Chef, author and former human rights campaigner Yasmin Khan seems to have a mission statement very like our own at Roads & Kingdoms. That is, pay attention to what’s on the plate in a way that might spark some change and bring people together (and have a damned good time doing so). There aren’t many books that try to do all of that as gorgeously as Zaitoun, Yasmin’s new book about Palestinian cuisine. We met a while back at the Roads & Kingdoms office in Brooklyn as Yasmin somehow hacked a pretty decent Old Monk hot toddy from our office kitchen. Her book Zaitoun is out this week in the United States, and we’re a better country for it.

Episode 26 Show Notes:

Yasmin's gorgeous cookbooks

Zaitoun: Recipes and Stories from the Palestinian Kitchen

The Saffron Tales: Recipes from the Persian Kitchen

The Roads & Kingdoms Perfect Dish series with Anthony Bourdain and Yasmin Khan:

Perfect Dish Okinawa

Perfect Dish Tokyo

From the closing notes

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