ArabishWay

Seattle Restaurant Week: Arab Restaurants!
2022-10-27 - 2022-11-05 | WA
A unique chance to celebrate and support our culinary community, highlighting its craft, diversity, resilience, and great food as well as these Arab-owned restaurants:
Mamnoon, Hanoon, Mamnoon Street, Anar and Manna
In a change from years past, this year’s Seattle Restaurant Week is no longer just about finding a great deal—it’s a “chance to celebrate and support our culinary community” through menus curated especially for the occasion. With a variety of unique prix fixe and combo meals at price points ranging from $20 to $65 per person, it’s a great time to branch out and try something new.

Geography and Ethnicity of Arab Food with Sami Zubaida [Matbakh]
2022-11-02 07:00 - 08:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Join us as we interview Professor of Emeritus Politics and Sociology, Sami Zubaida, who also authored books such as The Idea of Arab Food: Geography and Ethnicity, on our Matbakh series.

The Olive Oil Harvest with Nadia Tommalieh at the Pantry
2022-11-03 18:00 - 21:00, 2022-11-21 18:00 - 21:00, 2022-11-30 18:00 - 21:00 | the Pantry, 1417 NW 70th Street, Seattle, WA, 98117
Join NADIA TOMMALIEH as she shares the beauty, importance, and tradition of the olive harvest and olive oil pressing across the Arab world. Olive oil is a staple in most culinary cultures, and in this class you’ll learn about the different flavor profiles of olive oil, the best temperatures for cooking, and how to repurpose flavor-infused oils. You’’ll cook an array of dishes traditional to celebrate the olive harvest season, before sitting down to feast on shorabet freekeh bil hamid w zeit al-zaytoon (citrusy freekeh and olive oil soup); musakhan (roasted Cornish hens with olive oil, caramelized onions, and sumac); salatet bandora bil a’ashab (tomatoes and herbs tossed in olive oil and sumac), as well as salset laban w na’ana (garlicky yogurt, mint, olive oil sauce). Yansoonnieh, an aromatic anise and olive oil sticky cake drenched in orange blossom syrup, will close out our meal, and our love letter to the majestic olive.

Cooking Class: Palestinian Comfort Food
2022-11-07 18:30 - 21:00 | Book Larder, 4252 Fremont Ave N, Seattler, WA, 98103, United States
Nothing beats the cold winter season than gathering around the table for comfort food served family-style. Join Nadia Tommalieh in this hands-on class as she teaches you how to create an array of traditional Palestinian winter favorites. You will learn how to make: Rummaniya (lentil, eggplant and pomegranate molasses stew); Salata bi T’heeniyeh (vegetable and tahini salad); homemade khobez (the perfect soft and puffy pocket pita bread); Mkhalal Left (Pickled Turnips); and Namoura (semolina and coconut cake with orange blossom water syrup).
Class is limited to 11 people and is hands-on. Includes dinner.
Students will be required to wear masks during the non-eating portions of class. Please note that event registration is non-refundable.

Whisk: Street Foods of the World
2022-11-19 17:30 - 20:00 | Whisk, 10385 Main St, Bellevue, WA, 98004, United States
Want to expand your culinary passport? Are you looking for a new dish to spice up your repertoire? Do you dream of tasty treats on foreign streets, but haven’t been able to get away? If the answer is yes, this class is for you! Join Chef Drew Flanders in this hands-on class where you will prepare simple but flavor-packed dishes inspired by foods sold in the markets, festivals, and by street vendors from around the world. From Morocco to Japan, Mexico to Senegal, in this class you will prepare and enjoy a variety of flavors and textures from the simple perfection of the taco, the warm comfort of “Japanese pizza”, to the glory of two different types of grilled-meat-on-a-stick!
Make, eat and enjoy street foods from

Morocco – Chermoula Chicken
Mexico – Alambres, Steak and Bacon Tacos with Salsa Verde
West Africa – Spicy Peanut-Dusted Beef Skewers
Japan – Okonomiyaki – Seafood Pancakes

Participants will have the option of enjoying wine or beer as street food is always best with a beverage!

Instant Pot - Tastes of Africa (online)
2022-11-30 17:00 - 18:15 | Virtual
Travel to different parts of Africa in this global cooking adventure. Learn how to use new spices and other ingredients typically found in this country’s cuisine. In this vegan cooking class, we will create deliciously fragrant salads and soups using the instant pot. Rachel will share her instant pot tips and tricks to make any meal a success.

Moroccan beet salad
15 minute North African red lentil soup
West African peanut soup with chickpeas and sweet potatoes
