On this episode of Taste Buds with Deb, host Debra Eckerling speaks with Israeli-American celebrity chef and restaurant owner Alon Shaya. A two-time James Beard Foundation Award winner, Shaya is chef-partner at Pomegranate Hospitality and author of Shaya: An Odyssey of Food, My Journey Back to Israel.
Shaya discusses his cooking origin story, the power of food to connect, and his work rescuing/recreating recipes nearly lost during the Holocaust. He also shares his grandmother’s recipe for Lutenitsa (peppers and eggplants). Get the recipe at JewishJournal.com/podcasts. For more from Taste Buds, follow @TheDEBMethod on social media.
