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Pies Basket, a family-run Filipino baking company, shares the 5 goodies to try first if you've never tried Filipino baked goodies before.

You can find Pies Basket at https://www.piesbasket.com/ and on Facebook and Instagram.

We're kickstarting 2021 with a brand new season dedicated to food artisans and homegrown businesses in the UAE.

We close out the year with some comforting Indian and Filipino soups to soothe the troubled soul of 2020. With our guest speaker and food blogger at Dayo Kitchen, Didi Paterno and our GM Farida Ahmed.

References mentioned on the show:

• Where Farida bought her eeya chombu: https://zishta.com/en/eeya-chombu-tin-vessel-adukku.html
• The #rasamseries on Instagram by @paticheri
• More on the unreleased rasam book here.
• Didi shared these links for more details about the kamias fruit, here and here.
• An interesting video on how the palayok [puh-la-yolk], the traditional clay pot that Didi mentioned, is made.  

Instagram handles: Didi (@dayokitchen), Farida (@faridaa), Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures)

We discover the best Iranian restaurants in Dubai and what to order beyond the routine kebabs from one of the city's most prolific food bloggers, Xerxes the Ravenous.

Get the list of all the dishes and what restaurants to order them at on our blog here.

Instagram handles: Xerxes the Ravenous (@ravenousxerxes), Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures)

We forage for leafy greens that are not widely known beyond the communities that use them. Featuring our guest speaker Dina Yazbak who heads Research and Innovation at Kaykroo and Farida Ahmed who is the GM and food tour guide at Frying Pan Adventures.

Instagram handles: Dina Yazbak (@pyjamasinthekitchen), Farida Ahmed (@faridaa), Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures). 

We brainstorm ideas to spice up the big bird with a regional twist by calling on Dan and Fix, the dynamic duo behind Dubai's premium butchery and smokehouse, Carnistore.

Carnistore website: https://carnistore.com

Instagram handles: Carnistore (@carnistore), Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures). 

Partner shout-out on this episode: Gulf Photo Plus, the region's leading photography education resource. Learn more about them at http://gulfphotoplus.com/ and check out Mohamed Somji's photo mentioned during the show here.

We celebrate the UAE's 49th National Day by popping open a bag of one our childhood favourite crisps: Chips Oman. Featuring Chips Oman devotees on our team, our GM and Food Tour Guide Farida Ahmed and our Eating Designer Mufaddal Husein.

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Instagram handles: Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures), Farida Ahmed (@faridaa) and Mufaddal Husein (@mufaddal.husein).

We dip our fingers into the rich buttery subject of clarified butter aka ghee with artist, home baker and nature lover Cherida Fernandez and our Frying Pan Adventures food tour guide Noorin Ansari.

Mentioned on the podcast, Cherida's blog post on ghee: ‘Ghee-wiz’ – Discovering the surprise that clarified butter holds

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Instagram handles: Cherida Fernandez (@cherida_fernandez), Noorin Ansari (@noogoopoo), Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures). 

We dip into jars of spicy relish inspired by flavours of the Middle East, Mediterranean and East Asia. Our guest speakers are two Dubai-based small-batch culinary artisans. Rasha Itani from S'Hauce and Ali Shawwa from Banak Kitchen.

Instagram handles: Rasha Itani from S'Hauce (@shauce_ae), Ali Shawwa from Banak Kitchen (@banak.kitchen), Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures). 

We take a "cake walk" down memory lane with our food tour guides Nahla Tabbaa and Stephanie Mahmoud to unearth childhood cake trends. We also shine a light on creative cake variations and bakeries that you can find now in Dubai.   

Grab the list of all the bakeries mentioned on our blog here.

Partner shout-out on this episode: Gulf Photo Plus, the region's leading photography education resource. Learn more about them at http://gulfphotoplus.com/ and check out Mohamed Somji's photo mentioned during the show here.

Instagram handles: Frying Pan Adventures (@fryingpanadventures), Nahla Tabbaa (@nahlatabbaa) and Stephanie Mahmoud (@everydayfeasts).