Sephardic Food: It Ain't Falafel
New website demystifies Sephardic food, "the original Mediterranean fusion cuisine"TM
Barcelona, Spain (PRWEB) April 28, 2005 -- Janet Amateau announces the launch
of www.SephardicCooking.com, a lively and informative website
devoted to Judeo-Spanish cuisine.
Emphasizing food appreciation and
education, the site will offer information on Sephardic cooking as it has
evolved in different countries, its surprising influence on world cuisine (for
example fish and chips with vinegar) and updates on Amateau's own Sephardic
cooking classes, which she teaches in Europe and the United States. As the site
expands, readers will be able to sample recipes from the classes and to access
links to pertinent websites.
Amateau, who is Sephardic, calls Sephardic
food "the original Mediterranean fusion cuisine"TM, noting its melding of Jewish
traditions and Iberian culinary predilections with the new and different tastes
and ingredients that were found in the countries of the second Diaspora (the
expulsion of Jews imposed by the Spanish Inquisition).
The Island of
Rhodes is the first region to be featured. "Rhodeslese Sephardic cooking is
unique in that it combines three traditions: Judeo-Spanish, Turkish and Greek,"
explains Amateau. "There's a subtle complexity of flavor and texture that is
utterly fabulous and very different from what people have come to expect from
Mediterranean food."
Amateau has created menus for landmark restaurants
and hotels including New York's Tavern on the Green and the Brown Palace Hotel
in Denver. "In my classes I teach the traditional recipes I was raised on and I
show people how to apply this style creatively to their own cooking," she says.
"Sephardic food isn't widely known or understood and it should be; it's varied,
delicious and healthful, sophisticated but easy to make, and historically and
culturally significant. For all of these reasons it merits promoting and
enjoying. The website will allow me to introduce it to more people -- and who
doesn't like to discover fabulous food?"
Contact:
Janet
Amateau
011.34.637.255.680
http://www.SephardicCooking.com
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/4/prweb234122.htm