Taste of Beirut Born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, Joumana moved to the U.S. in 1979 and is a former school teacher, pastry chef, caterer and translator. She started her blog, Taste of Beirut, in 2009 to share a window into the Eastern Mediterranean where Lebanese food mixes with Turkish, Syrian, Persian, Iraqi, and Egyptian […]

134: Joumana Accad: Sharing a Taste of Beirut

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Hi Everyone! Gabriel Soh here! Welcome to the Dinner Special podcast. I want to first apologize for being MIA. I know it’s been a while. Almost a year in fact, but it’s definitely been a process figuring out what to do and how to build on the 139 episodes. Thank you for sticking with me. […]

2017 Food Boss Summit

The Forest Feast Gatherings cookbook I am so happy to welcome Erin Gleeson of  The Forest Feast here to the show today. Erin is the author, illustrator and photographer of the New York Times best-selling cookbook The Forest Feast and of course she has her popular blog called The Forest Feast, as well. Earlier this year […]

139: Erin Gleeson: The Art of Hosting Gatherings

Alternative Baker cookbook I am so excited to welcome Alanna Taylor-Tobin of The Bojon Gourmet back to the show today. The last time we talked was over a year ago. And Alanna has been busy working on a bunch of awesome stuff. One thing in particular is her cookbook called, Alternative Baker: Reinventing Dessert with […]

138: Alanna Taylor-Tobin: Behind the Pages of Alternative Baker

A Message from Gabriel Hey everyone! It’s Gabriel Soh, your host here on The Dinner Special podcast for the past 137 episodes. Today is a little bit different. I won’t be chatting with a super awesome food hero guest, instead, it’ll just be me! First of all, thank you for listening and for carving out […]

A Message from Me

Culinary Backstreets Yigal co-founded the blog Istanbul Eats with Ansel Mullins to bring us the best undiscovered local eateries you might not always find on your own. The blog has grown and evolved into Culinary Backstreets, which tells the stories of a city’s foodways, giving equal measure to the culinary side as the human element […]

134: Joumana Accad: Sharing a Taste of Beirut

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