Cooking for Chanukah with Michael Solomonov

James Beard Foundation award-winning chef Michael Solomonov, executive chef and co-owner of Zahav, the 2019 James Beard Foundation award winner for Outstanding Restaurant, the first Israeli restaurant to win the award, will give a Chanukah cooking demonstration on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 8 p.m., hosted by United Jewish Federation of Greater Stamford. The menu will include Apple Shrub, Abe Fisher’s Potato Latkes, Roman Artichokes with Arugula and olive Oil, Poached Salmon and Sfenj with Cinnamon and Sugar. Recipes and ingredient list will be sent before event. Register at juf.com/solomonov, For more information, contact dianesloyer@ujf.org. 

Cookbook author and TV chef Ina Garten

Hartford’s Mandell JCC book festival presents a Zoom webinar featuring TV food show host Ina Garten, author of Modern Comfort Food, in Conversation with comedian/actor/author Michael Ian Black, on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $45/includes copy of the book. For more information, visit mandelljcc.org/bookfestival.