Sima Beeri was born in Lithuania, with Yiddish as her first language, before moving to Israel as a child, finally settling in London, where she has lived for thirty years together with a large collection of recipes on scraps of paper in five different languages.

Those scraps of paper have been turned into a cookbook suitable for domestic use for every day and special occasions, based on what is in season and what’s in your cupboard.

Sima previously worked in fashion.  She holds a PhD from University College London where she now teaches Yiddish.

Tickets: £4.00 including tea/coffee and – naturally – cake* made by the speaker

*You must notify us in advance on bookshop@fiveleaves.co.uk if you have any allergies or dietary issues and we will try to accomodate you