Ramadan Food Rituals: Eating During this Month of Fasting

Chicago Foodways Roundtable

Ramadan Food Rituals:
The Way of Eating During the Islamic Holy Month of Fasting
with Yvonne Maffei of MyHalalKitchen.com

Saturday, July 14, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Kendall College, School of Culinary Arts
900 N. North Branch Street, Chicago
(West of Halsted Street, North of Chicago Avenue)
Free Parking
Cost: $3,
Free to Kendall students and faculty with ID.

Ramadan is the Islamic month of fasting for Muslims around the globe. Contrary to popular belief, there is so much wonderful food to enjoy between sunset and sunrise. As varied as the Muslims themselves, so is their food. With cuisine spanning from Asia to the Mediterranean, Europe and the Americas, this program will demonstrate a variety of dishes that provide a sampling of the sweet, savory and everything in between as well as how the ritual of fasting and eating is performed throughout the month. Come to learn more about the traditional and modern food rituals of this very tasty month and enjoy some samples of halal food, too.

Yvonne Maffei, MA graduated from Ohio University with a Bachelor’s degree in Spanish and Latin American Studies and a Master’s degree in International Studies, where she specialized in international education, journalism and health. She has lived and traveled abroad in various regions throughout Latin America, Europe, the southern Mediterranean and North Africa as well as the American foodie cities of San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and Chicago. Yvonne has been cooking and writing since she was a pre-teen and always wanted to turn her passion and hobby into something more. When one of her recipes was published in Cooking Light magazine, it was all the inspiration she needed to make a necessary life and career change. After years of being a school teacher, she decided to re-angle her teaching platform from the classroom to her blog where she began writing about halal food and cooking and thus began a new career out of writing about food, travel and healthy, halal living. Today Yvonne writes and publishes MyHalalKitchen.com, a blog about halal food and cooking. She currently teaches cooking classes, gives lectures on healthy eating, and consults schools on how to source healthy, halal ingredients and create tasty healthy and halal recipes for their school lunches. She resides in Chicago, IL.

This program is hosted by the Chicago Foodways Roundtable. To reserve, PM Cathy2 or, then leave your name and how many people in your party or e-mail: ChicagoFoodwaysRoundtable@gmail.com

Hi,

Ramadan begins at sundown on July 19th this year and concludes on August 20th sundown. There is no eating or drinking from dawn until sundown. On the first day of this fast period on July 20th, dawn is at 4:00 am and sundown at 8:21 pm.

I have long been interested in how to pace your consumption during this time. During summer, the idea of going 16 hours and 21 minutes without food and drink is challenging.

This program will provide some insight on how an observant person manages during Ramadan.

Regards,

WBEZ's Alison Cuddy interviews Yvonne Maffei, our speaker tomorrow, about fasting during Ramadan: http://www.wbez.org/blogs/alison-cuddy/ ... ion-100853

Regards,

WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified partners with Culinary Historians by recording our programs and making them available for broadcast on demand at their website or downloadable to an iPod. Our most recent program:

Ramadan Food Rituals: The Way of Eating During the Islamic Holy Month of Fasting, presented by Yvonne Maffei, http://www.wbez.org/ramadan-food-ritual ... ing-101223

This program will be hosted by the Fremont Public Library in Mundelein on Wednesday evening at 7:00 pm. Reservations may be made here.

Regards,