The Living Room Dialogue Group founded by Len and Libby Traubman has published a cookbook: Cookbook brings Israelis, Palestinians to the table. (From the San Francisco Chronicle)
"The book has recipes for the table and recipes for building relationships at home, in the Middle East and the world," said group member Len Traubman.
The 71 featured dishes range from roast leg of lamb, chicken sumac and stuffed grape leaves to potato knishes, borscht and brisket braised in chili sauce.
There is a recipe for maza, a lamb dish simmered with garlic, olive oil and chili peppers that is served for lunch on the second day of every Palestinian wedding, as well as a Hanukkah recipe for Brazilian doughnuts, submitted by a Brazilian who is married to an Israeli.
Then there is the squash recipe: "squash stereotypes, squash indifference, squash blame, squash violence."
The book's introduction says, "One of many things that connect Palestinians and Jews is their love of delicious food." Since the group's inception in July 1992, "you can see that many of us have grown, in size as well as spiritually and emotionally."
"A natural avenue to do relationship building has been to share food," said member Libby Traubman, Len's wife. Apparently the oldest dialogue of its kind in North America, the group of 15 Jews and 15 Palestinians held its 151st meeting this month. "
Order the cookbook here.
Len and Libby Traubman live in my America, where people take action for peace, in their own living rooms if necessary.
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