How fab to find Invitation to a Banquet in The Observer Food pick of food books of 2023, along with beauties by Sri Owen claire ptak Anya von Bremzen Bee Wilson Rachel Cooke et al! AND the magazine includes recipes from Jeremy Lee including a GUINEA FOWL pie which I need to try! 😊😊😋

I will be disappearing over Christmas to read this book! I cannot wait, Anya von Bremzen

At this rate, Germany is going to run out of Jewish intellectuals to ban. "Masha Gessen’s Hannah Arendt Prize has been canceled because of their essay on Gaza." lithub.com/masha-gessens-…

Anya von Bremzen's National Dish is one of The Week's Best Food Books from 2023! theweek.com/culture-life/f…

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On this week’s programme Sheila Dillon goes searching for ‘authentic’ food experiences in a globalised world in Nashville, Brussels and Bristol with Zach Stafford Elisabeth Debourse Joe Sims and Anya von Bremzen bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00…

How Female Chefs Are Sparkling in Istanbul nytimes.com/2024/02/12/tra…

Today World Central Kitchen lost several of our sisters and brothers in an IDF air strike in Gaza. I am heartbroken and grieving for their families and friends and our whole WCK family. These are people…angels…I served alongside in Ukraine, Gaza, Turkey, Morocco, Bahamas, Indonesia. They

Need a primer on where to go to get the most delectable options in Istanbul? Author and part-time Istanbul resident Anya von Bremzen is here to help. atlasobscura.com/articles/best-…

My June #bookreview for Leyla Giray Alyanak is National Dish by Anya von Bremzen, about a journey to 6 countries to learn about their national dishes? Where did they come from? How did they take on their iconic status? Pushkin Press #travelbooks #foodwriting women-on-the-road.com/travel-book-re…

Explore France, Italy, Japan, Spain, Mexico, and Turkey with Anya von Bremzen in National Dish, now in paperback! This exquisite tour of six of the world's iconic food cultures will leave readers compelled by the history of these national dishes, and hungry for more. ⁠

Award-winning writer Anya von Bremzen brilliantly intertwines cuisine, history, and politics into a work of scintillating connoisseurship and charm in National Dish. Now available in paperback!

I used to be anti-Simitic but then Anya von Bremzen bought me the perfect Simit. Photo: Rena Effendi

📚Published today! 🇯🇵Another addition to our Japanese shorts series 🥘A Michelin-star worthy food and culture exploration, now in paperback 🪙TWO new classics for the library pushkinpress.com More info 👇👇👇

Spend a few hours traversing Tokyo by night, cure burnout with Radical Rest and find out what makes a National Dish. Explore our pick of the new releases and support independent bookshops with us 🌞 uk.bookshop.org/lists/new-book…

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On BBC Sounds⁩: Stories of Vietnamese funk & banh mi sandwiches, Afro-Brazilian rhythms & the journey of okra, chilli in the Himalayas & potato pasta from Naples. Join ⁦Dan Saladino⁩ & ⁦Anya von Bremzen⁩: food, music, identity: myth & realities bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

An amazing piece by Barry Yourgrau about his father, Wolfgang Yourgrau, a Jewish antifascist who fled Germany for Palestine in 1933. It's a story of survival, yes, but also a cautionary tale about some of the dark currents swirling around Israel’s birth. thenation.com/article/world/…

My father, Wolfgang Yourgrau, published an anti-fascist magazine in Palestine. His constant theme: fascism wasn't just a German or Italian phenom but could exist anywhere, among Zionists too. His magazine was silenced by a Zionist bomb. thenation.com/article/world/… The Nation

Gather ’round the table to dish about these mouthwatering memoirs. @picadorusa Maylin Lehmann Hobaica Anya von Bremzen @GraceMCho Dwight Garner bookpage.com/?p=209836