By Andrea Blum ( @myamericanpantry ), LAP Culinary Arts Fellow
For Passover last week, I made the artist residents an Ashkenazi lunch with most of the fixings of a Seder, the symbolic meal that recounts the story of freedom from slavery for the Jewish people. We had matzo flatbread, a cardamom matzo ball soup, brisket and haroset that we sandwich between the matzo with a bit of horseradish, one of those things from childhood that sticks with you as a favorite food throughout your life.
At this lunch, instead of recounting and practicing the normal ritual of the holiday, I asked the guests to think about freedom and what it means to them. What chains have been broken in your life? What chains do you wish to break to help set someone or something free? As composer in residence Howard Hersh said, “We are not truly free until we are all free.” Lots to think about in this world of turmoil and chaos, both in our country and abroad. These are some of the universal questions we ponder around this diverse table.
So with that thought, I am giving you a recipe from my soon-to-be-released cookbook Ciderhouse Cooking .
At this lunch, instead of recounting and practicing the normal ritual of the holiday, I asked the guests to think about freedom and what it means to them. What chains have been broken in your life? What chains do you wish to break to help set someone or something free? As composer in residence Howard Hersh said, “We are not truly free until we are all free.” Lots to think about in this world of turmoil and chaos, both in our country and abroad. These are some of the universal questions we ponder around this diverse table.
So with that thought, I am giving you a recipe from my soon-to-be-released cookbook Ciderhouse Cooking .
