Bookfest: Zariz: 100 Easy, Breezy, Tel Aviv-y Recipes

Join JCC Dallas for a special evening as we welcome Adeena Sussman to the J, in conversation with Rachel Pinn. Following the discussion, stay for a book signing and tastings from the cookbook.

Adeena Sussman is a best-selling cookbook author, writer, and chef whose work explores the intersection of Jewish, Israeli, and culinary cultures. Her most recent book Shabbat: Recipes and Rituals from My Table to Yours, was released in September 2023 and was an instant New York Times best-seller. She is currently working on her next cookbook, to be released in Spring 2026.

Her popular Instagram account takes followers along as she cooks, explores, and reports on food culture in Israel, where she moved in 2015. Since October 7, she has been working to highlight individuals affected by the day’s events and to campaign for the release of hostages in captivity,

Her previous cookbooks include Sababa: Fresh, Sunny Flavors From My Israeli Kitchen, as well the New York Times bestselling Cravings cookbook series, which she co-authored with Chrissy Teigen. Adeena has written about Israeli food for Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, The Wall Street Journal, Epicurious, Gourmet, and many others.

She lives footsteps from Tel Aviv's Carmel Market, where she shops and explores daily, taking inspiration from her adopted country's seasonal and cultural culinary rhythms.

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