Join The Dep’s resident vegan maven Emily Zimmerman (and her cabaret singer alter ego, Goldie Luxemburg) for a Passover dinner to tell our stories, comfort our hearts, fill our bellies, and remind us to keep fighting the good fight.

The first two nights of the Jewish holiday of Passover are celebrated with a seder: a ritual meal with symbolic food, prayers, songs, activities for children, and the telling of the story of the exodus from Egypt, a millennia-old parable of liberation. These meals are shared with ones extended family and close friends. In modern times, some of us have started observing a Third Seder with members of our community, guests, and friends, often to focus on the state of the world, and how to use the Passover story as inspiration to fight for freedom and social justice in our own lifetimes.

Emily Zimmerman’s annual vegan Third Seder was a mainstay of the Depanneur’s calendar for years. We even staged a virtual one during the worst of the COVID19 shutdowns, with participants receiving delivered meals, and eating together over a zoom channel. We’re delighted to be able to welcome it in person to the new-and-improved Depanneur this year. In a time of increased instability and global tension, can we grow stronger in hope, in strategy, and in our mission for justice, in this millenia-old ritual of shared food, song, and storytelling? Expect delicious plant-based Jewish home cooking, playfully subversive ideas, and possibly even some surprise drag/burlesque cameos.

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Golden Root Vegetable Soup

with hazelnut crema, matzoh balls, and crispy veggie gribenes. (Can be nut free on request.)

Manoomin (Wild Rice) Salad

with parsley, mint, lemon, cranberries, and local sumac

Pedder’s Pie

Caramelized onions and mushrooms layered in seasoned mashed potatoes and broiled until the top is crispy. Served with a shallot and wild mushroom jus, and lemony greens.

Russian Tea and Cherries

smoked-and-spiced black tea and coconut milk custard, with cherry compote, and matzoh toffee.

[menu is vegan and kosher for passover]

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Emily Zimmerman is a chef, community worker, food justice activist, cooking up deluxe, delicious vegan dishes and retro comfort food like whoah. She can be found at food events around the city and at The Depanneur hosting the occasional vegan Supper Club or Workshop. She comes from a large family of loudmouthed, pinko-commie, Brooklyn Jews, who relocated to Toronto 50 years ago, but still root for the Mets.

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Every weekend The Depanneur invites an amateur or professional guest chef to host a fun, informal dinner party. @thedepanneur