Award-winning author and chef Michael Twitty will present Kosher Soul: Food, History and Identity, Tastings at the Intersection of African, Caribbean, Southern and Jewish Experience. The tasting and lecture will take place Sat., Jan. 18, 2025, at 6 p.m. at Beth Israel, 2501 Shore Rd., Northfield, N.J.
The evening will begin at 6 p.m. with Havdalah, a ceremony marking the ending of Shabbat. The program will begin at 6:15 p.m. Guests will enjoy tastings of Chef Twitty’s award-winning recipes.
Michael Twitty is the winner of the National Jewish Book Award for Kosher Soul: the Food and Faith Journey of an African American Jew. Twitty is a culinary historian and food writer from the Washington D.C. area. He has appeared on Bizarre Foods America with Andrew Zimmern, Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates and Taste the Nation with Top Chef’s Padma Lakshmi. His 2017 book, The Cooking Gene, traced his ancestry through food from Africa to America and from slavery to freedom. It was a finalist for The Kirkus Prize and The Art of Eating Prize and a third-place winner of Barnes & Noble’s Discover New Writer’s Awards in Nonfiction. The Cooking Gene then won two James Beard Awards in 2018, for best writing as well as book of the year, making him the first Black author so awarded.
The cost is $20. Reserve your place by emailing bethisrael@cbinorthfield.org or calling (609) 641-3600.
The largest Reform congregation on the Mainland in South Jersey, Beth Israel is a warm and welcoming home to generations of families who play a vital and integral part in synagogue life. A full-service congregation, Beth Israel welcomes diversity, interfaith families, LGBTQ Jews and partners, Jews of color, and all types of modern Jewish families, wherever they may be found on their personal Jewish journey. For more information on our educational programs, contact us at (609) 641-3600 or email us at bethisrael@cbinorthfield.org. Learn more at Beth Israel at https://bethisraelnorthfield.org.
