EVENTS
Chef Moshe Basson: The Eucalyptus Cookbook
November 6, 2024
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Time: 7:00pm
Tickets: $10 admission to the event | $45 for admission to the event and a copy of the book
The Eucalyptus restaurant is a Jerusalem landmark. In its first cookbook, The Eucalyptus Cookbook, Chef Moshe Basson reveals his Levant cultivated culinary innovations. The magnificent photographs and exotic stories that accompany the recipes take you into forest forages for wild greens and mallows and to the days of the Bible where birthrights were traded for sustenance. The book also tells the universal story of migration and how a business can support and be supported by its workers. Here, family members work alongside the long-tenured staff and add dishes from their own homes, from their travels. Mainly, it brings you into the kitchen of Chef Moshe’s mother. where Iraqi scents and sense, old world wisdom, and the trials and struggles of building a home in a new land are palpable to the touch and to the taste.
Rachel Edenson Pinn is a professional copywriter, food writer, influencer, and contributor to several publications including Eater Dallas, PLATE Magazine, Modern Luxury Dallas, SPARK Magazine, and D Magazine. Much of her life is spent juggling her enviable dining out schedule and mothering her twin girls. In addition to her work in marketing, hospitality, and even influencing, prior to and especially since October 7, Rachel has been a strong advocate for Israel online. In fact, this summer she was invited to attend the Combat Antisemitism Movement's Influencers Against Antisemitism conference in New York City. Sitting at the cross-section of food and Jewish culture, she cannot wait to have this conversation with chef Basson today.