(12 Dec 1997) RR9750/B: ISRAEL/ITALY: COOKING FOR PEACE
(Dur: 5 mins. 11 secs/english sot 1 min. 24 secs)
When fast food first arrived in Italy in the eighties, horrified Italian gourmets founded a society dedicated to the enjoyment of fine cuisine. They named it “Slow Food” and soon chefs from all over the world were joining. There are now over 100,000 members in more than 35 countries. Recently at the organisation’s Second International Congress in Italy, one of the highlights of the event was a peace meal cooked by a team of Palestinian and Israeli chefs, working together for the first time. It was a unique meal where political differences were put aside for a common aim, good food. All those who sampled the cooking hoped that it would be the start of many more joint projects.
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VARIOUS LOCATIONS, RECENT:
ISRAEL: Chefs rolling dough for bread rolls; close-up of bread on a baking tray; rolling out bread; close-up of chef’s hands; Chef Avner Niv coming down some steps; enters kitchen; making a dessert in a cup; close-up of chef’s face; moving pudding; Ivri Verbin, Director, Peres Centre for Peace sot; Palestinian chef, Odeh Abu el Hawa chopping carrots; close-up of his face; Odeh chopping green peppers; chopping meat; flambeeing the meat; team of 4 chefs cooking; Offer Gal, Chef and Owner of Kapot Tmarim Restaurant, Tel Aviv; semolina bubbling in a pan; chefs standing round cooking pots on a stove; 2 Palestinian chefs stuffing pigeons with rice; the team of 4 Israeli and Palestinian chefs cooking together; close-up of chef’s face; close-up of chef stuffing a pigeon; team at work; close-up of pots of food; team cooking; Nabil Aho, Chef at the Notre Dame Restaurant, East Jerusalem sot; Chef Avner Niv, Founder of Israeli Branch of Slow Food Society sot; food being served in Tel Aviv restaurant; close-up of food on a plate; waitress serving a plate of stuffed pigeon; cutting pigeon; Nabil Aho, Chef at the Notre Dame Restaurant, East Jerusalem sot; ORVIETO, ITALY: exterior of Convent of San Lodovico; path outside Convent; close-up of Convent sign; children playing in the Convent kindergarten school; people entering the dining room; sitting down; waitress bringing almond soup; close-up of goose liver and apricot on a plate; wine being poured; man tasting it; waitress brings in plate of stuffed pigeon; close-up of diner cutting pigeon on a plate; men eating; Luchana Castelina, Chairperson; Committee for External Economic Relations, European Parliament sot; eating pigeon dish; man eating pigeon with his fingers; Israeli/Palestinian team of chefs lined up in the dining room; diners applaud their efforts.
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