Of Home

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Full Content: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/10/15/162805706/jerusalem-a-love-letter-to-food-and-memories-of-home?ft=1&f=1016

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