Joudie Kalla is a Palestinian-British chef and food writer. She is the author of two prizewinning cookbooks, Palestine on a Plate: Memories from My Mother’s Kitchen (2016), and Baladi: A Celebration of Food from Land and Sea (2018), and has featured in venues like The New York Times, The Guardian, and Al Jazeera.
Family, education, and career
Joudie Kalla was born in London to parents of Palestinian origin. She is one of five children. Her family traces roots in Nazareth, Ramallah, Jaffa, Ly...