

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: CHEF EVENT | Seed & Mill Owner: Rachel Simon's "Sesame" Cookbook Talk + Tasting
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 07 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: CHEF, COOKBOOK TALK + TASTING
Rachel Simons, "Sesame" 

Simons is the co-owner of the Seed + Mill shop in New York City’s Chelsea Market. “Sesame” aims to go further, telling the story of the sesame seed’s “migration, survival and adaptation,” which is a kind of through-line for Simons, who brings her multi-cultural upbringing to the cookbook. Her Jewish ancestors were expelled from their homes during the Spanish inquisition and fled to Czechoslovakia; after surviving the Holocaust, they then left for Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Simons herself grew up in Australia before later moving to New York as an adult.

All the recipes feel simply designed and easy to execute–ranging from classic and variations on hummus and halva to reinvented classics like tahini tzimmes, a dish traditionally served at Rosh Hashanah, to international favorites such as ramen.

“Sesame” is an excellent all-rounder, equally suitable for experienced home cooks as for adventurous souls looking to try something new.

Cookbook sales signing and tasting after the show.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/mercer-island/chef-event-|-seed-and-mill-owner-rachel-simons-sesame-cookbook-talk-tasting/200029559321209
- **Event Categories**: food-drinks
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://sjcc.org/event/chef-rachel-simons-sesame-cookbook-tasting/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=mercer+island-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Mercer Island
- **state**: WA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 3801 East Mercer , Mercer Island, WA, United States, Washington 98040
- **lat**: 47.57557
- **long**: -122.20781
- **full address**: 3801 East Mercer , Mercer Island, WA, United States, Washington 98040

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Arts+Ideas Seattle Jewish Film Festival (https://allevents.in/org/artsideas-seattle-jewish-film-festival/10797302)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 07 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 3801 East Mercer , Mercer Island, WA, United States, Washington 98040
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Arts+Ideas Seattle Jewish Film Festival
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** food-drinks
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about CHEF EVENT | Seed & Mill Owner: Rachel Simon's "Sesame" Cookbook Talk + Tasting ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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