Savor: A Sephardic Food and Music Experience

The connection between music and food is at the heart of Sephardic culture and tradition. The two sensory experiences have survived in their unique forms, despite the Spanish Inquisition, Balkan Wars, the Holocaust, and more. Song and food have united Sephardic Jews in their diaspora and have connected them through shifting centuries and borders. Savor works to do the same today.

Founded by Ladino singer Sarah Aroeste and chef Susan Barocas, Savor is an expansive program that brings Sephardic food, music, and culture to new audiences. The Rotunda Collaborative and its partners are thrilled to bring this duo to Pittsburgh.

Friday, February 7

5:30 PM at Rodef Shalom Congregation | Community Kabbalat Shabbat

This Sephardic-style service is free and open to all!

Saturday, February 8

10:00 AM at Rodef Shalom Congregation | Sephardic Stories & Songs for Young Families

with PJ Library author Sarah Aoreste

Looking for a Shabbat experience for young children? Join Rodef Shalom's Cantor Toby Glaser and Ellie Feibus at 9:00 AM for a light breakfast and our Shabbat With You program (registration required) that will lead into Sephardic Stories & Songs at 10:00 AM.

4:00 PM at Temple Sinai | Sephardic Dessert Cooking Class (Limited capacity)

Join us for a Sephardic cooking class led by chef Susan Boracas. She will share recipes and the desserts made will be served at the evening Savor signature music, culture, and history event.

Pre-registration required | $18

7:30 PM at Temple Sinai | Sephardic Culture Program

Chef Susan Barocas and musician/storyteller Sarah Aroeste will guide us through an evening of Sephardic song, history, and delicious desserts

Pre-registration required | $18

Sarah Aroeste is a Ladino singer/songwriter, author, and activist committed to bringing awareness of Sephardic music and culture to audiences around the globe. With eight Ladino albums to her name, and two Sephardic children’s books (with three more on the way!), Aroeste is credited for helping to revitalize a tradition for young and old. 

Susan Barocas is a writer, chef, and teacher passionate about exploring, presenting, and preserving Sephardic cuisines, cultures, and history.  Founding director of the innovative project Jewish Food Experience, she brought Sephardic food to the White House as guest chef for three of President Obama’s Passover Seders. Her writing and recipes have appeared in the Washington Post, Lilith and Moment magazines, The Nosher, and several cookbooks, among other outlets.