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:34731@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250715T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250715T180000 DTSTAMP:20250707T230230Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/sami-tamimi-with-ana-sortun-boustan y-2/ SUMMARY:Sami Tamimi with Ana Sortun: Boustany DESCRIPTION:BROOKLINE\, MA\n\n\n\n\nLive and in person at the Coolidge Corn er Theatre with Brookline Booksmith\, to celebrate the release of Boustany with author Sami Tamimi\, in conversation with Ana Sortun.\n \;\nRegi ster for the event!\nThis event is ticketed. Tickets include a general adm ission seat at the event and a copy of Boustany.\nTicketholders will recei ve email updates with important details about the program. If this event s ells out\, there will not be a waiting list.\n\nSigned books!\nThis event will include a live signing at the end of the talk\, taking place across t he street from the theater at Brookline Booksmith.\n \;\nCAN'T MAKE IT TO THE EVENT? Preorder the book here to have it signed\, and choose to ha ve it held for pickup or shipped from the store!\nBook orders are processe d for pickup or shipping after ticket sales have closed.\n\n\n\n\nBoustany : A Celebration of Vegetables from My Palestine\n \;\n\nCelebrate the diverse cuisine of Palestine with more than 100 plant-based and vegetarian recipes for festive meals\, breads\, desserts\, and more\, from the award -winning co-author of Jerusalem\, Falastin and co-founder of Ottolenghi.\n \n“With recipes rooted in nostalgia and memory\, Sami Tamimi brings his heritage to life\, plate by plate.”—Andy Baraghani\, James Beard award –winning author of The Cook You Want to Be\n\nThe first solo cookbook fr om Ottolenghi co-founder Sami Tamimi\, Boustany is anhomage to Palestinian food and culture. "Boustany" translates from Arabic as "my garden\," whic h reflects Sami's signature style and approach to food: colorful and simpl e vegetable- and grain-led dishes. Bold\, inspiring and ever-evolving\, Bo ustany picks up where Falastin left off\, with flavor-packed vegetable-bas ed dishes\, including pantry items\, midweek easy meals and special to-be- shared dishes. It’s an approach that’s strongly present in Palestinian cuisine\, from building your mooneh\, or pantry\, by preserving seasonal vegetables and herbs to lining the dinner table with a variety of salads a nd condiments reflective of a love for fresh and vibrant food.This is how Sami grew up eating—platters of eggplant and chickpeas with a spicy gree n lemon sauce and fragrant lentil fatteh that always tasted better the nex t day. These are the 100 vegan and vegetarian dishes he has known\, loved\ , cooked\, and shared with friends\, including:\n\n• Braised eggs with p ita bread\, tomatoes &\; za’atar• Smoky chickpeas with cilantro tah ini• Crushed butter beans with orange\, makdous &\; mint• Fried hal loumi with purslane salad• Couscous fritters with preserved lemon yogurt • Jerusalem sesame bread• Fenugreek &\; onion buns• Pan-baked tah ini\, halva &\; coffee brownie• Labneh &\; pomegranate ice cream\n \nBoustany is filled with vibrant and lively photographs of everyday meals that invite you into Sami's home. With recipes for breads\, dinner partie s\, fermenting your own vegetables\, and more\, Sami shares the cultural f abric of Palestine through his eyes.\n\nSami Tamimi was born and raised in Jerusalem and immersed in food since childhood. Hestarted his career at 1 7 as commis-chef in a Jerusalem hotel and gained expertise by workinghis w ay up\, through a variety of restaurants\, mastering diverse culinary trad itions along the way\,to become head chef of Lilith\, one of the top resta urants in Tel Aviv in the 1990s. In 2002\, hepartnered with Noam Bar and Y otam Ottolenghi to set up Ottolenghi in Notting Hill. Thecompany now has s even delis and two restaurants\, NOPI and ROVI\, all in London. As theexec utive head chef\, Sami was involved in developing and nurturing young kitc hen talents andcreating new dishes and innovative menus. Sami and Yotam ha ve written two critically acclaimed cookbooks\, Ottolenghi: The Cookbook a nd Jerusalem: A Cookbook. Sami’s third cookbook Falastin is co-authored with Tara Wigley and is a winner of the Fortnum &\; Mason Cookery Book of the Year\, a James Beard Award nominee\, an IACP Award winner and longl isted for The Art of Eating Prize. Nowadays\, Sami divides his time betwee n London and Umbria in Italy.\n\nAna Sortun is a native of Seattle\, Washi ngton and graduated from La Varenne Ecole de Cuisine de Paris in 1989. She opened her first restaurant\, Oleana\, in 2001 and was named Best Chef in the Northeast by the James Beard Foundation in 2005. That same year she g ave birth to her daughter Siena and wrote her first cookbook\, Spice: Flav ors of the Eastern Mediterranean. In 2010\, she opened Sofra Bakery and Ca fé with business partner and Pastry Chef\, Maura Kilpatrick and several y ears later they co-authored Soframiz: Vibrant Middle Eastern Recipes from Sofra Bakery. In 2013\, Sortun partnered with Chef Cassie Piuma to open Sa rma in Somerville\, modeled after a Turkish meyhane or meze restaurant. An a is a James Beard Semi-Finalist for Outstanding Chef in 2015\, 2016\, 201 7 and 2019 and a finalist in 2020. She is known for bringing Middle Easter n flavors into the mainstream through her passion of Turkish cooking\, spi ces and her husband’s (Chris Kurth of Siena Farms) fresh\, organic veget ables.\n\nFun Fact—Oleana is Ana’s full/real name. Ana is a nick name. Oleana is an old-fashioned Norwegian name that has nothing to do with Tur kish food or the Mediterranean but it’s also a song and a story about a utopia or promised land!\n\n \;\nAbout Brookline Booksmith\nWe are one of New England’s premier independent bookstores\, family-owned and loca lly run since 1961. We offer an extensive selection of new\, used\, and ba rgain books\; unique\, beautiful gifts\; award-winning events series\; and specialty foods. Every day\, we strive to foster community through the wr itten word\, represent a diverse range of voices and histories\, and inspi re conversations that enrich our lives. Find more at brooklinebooksmith.co m!\n\n \;\n\nEVENT ACCESSIBILITY\n\nThis event will take place on the second floor of Coolidge Corner Theatre\, accessible by stair or elevator. Wheelchair spaces are available in the theater. ASL interpretation may be provided (based on the availability of interpreters) but must be requeste d at least 2 weeks in advance of the event. Seats are general admission (f irst come\, first served). Please email us at tickets@brooklinebooksmith.c om as soon as possible if you require ASL interpretation\, a guaranteed se at location\, a wheelchair space\, or other accommodations. 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