The festival presents a series of events dedicated to Middle Eastern food culture, including the Cooking Class of Persian cuisine “Pomegranates, rose and saffron. Tales from the Persian cuisine”, Saturday April 12 at MaMa Cooking School; two evenings of special tastings of Middle Eastern and Persian cuisine (“A Tavola con l”Egitto” – April 10, “A Tavola con l’Iran” – April14), and the installation “Middle East Cuisine Books”. A series of events focused on telling the contemporary culture of this area of the world in an engaging, interactive and exciting way for the audience. Among the events of this edition:
– THE PERSIAN COOKING CLASS “Pomegranate, rose and saffron. Tales from the Persian cuisine”
Saturday, April 12, 2014 from 10 am to 14 pm
at MaMa Florence (Via Petrarca 12 / r – Florence)
Visit the page dedicated to the course
– DINNER IN EGYPT: FALAFELISM – Everybody is crazy for the Falafel!
Thursday 10 April – Cinema Odeon – 08.00pm
curated by LA VALLE DEI CEDRI Lebanese Restaurant
Info: info@middleastnow.it
– DINNER IN IRAN: PERSIA MON AMOUR
Monday 14 April – Cinema Odeon – 08.00pm
curated by Sireh – Red Imaginarium
Info: info@middleastnow.it
– MIDDLE EAST CUISINE BOOKS
A bookshop-installation presented by the festival together with the group of architects Archivio Personale, which at the Odeon Cinema put the spotlight on a special selection of books on Middle Eastern and North African cuisine, which can be viewed and purchased by the audience. A project In collaboration with Nardini Bookstore Florence and Ponte33.