Preserving Class - July 2011

• When 17 July (11am - 3pm, depending on cooking time)
• Where Oded's Kitchen (The Old Biscuit Mill, Salt River)
• Cost R450 (50% deposit required to secure your place)
• What Preserving - seasonal marmalade, pickle (gherkin or carrot), preserved lemons and a 3 tomato salsa.
• Spaces 7 people
• Booking lewis@odeds-kitchen.co.za or 021 447 0400

This class is designed for both the preserving beginner and novice. No previous experience is required - even if you have never cooked before. Oded will begin the class with a short lecture on the history of preserving and a tasting of part of Oded's Kitchen's current range of products. Then it's roll up your sleeves and get cooking! You need only bring yourself and comfortable clothing (if you have a favourite knife, please bring it along). A snack lunch will be provided to keep up the spirits, aprons, utensils and all ingredients will also be supplied. And the best part is that you get to take home whatever is made during the class!

Lecture - Wild Ox & Leviathan (Food inspired from the Old Testament)

Date: 26 July

Time: 12 noon

Venue: Astra Coffee Shop - 20 Breda St, CT (link to google maps)

Cost: R100

Wild Ox & Leviathan

A culinary cultural journey through ancient Jewish flavours, history and traditions

Food plays an almost obsessive role in Jewish life. To the Jewish mother it is a controlling tool, to the community it is a way of celebrating and keeping the tradition going; in the Bible (Old Testament) and the Talmud, ingredients, food and detailed description of dishes are used as a potent metaphors and a useful tool for describing laws and boundaries.

Oded Schwartz, a world authority on the history of Jewish food, takes you on a fascinating journey through the Biblical and Talmudic kitchen with its exotic, spicy and deeply symbolic food - our sages not only had a great appetite - they also knew how to cook.

Intrigued by the abundance of references to food – Oded has created a biblical and Talmudic feast. With contemporary understanding he uses facts, fiction and sometimes sheer culinary fantasy to create a meal which, as well as being delicious, tells the story of a fascinating past.

This audio/gastro experience will include dishes like the stew that Abraham served the visiting Angels, the lentil ‘pottage’ which split nations and naughty but nice delicacies which King Solomon might have served his mistress after a long night of passion.

Canapes will be served during the lecture and a question and answer session will follow to answer any questions you may have about the lecture.

To book, please contact: Tarnya on 021 461 8414 or via email (coffeetime@jsec.org.za) or book direct from the shop (Oded's Kitchen at the Old Biscuit Mill - 021 447 0400 lewis@odeds-kitchen.co.za)

For more information about this lecture or the work Oded is doing at Oded's Kitchen, please visit our website - www.odeds-kitchen.co.za