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Jerusalem Unplugged PodcastSacred Cuisine with Izzeldin BukhariIzzeldin Abdul Aziz Bukhari is the self-taught chef and founder of SacredCuisine; a culmination of Izzeldin’s life experiences that are deeply embedded in his Sufi roots. It embodies everything he values and aspires to instill. Originating from Bukhara – Uzbekistan, his family migrated to the Old City of Jerusalem in 1616 AD to teach Sufism. As a young adult he moved to the United States and discovered his passion for cooking when, missing Palestinian cuisine, he experimented with recreating his favorite Palestinian dishes. It was then that he discovered cooking as a form of meditation, through which he could lose himself and...
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JUSTIN AND THE [FOOD] ENTREPRENEURSEpisode 454: Izzeldin Bukhari of Sacred Cuisine - Jerusalem [OLD CITY], Palestine [Part 3]. A Culinary MISSIONARY Preserving Palestinian Food + Culture. Breaking Bread + Peace with The World.Welcome to another episode of the JUSTIN AND THE [FOOD] ENTREPRENEURS Show, where host Justin Bizzarro dives deep into the world of entrepreneurship in the food industry. In this episode, Justin speaks with returning guest Izzeldin from Sacred Cuisine, who calls in from Old City Jerusalem to share his journey of preserving Palestinian culture through food.
Izzeldin shares his passion for cooking, which was ignited during his years in the United States, and how it led to the creation of Sacred Cuisine, a pop-up kitchen that became a form of culinary storytelling across continents. As political and...
2025-05-091h 02JUSTIN AND THE [FOOD] ENTREPRENEURSEpisode 255: Izzeldin Bukhari of Sacred Cuisine - Jerusalem [OLD CITY], Palestine (Part 2). What DOES the PLAYING FIELD of ENTREPRENEURSHIP Look Like [INTERNATIONALLY]? Exporting KNOWLEDGE & EXPOSURE.IG: @sacredcuisine
History of Jerusalem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem
Hosted By: Justin Ryan Bizzarro (IG: @justinbizzarro)
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Free Podcast. No Advertisements. The stories of Food, Beverage and Nutrition Entrepreneurs and how their failures led to the successes in their lives and in their business. What does the future have in store for the food, beverage, and nutrition entrepreneur?
JUSTIN AND THE [FOOD] ENTREPRENEURS
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2022-08-241h 44JUSTIN AND THE [FOOD] ENTREPRENEURSEpisode 235: Izzeldin Bukhari of Sacred Cuisine - Jerusalem [OLD CITY], Palestine. CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORLD. Remove Money From Purpose. MARSHMALLOW is A PLANT? Refugee Family History = Inspiration.IG: @sacredcuisine
History of Jerusalem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem
Hosted By: Justin Ryan Bizzarro (IG: @justinbizzarro)
Find Us On SPOTIFY or wherever else you grow yourself through Podcasts.
Free Podcast. No Advertisements. The stories of Food, Beverage and Nutrition Entrepreneurs and how their failures led to the successes in their lives and in their business. What does the future have in store for the food, beverage, and nutrition entrepreneur?
JUSTIN AND THE [FOOD] ENTREPRENEURS
Email: justin@ju...
2022-04-0654 min
Stories from PalestineJerusalem old city food tour part 2This is the second part of the food tour with Izzeldin Bukhari from Sacred Cuisine in the old city of Jerusalem.In this episode we continue after the falafel and humus breakfast at Abu Ahmad, to have Arabic coffee and traditional Palestinian sweets in the Cotton market. We visit Abu Yahya to try some sesame nuts protein bars, still handmade, with real honey. Then we continue to visit the only tahina factory in Jerusalem that still roasts the sesame seeds in a wood oven.Of course we drink some fresh pomegranate juice on the way...
2021-12-1846 min
Stories from PalestineJerusalem old city food tour part 1This is the first of two episodes that were recorded during the food tour with Izzeldin Bukhari from Sacred Cuisine in the old city of Jerusalem. We talk with the women from Bethlehem who sell vegetables in the streets, we eat manakeesh (oven baked flat bread with zaatar), we buy all kind of pickled veggies and different kinds of old city sweets and we visit the oldest still functioning ka'ek oven, very famous (!!) Izzeldin takes us to one of his favorite humus and falafel places and talks about the different types of food you can eat there....
2021-12-1239 min
Stories from PalestineSacred Cuisine: Greens in PalestineIt is spring time and Palestine is full of greens that are very healthy and that are part of the traditional Palestinian cuisine. Food foraging was always an important part of the heritage of Palestinians. Izzeldin Bukhari, founder of Sacred Cuisine, looks for the stories behind the food. In this episode we talk about greens like hwerna, khobeza and mlukhiya. Where do the names come from, what are interesting facts and how do you prepare these greens? We also talk about the origin of falafel! and the fact that rice was introduced in Palestine on large scale...
2021-03-0843 min
Stories from PalestineSufism in PalestineSufism is a more mystical way of approach of the Islamic faith. Sufi scholars have defined it as the way to reach the reparation of the heart and turning it away from all else but God.In this podcast episode I speak with Izzeldin Bukhari who stems from a family of important Sufi sheikhs from the Naqshabandi tradition. The family originates from Uzbekistan, but they have been living in the old city of Jerusalem for about four hundred years.If you want to read along with the transcript of this interview you can click...
2021-01-2451 min