Event Recording
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Event Details
- Date: Saturday, 16 November 2024
- Start time: 17:00 GMT / 9:00 PDT / 12:00 EDT / 18:00 CET / 4:00 AEDT (17 Nov)
- End time: 18:30 GMT / 10:30 PDT / 13:30 EDT / 19:30 CET / 5:30 AEDT (17 Nov)
- Online event – Zoom
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About the Event
Irina Janakievska will present her new cookbook, The Balkan Kitchen: Recipes and Stories from the Heart of the Balkans (Quadrille, £27) and do a cooking demo of a recipe.
The event will be recorded and archived.
About the Speaker
Irina Janakievska is a Macedonian-British writer and recipe developer. Irina was born in Skopje, North Macedonia (then one of the republics of former Yugoslavia) but grew up in Kuwait from the late 1980s onwards. In 2001 she moved to London to complete her undergraduate and masters degrees at the London School of Economics in international relations and history. After university, a large corporate law firm sponsored her through law school and Irina became a solicitor. In 2020, Irina left her successful career in corporate and finance law to follow her passion for sharing her love of Balkan cuisine, the Balkans and its people with the world. Irina completed her culinary training at Leiths School of Food and Wine. She has contributed to the Guardian, Foodnetwork US, Whetstone Magazine, Mediterranean Lifestyle Magazine and Pit Magazine, among others. The Balkan Kitchen was shortlisted for the Jane Grigson Trust Award in 2023 and The Balkan Kitchen: Recipes and Stories from the Heart of the Balkans (Quadrille, £27) her debut cookbook.
Irina lives in London with her husband and young son, cooking, researching and writing about Balkan history, food culture and culinary traditions.
Giveaway
- All attendees will receive two, hot-off-the-presses recipes (Vegan Sour Cabbage Sarma and Bean Salad) not listed in The Balkan Kitchen cookbook.
- One lucky (randomly selected) attendee will receive a signed copy of The Balkan Kitchen.
Pre-Event Media
- “Yugoslav Cuisine,” Remembering Yugoslavia podcast, Episode #48
- “Burek in Space,” Remembering Yugoslavia podcast, Episode #64
Members Area
“Ćevapi, Somun, and The Balkan Kitchen” is discounted to members of Yugoblok (member pricing: $10 for YUGOs / $5 for HEROs). Discounts will be applied automatically at checkout (you must be logged in). Log in or join Yugoblok to get your discounted tickets.
Credits
- Ćevapi (excerpted from The Balkan Kitchen): Liz Seabrook
- Author photo: Stephanie McGehee
