“I wanted to document recipes that are fading away or being appropriated,” with Hisham Assaad

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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.

Hisham 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!

Hisham 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.

Chapters

0:00 Coming up...

3:53 Clowning

5:58 Cultural Identity through Cuisine

11:29 From Blog to Cookbook

13:39 Documenting Lesser-Known Dishes

16:52 The Impact of Tragedy

19:29 The Journey to Taboon

27:53 Sharjah Book Fair and Dinner at Mishkah

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