A Taste of Palestine: What a Night!

Our A Taste of Palestine Dinner last Saturday went oh so well — and was oh so full!

We enjoyed a delicious three-course vegetarian Mediterranean dinner and listened to numerous tales and stories from Izzeldin Bukhari, a Palestinian chef from Jerusalem. Among many other things, we learned about the history of falafel, that Canada is the 18th country on Izzeldin’s touring list, and — as we suspected — that his last name comes from the ancient city of Bukhara (in modern-day Uzbekistan), from where his family moved to Jerusalem several centuries ago.

We’re so grateful to Izzeldin, the event organizers, our own Joanne Keelan, and our wonderful Community Lunch volunteers for making this evening happen. A very special thank-you also goes to our local Finest at Sea, who provided server uniforms and dishes and helped us in the kitchen.

And thank you to everyone who joined us! Your donations will support Izzeldin’s peaceful efforts.

Now we’re trying our very best to get the recipes from Izzeldin to share with you — fingers crossed! :)

And if you’d like to see what we had for dinner (and more photos from the evening), check out the photo gallery here or Google Drive.