This is a hands-on class where you'll create a stunning mezze snack board inspired by the rich culinary traditions of Israeli culture, where food has always been about gathering, sharing, and celebrating together. Using a rainbow of colorful produce, proteins, dips, and a few sweets, everyone will collaborate to assemble one big community spread to savor and enjoy as a group. Think creamy tahini, fragrant za'atar, fresh herbs, juicy tomatoes, cucumbers, and warm pita bread, accompanied by wine. You'll also get a peek at how to adapt your board for upcoming Jewish holidays, from Rosh Hashanah to Sukkot, so the inspiration keeps going long after class ends.

Elise Museles

• Elise Museles is a certified Eating Psychology & Mind-Body Nutrition Expert, bestselling author of Food Story: Rewrite the Way You Eat, Think, and Live, and host of the podcast Once Upon a Food Story. A former attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, she left law to help people transform their relationship with food, changing not just what's on their plate but how they think and feel about eating.

  Elise has developed programs at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and serves on the boards of the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and FRESHFARM, and her expertise has been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, Forbes, Women's Health, The Washington Post, Well+Good, and other media outlets.