Jennifer Abadi is a cooking instructor widely considered to be an authority and an ambassador of Syrian Jewish cuisine. She is the author of the widely acclaimed cookbook-memoir, A Fistful of Lentils: Syrian-Jewish Recipes From Grandma’s Fritzie’s Kitchen. Jennifer is also an expert on Jewish food and cuisine of the middle east, North Africa, Italy, Spain, Iran, Iraq, Ethiopia, and the Mediterranean. She teaches classes on these topics and many others, publicly and privately, around the city and beyond. For more on Jennifer, visit her website, www.fistfuloflentils.com.