Kochkurs: Mezze to go

In the organizer's words:

Cooking course in German
Mezze to go
Light dishes for the balcony, garden & park
with Lisa Shoemaker

A selection of dishes that are wonderful to take along to any picnic or barbecue in summer or simply enjoy at home.

Menu:

• Baba Ganoush and Greek eggplant puree
• Za'alouk: Moroccan eggplant salad
• Muhammara: roasted peppers and walnuts
• Skordalia: mashed potatoes with garlic and lemon
• Fatoush: bread salad with herbs and vegetables
• Moroccan orange salad
• Za'atar chips
• Beet dip with homemade dukah
• Tomatoes and peppers stuffed with herbs
• Carrot salads: Moroccan or Turkish
• Spinach with lemon

Lisa Shoemaker

Lisa's culinary coming-of-age was multicultural long before the term even existed. It was - of course - her mother's fault. As a lecturer in German as a foreign language, she liked to invite her students to her 200 square meter Charlottenburg apartment. Mom provided the drinks, the students cooked and little Lisa was assigned to help in the kitchen. Korean nurses ensured increased TriTop consumption due to the spiciness of their dishes, Lisa made rice balls with canned tuna with the Japanese, and after Mum had experienced the Maghreb alone in her Peugeot 404 and then Turkey the following year, it was mainly students from the southern and eastern Mediterranean regions who had to show off their cooking skills at the Shoemaker home. Chickpeas were boiled until soft, couscous steamed and vine leaves wrapped. Israelis and Palestinians did not primarily discuss politics, but whether the salad typical of the region was Israeli or Palestinian. Lisa never let go of this early oriental influence.

Lisa Shoemaker came second in the ideas competition organized by the state of Berlin as part of its Zero Waste Strategy 2021. The sustainable use of food and energy is very important to Lisa and she enthusiastically passes on her experimentally acquired knowledge in all her cooking courses. And, of course, she cooks with organic food, using seasonal and regional produce wherever possible.