Food for Talk is a book club for anyone interested in cooking!
This month, our guest chef is Amin Shah . He will demonstrate how to make some of his favorite dishes from his home country of Afghanistan. Stepping in to lead our discussion is Anna Mays, an extraordinary baker and one of the coordinators of Mosaic of Flavor with City Markey and USCRI Vermont.
Shah came to Vermont in 2018 from his home country of Afghanistan. While he was on missions in remote regions as an interpreter for the US military, he loved to spend his free time cooking for his American and Afghan friends. Shah has also been an instructor for the Mosaic of Flavor cooking classes. He is fluent in Pashto, Urdu, Farsi, Punjabi and English. Since moving to Vermont, Shah has started a saffron import business selling pure Afghan saffron from his family's farm in Herat Province. He is excited to share his love of Afghan cuisine with us. Please join us for the demonstration of Afghan dishes by Amin Shah Sahil and the discussion of Parwana by Durkhanai Ayubi with recipes by Farida Ayubi on Sunday, March 13 at 3pm.
More information on how to join this community of home cooks and fellow culinary travelers can be found after the description of this month's cookbook.
About Parwana: Recipes and Stories from an Afghan Kitchen by Durkhanai Ayubi
Interwoven with traditional Afghan recipes is one family’s story of a region long afflicted by war, but with much more at its heart. Author Durkhanai Ayubi’s parents, Zelmai and Farida Ayubi, fled Afghanistan with their young children in 1985, at the height of the Cold War.
When their family-run restaurant Parwana opened its doors in Adelaide in 2009, their vision was to share with the world their family memories through the delights of Afghan cuisine, infused with Afghanistan's rich historical culture and traditions of generosity and hospitality, to offer a more complete picture of the country they had left behind.
Co-sponsored by City Market.
About Food For Talk Bookclub:
If reading about food, experimenting with new recipes and learning from other cooks sounds fun, then the Food For Talk Cookbook Book Club is for you! Chef Richard Witting has selected some beautifully delectable cookbooks. Signing up is as easy as 1.2.3....
1. To register, contact Programming Librarian, Barbara Shatara, at bshatara@burlingtonvt.gov
2. Place a Hold on the book. We will contact you when the book is ready at the Library.
3. Read through it, make a dish (though not required) and bring your experiences to the discussion. Barbara will send you meeting information the week of the discussion.
