Blessed Hands - Masterclass and Performance

Come find yourself transported to late Ottoman Turkey. To Spain of 1492. To the winding backstreets of an unnamed Middle Eastern city. Cook a delectable meal inspired by these places and others in the SWANA (South West Asia and North Africa) region while constantly asking, what is authentic in this food? What makes anything authentic? And why? Join Anthropologist and performer Dr Michal Nahman for a cookery Masterclass & theatrical performance, which brings together song, dance, and comedy. Leading us through a menu based on several years of interviews with her Sephardi Jewish family, as well as her many collaborators from Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and British backgrounds researching food diasporas in the UK. During this unique class, you'll learn to prepare: Piaz Salad - a Turkish/Sephardi white bean salad with red onions, sumac, and pomegranate molasses Chraymeh - Tunisian/Mizrahi spicy tomato stew, with caraway, fresh coriander Aubergine Schintzel - Smoky, crispy, panko and sesame seed encrusted aubergines Kataif with grilled stone fruit - Golden kataif filo thin noodles, soaked in Michal's homemade rose petal syrup, topped with a dollop of plant-based creme fraiche and a grilled summer stone fruit In this debut show she launches her Arts and Humanities Research Council funded production of Blessed Hands/Bendichas Manos (Cooking Up a Show With My Turkish Jewish Granny). This isn't just a vegan cookery class. It's a fully-immersive experience during which you'll laugh, learn, be entertained, and eat!