LIFESTYLE → MAN WITH A PAN Issue 887 · November 24, 2021

A Multicultural Cooking Experience

A Multicultural Cooking Experience


Illustration by Lea Kron

The Man
Aaron Leibert, age 25
1 child
Cybersecurity
Ramat Bet Shemesh

 

I did it! I cooked a whole Shabbos for Man with a Pan! It was a great experience, and as I sit down to write this, I’m both exhausted and exhilarated.

Before I share my menu, let me mention that I’m from Seattle. Seattle is a five-hour flight from the East Coast and a two-hour flight from LA. It’s in Washington, but not that Washington, the other Washington. We have several shuls, several schools, and no meat restaurants.

Wait… What?! No meat restaurants?? So what type of restaurants do you have?

I’ll explain. The Seattle Jewish
community isn’t large enough to sustain multiple restaurants, so the restaurants must serve the non-Jewish
population as well. Because Seattle is a city with a high percentage of vegans and vegetarians, our kosher restaurants reflect that. We have an Indian vegetarian and an Asian vegan restaurant, as well as a pizza store. (That’s why Seattle is on the map, by the way. What type of city would we be
without a kosher pizza shop?)

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