Baking la Convivencia, Unity in a Pie
Without thinking about the meaning behind tying 3 things together to make something beautiful, I haphazardly suggested my daughter make braid ornamentation for the pie. Challah was my inspiration and only later did the symbolism of three hit me. Three cultures bearing three religious traditions, coming together in peace and tolerance---Christian, Muslim, and Jewish. That is what this blood orange almond pie is all about.
This is the second time I've baked for a fundraising event called the Pie Supper, benefiting the California Revels. In their upcoming December 2018 production of the Ancient Mysteries of Andalusian Spain, 3 characters (a Muslim, a Jew, and a Christian) go in search of an era back in time called La Convivencia. The pie's ingredients symbolize common dessert ingredients from geographic areas of the Mediterranean where people who observe these 3 religions live. Allegedly, the 15th century was a time when all three cultures lived together in peace on Spain's …
This is the second time I've baked for a fundraising event called the Pie Supper, benefiting the California Revels. In their upcoming December 2018 production of the Ancient Mysteries of Andalusian Spain, 3 characters (a Muslim, a Jew, and a Christian) go in search of an era back in time called La Convivencia. The pie's ingredients symbolize common dessert ingredients from geographic areas of the Mediterranean where people who observe these 3 religions live. Allegedly, the 15th century was a time when all three cultures lived together in peace on Spain's …
