Sometimes a cookery class is more than just a cookery class. Sometimes it’s a deeply moving, joy-filled, multi-sensory journey through time, culture, memory, and of course, food.
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If you’ve ever wanted to time travel without leaving London, keep reading. This upcoming experience at Made In Hackney is about to blow your vegan socks off.
On Sunday 13 July 2025, the vegan community cookery school is hosting an unforgettable event with anthropologist and performer Dr Michal Nahman. This isn’t your standard culinary session. This is a vegan masterclass meets theatrical performance meets cultural deep dive.
We’re talking food inspired by the SWANA (South West Asia and North Africa) region. Dishes that transport you to late Ottoman Turkey, to the ancient kitchens of 15th-century Spain, to the winding backstreets of an unnamed Middle Eastern city. You’ll be cooking a delectable meal while questioning what makes a dish authentic, how food travels through generations, and why we cook what we cook.
Michal brings years of interviews with her Sephardi Jewish family to the table, along with stories gathered from Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and British collaborators researching food diasporas in the UK. This class launches her Arts and Humanities Research Council funded performance Blessed Hands/Bendichas Manos (Cooking Up a Show With My Turkish Jewish Granny).
Expect music, laughter, movement, history, and heaps of flavour.
And the best part? It’s all vegan. Every last bite.
This class is strictly limited to just 12 spots so if this sounds like your kind of Sunday, don’t hang about. Book your space and get ready for a cooking class like no other.
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