Cocktails With Meal and A Spiel

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10:00 AM
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Cocktails with Meal and Spiel (Ingredient List is Below)

10am PDT


Elana Horwich, author of Meal and A Spiel: How to be a Badass in the Kitchen, prepares cocktails and crostinis in conversation with Rabbi Sherre Hirsch, for a Shabbat afternoon soiree that will be sure to impress your Shabbat guests over Zoom!

If you'd like to purchase a signed copy of Meal and A Spiel by Elana Horwich, please visit: https://www.elanahorwich.com/cookbooks/meal-and-a-spiel-cookbook-tptwf And use discount code SPIELFORAJU for 20% off. 


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Born to parents who defrosted Lean Cuisine for dinner, Elana Horwich taught herself to cook because the kitchen was the only place in the house her mother couldn’t find her. In her 20’s she had an epiphany that took her to Italy for 5 years. There, she worked in bars, fell in and out of love, ate her way through the peninsula and garnered life experiences she would one day write about. While devouring every aspect of local culture, she learned to cook from an Italian mamma in a Tuscan villa. A former high school history teacher and comedian, Elana started the Meal and a Spiel cooking school to empower people across the country to cook passionately with confidence, intuition and love. She has B.A. from Brown University and a Masters from Middlebury College in Florence, both in Jewish Italian Studies. She has been featured on Hallmark Channel, Readers Digest, Real Simple, Huffington Post and GoodDayLA. Her ultimate dream is to live in a world where everyone shares love with one another through cooking.

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Rabbi Sherre Hirsch is the Chief Innovation Officer for American Jewish University. Rabbi Hirsch made headlines as the first female rabbi at Sinai Temple, the largest Conservative congregation on the west coast. She served as Senior Rabbinic Scholar at Hillel International, where she created and developed Hillelwell, an initiative for Hillels worldwide to become the recognized address for preventative mental health. A thought leader on spirituality and religion, Rabbi Hirsch has appeared on the Today Show, ABC News, Extra, and PBS, among other outlets, and has been a contributor to Time.com, Oprah Magazine, the Jewish Journal, the Hollywood Journal, and more. She is the author of Thresholds: How to Live Fearlessly and Regret Free (featured in “Hot Type” in Vanity Fair), and We Plan, God Laughs: What to do When Life Hits You Over the Head (recognized on Amazon’s Top 100 List). Rabbi Hirsch was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

 


If you'd like to cook along, please have the following ingredients on hand:

Sun-Kissed Aperol Spritz

  • 1 cup prosecco
  • 1 Tablespoon Aperol
  • Juice from one fresh orange—about 2 to 3 Tablespoons
  • A large handful of ice cubes
  • 1 orange slice, for garnish
  • A splash of soda water, optional

Jewish Italian Tuna Toasts - Makes 10-12 Toasts

  • 1 (7-ounce) can Italian tuna in olive oil
  • 3 Tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature 
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 10 to 20 grinds of the pepper mill, to taste
  • 10 to 12 (1/2-inch thick) slices baguette
  • 2 Tablespoons salted capers, chopped
  • 12 pitted green olives, roughly chopped
  • Small handful flat-leaf parsley, chopped

Burrata Crostini with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes and Basil - Makes 10-12 Crostini

  • 1 pint cherry tomatoes
  • 1⁄4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling 
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more for sprinkling
  • 1 Tablespoon dried thyme
  • 20 to 30 grinds of the pepper mill
  • 8 ounces burrata
  • 10 to 12 (1/2-inch thick) slices baguette
  • 1 bunch basil, thinly sliced
Event Contact
Contact Name
The Whizin Center for Continuing Education
Phone Number
(310) 440-1572
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