BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:34726@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T190000 DTSTAMP:20250707T223556Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/boustany-celebrate-palestinian-cuis ine-with-sami-tamimi-michael-rafidi-2/ SUMMARY:BOUSTANY: Celebrate Palestinian Cuisine with Sami Tamimi & Michael Rafidi DESCRIPTION:WASHINGTON\, DC\n\n\n\nJoin Bold Fork Books to celebrate the re lease of BOUSTANY: A Celebration of Vegetables from my Palestine by author Sami Tamimi\, in a can't-miss conversation at All Souls Episcopal Church with James Beard Award-Winning DC Chef Michael Rafidi.\n\nDue to demand an d capacity\, we will NOT be processing refunds for this event.\n\nABOUT TH E AUTHOR: SAMI TAMIMI\n\nSami Tamimi was born and raised in Jerusalem and immersed in food since childhood. He started his career at 17 as commis-ch ef in a Jerusalem hotel and gained expertise by working his way up\, throu gh a variety of restaurants\, mastering diverse culinary traditions along the way\, to become head chef of Lilith\, one of the top restaurants in Te l Aviv in the 1990s. In 2002\, he partnered with Noam Bar and Yotam Ottole nghi to set up Ottolenghi in Notting Hill. The company now has seven delis and two restaurants\, NOPI and ROVI\, all in London. As the executive hea d chef\, Sami was involved in developing and nurturing young kitchen talen ts and creating new dishes and innovative menus. Sami and Yotam have writt en two critically acclaimed cookbooks\, Ottolenghi: The Cookbook and Jerus alem: A Cookbook. Sami’s third cookbook Falastin is co-authored with Tar a Wigley and is a winner of the Fortnum &\; Mason Cookery Book of the Y ear\, a James Beard Award nominee\, an IACP Award winner and longlisted fo r The Art of Eating Prize. Nowadays\, Sami divides his time between London and Umbria in Italy.\n\nABOUT THE COOKBOOK: BOUSTANY\n\nCelebrate the div erse cuisine of Palestine with more than 100 plant-based and vegetarian re cipes for festive meals\, breads\, desserts\, and more\, from the award-wi nning co-author of Jerusalem\, Falastin and co-founder of Ottolenghi.\n\nT he first solo cookbook from Ottolenghi co-founder Sami Tamimi\, Boustany i s a homage to Palestinian food and culture. "Boustany" translates from Ara bic as "my garden\," which reflects Sami's signature style and approach to food: colourful and simple vegetable- and grain-led dishes. Bold\, inspir ing and ever-evolving\, Boustany picks up where Falastin left off\, with f lavour-packed vegetable-based dishes\, including pantry items\, midweek ea sy meals and special to-be-shared dishes. It’s an approach that’s stro ngly present in Palestinian cuisine\, from building your mooneh\, or pantr y\, by preserving seasonal vegetables and herbs to lining the dinner table with a variety of salads and condiments reflective of a love for fresh an d vibrant food.\n\nThis is how Sami grew up eating – platters of eggplan t and chickpeas with a spicy green lemon sauce and fragrant lentil fatteh that always tasted better the next day. Boustany is filled with vibrant an d lively photographs of everyday meals that invite you into Sami's home. W ith recipes for breads\, dinner parties\, fermenting your own vegetables\, and more\, Sami shares the cultural fabric of Palestine through his eyes. \n\nABOUT THE MODERATOR: MICHAEL RAFIDI\n\nMichael Rafidi is the chef and owner of Michelin-starred Albi\, located in Washington\, D.C’s Navy Yard neighborhood. The menus reflect a creative update to traditional Palestin ian cuisine\, with modern techniques utilizing the best the Mid-Atlantic h as to offer. Inspired by his family's roots in Ramallah\, Palestine and gr andparents' home cooking\, Rafidi spent many years in some of the country' s best kitchens before he opened Albi in early 2020. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/07/dd.jpg LOCATION:All Souls Episcopal Church\, 2300 Cathedral Avenue Northwest\, Was hington\, District of Columbia\, 20008\, United States GEO:38.927556;-77.052872 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2300 Cathedral Avenue North west\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20008\, United States;X-APPLE-R ADIUS=100;X-TITLE=All Souls Episcopal Church:geo:38.927556,-77.052872 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR