Interview with Palestinian cook Ida Farah

Cooks

Bakers and bakeries

Fieldwork

Interviews

Sound recordings

Life histories

Oral histories

Palestinian Americans

Food preparation

Food

Food habits

Cooking and dining

Arab Americans

Restaurants

Delicatessens

Community enterprise

Specialty stores

Emigration and immigration

Baking

One audio cassette. The interview took place in Farah's Deli and Imported Foods restaurant. Farah discusses moving to Jacksonville in 1969; learning to cook from her mother; life in Palestine; early bakery experiences; the Arabic language; Arabic dining; teaching her daughter to cook; Arabic versus non-Arabic customers in deli; foods sold: grape leaves, pita bread, falafel, tabouli; making falafel; pastries; food at special events; and types of demonstrations she can do. Images of Nadia can be found in S 1577, v. 36. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts,and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.

State Archives of Florida, S1576

1984-12-07

Florida Folklife Program

sound recordings

audiocassettes

Sound

a_s1576_22_c86-170

S1576

22

C86-170

Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project

Taylor, David, 1951-

Farah, Ida, 1947-

Palestinian American

Arab Americans

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/memory/collections/folklife/folklife-mp3/C86-170.mp3

mp3true

1503

/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg