The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is a commemoration of two miraculous events: an unlikely military victory and a menorah (candelabrum) that burned for eight days despite having only enough oil to last one night. It is this oil that is celebrated and symbolized in the foods eaten during Hanukkah, such as crispy potato pancakes and sweet jelly doughnuts, commonly referred to by their Hebrew name, sufganiyot.
On Wednesday, December 9th, join MOFAD and chef Fany Gerson, author of My Sweet Mexico and founder of La Newyorkina and Fan-Fan Doughnuts for a sweet celebration. Raised in Mexico City by Ashkenazi Jews, Fany will share the culinary connections between her Mexican and Eastern European heritage, and teach us how to make strawberry jelly doughnuts.
Fany will also share her experience of opening her newest venture, Fan-Fan Doughnuts, in the middle of a pandemic.
Tickets include the option to purchase a signed copy of My Sweet Mexico by Fany Gerson.
Recipes and ingredients for Fany’s strawberry jelly doughnuts will be emailed to ticket holders in advance of the event.
If you’d like to order premium Mexican sweets from Fany’s company La NewYorkina, you can do that via Goldbelly here.
Please note this event will take place over zoom at 7pm EST. The zoom link will be sent with your ticket confirmation.
FANY GERSON
As the country’s most authoritative voice on Mexican sweets, Fany Gerson, has been featured in the New York Times, Food and Wine, Fine Cooking, Saveur Magazine, Fine Cooking, Fast Company and New York magazines, among others. She launched the acclaimed La Newyorkina, an artisanal Mexican frozen treats and sweets business in 2010. She was also the Chef, founder and co-owner of Fan-Fan Doughnuts, an artisan gourmet doughnuts that is now open. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Fany has worked in a range of fine-dining kitchens around the world including 3 Michelin starred Akelare in Spain and Eleven Madison Park in New York. She is the author of My Sweet Mexico, which was nominated for a 2010 James Beard Award, and Paletas and Mexican Ice Cream. Fany also opened her first brick and mortar La Newyorkina on October 2016 in the West Village of New York City. She was a mentor in the WE NYC Women’s leadership program in 2016 and recognized as a Latin woman leader in 2017 by El Diario.
This program was funded in part by Humanities New York with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.