IN-PERSON EVENT at Essex Market Teaching Kitchen
As founder of the much-loved yogurt company White Moustache, Homa Dashtaki employs the same traditional Iranian methods of making yogurt that her family has for generations in her kitchen today. Her passion culminates in inspiring the use of a new ingredient: whey, the liquid gold extracted from straining homemade yogurt.
Her new book, YOGURT & WHEY: Recipes of an Iranian Immigrant Life is a collection of recipes reflecting a life affected by immigration, community, adaptation, and experimentation―and sublime, old-world, creamy yogurt. The book follows Homa's experience—an Iranian immigrant and successful lawyer turned artisan food entrepreneur—tracing the genesis of her company and her unbending ethos for excellence and sustainability.
Join Homa for an evening at Essex Market with Iranian-born food magazine editor and TV personality Nilou Motamed as they reflect on the Iranian and Zoroastrian traditions embedded in the pages of Yogurt & Whey, and consider how years of making beautifully rich and tangy yogurt inspired Homa to create a love letter to both yogurt and whey with recipes both ancient and new.
Tickets include light bites and a glass of wine.
Copies of YOGURT & WHEY by Homa Dashtaki are available from our partner bookstore, Kitchen Arts & Letters for purchase online with your ticket or separately at the event. If you order a book with your ticket, you will be able to retrieve it for signing at the event.
This is an in-person event. Tickets must be purchased online in advance.
HOMA DASHTAKI
Homa Dashtaki is the founder of the White Moustache. Her artisanal yogurt has garnered acclaim from the New York Times, Vogue, Bon Appétit, and Food & Wine. She was born in Iran and now lives in Brooklyn, New York.
NILOU MOTAMED
Nilou Motamed has been shaping the conversation in food and travel for more than 20 years, first as Editor in Chief of both epicurious.com and Food & Wine, and now as an Emmy-nominated TV personality. Born in Iran and raised in Paris and New York, she brings a genuinely global perspective to her work, informed by a love of food from around the world. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and can be found wherever delicious food is being made. You can also find her on Instagram @niloumotamed.
Essex Market is New York City’s most historic public market. Our mission is to foster small business, and to serve the community with fresh and high quality food & services.
Kitchen Arts & Letters is a bookstore devoted to food and drink, with titles imported from around the world. They emphasize works on food culture and innovation.