{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Nourish by Spinneys","title":"“I wanted to document recipes that are fading away or being appropriated,” with Hisham Assaad","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/8838395d\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1982,"description":"Co-host Tiffany Eslick sits down at Mishkah with author (and clown) Hisham Assaad during his visit for the Sharjah Book Fair  a couple of weeks ago. \r\n\r\nHisham shares his journey in food that traces back to his childhood growing up in a refugee camp in Lebanon, how he wants to record and preserve recipes that are fading away, and. how he got started with clowning!\r\n\r\nHisham started his food blog,  ⁨cookin5m2⁩ , in 2013 and has since published two books—'Bayrut The Cookbook' in 2021 and 'Taboon' in 2024 celebrating his heritage and amazing recipes from Lebanon, Palestine and Syria. \r\n\r\nChapters\r\n\r\n0:00 Coming up...\r\n\r\n3:53 Clowning\r\n\r\n5:58 Cultural Identity through Cuisine\r\n\r\n11:29 From Blog to Cookbook\r\n\r\n13:39 Documenting Lesser-Known Dishes\r\n\r\n16:52 The Impact of Tragedy\r\n\r\n19:29 The Journey to Taboon\r\n\r\n27:53 Sharjah Book Fair and Dinner at Mishkah","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/QDBd24fbnTsHx43OEbhjP748CjVVEAfsnjeGSJoZWes/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jZmFm/ZTBhNzBmMDg2OWNh/NjllMDIwNDdkODUw/MDE2NC5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}