A clear, approach­able guide to the world of sesame, from hal­va, tahi­ni, and sesame oil, to goma­sio, and furikake, with 80+ veg­e­tar­i­an-for­ward recipes, from the founder of pop­u­lar tahi­ni out­fit Seed+Mill in New York’s his­toric Chelsea Mar­ket.

In Sesame, Rachel Simons, cel­e­brates the evo­lu­tion, his­to­ry, and diver­si­ty of this clas­sic ingre­di­ent. 

With its deli­cious nut­ty taste, nutri­tion­al den­si­ty, and long shelf life, the sesame seed is a tiny ingre­di­ent with an enor­mous cul­tur­al impact and a deeply rich his­to­ry across the entire Jew­ish dias­po­ra and with­in Israel itself.