This week's guest is Homa Dashtaki, founder of the White Moustache yoghurt company in Brooklyn, New York and author of a brilliant new cookbook Yoghurt and Whey: Recipes of an Iranian Immigrant Life.

I first met Homa back in 2016 and fell in love with her authenticity, her quirky humour, her love of cursing and her mind-blowingly good yoghurt. I also find her approach to running a small business incredibly inspiring with it’s zero waste approach which puts heritage and the health of the planet at the heart of everything the company does.

In this episode we talk about

- Homa’s passion for sharing the traditions of her Zoroastrian heritage

- The comfort and joy that can be found in making your own yoghurt

- How to run a business in line with your values

- Where Homa finds the resilience to navigate the trials and tribulations of modern life

All of this is shared with her trademark wit, plenty of swearing and, because we are two people of Iranian heritage, lots of FEELINGS.

I hope you enjoy the episode and find Homa's approach to life as inspiring as I do! Let me know what you think over at risingup.substack.com

This episode was produced by Lina Prestwood at Scenery Studios

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