The chef and Ottolenghi collaborator launches 'Mezcla!' her first cookbook with a dinner at Hen’s Teeth.
About this event
Hen’s Teeth is delighted to welcome the incredible Ixta Belfrage to its Dublin 8 restaurant for one-night only on Thursday, 1st September, 2022. Ixta is a renowned cook, author and one of Code Hospitality’s most influential women in food in 2021.
To celebrate the launch of her new cookbook Mezcla!, Ixta will cook a one-off dinner for guests and showcase her talents honed from years at the Ottolenghi test kitchen. Mezcal cocktails will be served too.
Following the dinner, Ixta will be in conversation with Irish food writer Ali Dunworth on her new book, inspirations from the three countries she grew up in and working alongside the great Yotam Ottolenghi.
Ticket price includes dinner prepared by Ixta and a signed copy of her new book Mezcla (RRP €30).
About Ixta Belfrage
Ixta’s style of cooking draws inspiration from three countries she grew up traveling to, eating in and obsessing over; Brazil (where her mum is from), Italy (where she lived as a child) and Mexico (where her grandad lived). She cut her teeth at NOPI restaurant before working at the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen for five years. In 2020, she co-authored the New York Times bestselling FLAVOUR with Yotam Ottolenghi and in 2021, she was named one of the most influential women in food by Code Hospitality. 2022 is very much her year as Ixta release her first book, Mezcla!
About Hen’s Teeth
Hen’s Teeth creates contemporary cultural experiences from their home on Blackpitts in Dublin 8. They’ve got a love for art, music, food and culture and the space where they all come together – whether that’s through their own gallery, store and café or for some of the interesting folks and brands that they collaborate with across the world. Recent food events include An Evening with Tom Booton, Head Chef at The Grill at the Dorchester; Vito’s, a pop-up trattoria with Soprano’s star Joe Gannascoli and a Bahay x Hen’s Teeth Weekender.