Sabah Al Yasmine - Ramblings of a Chef

A long chat with my friend Xavier Abu Eid, where we explore the realities of Palestinian food in the diaspora and at home, where we tackle concepts like "authentic" , where we talk about memories of food. Being in conversation with someone who is a long time friend, I took the liberties to expand on many topics in freedom.    A special thanks for Radio Al-Hara and for Ibrahim Owais!

Celebrating 6 months of Sabah Al-Yasmine, we go back to some of the best of the show.   Thank you to all the great listeners, the fantastic foodies who follow us and the great people who came on the show to share their visions, their ideas, their passion for food, culture and identity. 

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   Chef Fadi talks with Palestinian food figure, Nahed Al-Far from Cardiff, United Kingdom. Nahed tells her beautiful cooking journey and talks about the importance of sharing her Palestinian cuisine with her children and thousands of followers. Nahed is a linguist by profession and uses her love for cuisine to create a special...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   Little dumplings floating in an unctuous Laban Jameed sauce, pure pleasure! 

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   Fadi rambles today about the effect of 5 month closure since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in Palestine. 

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. Chef Nabil Aho, a star from the Palestinian culinary world, joins Chef Fadi to talk about his passion, his role as a teacher and an educator and his love for food. Chef Nabil inspired generations of young Palestinian women and men to follow their dream and cook. 

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. Fadi takes us on a journey from Bethlehem to Paris through the USA on food memories. Some of the best and some of the funniest. 

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. Samir Mogannam, Chef owner of Beit Rima joins Chef Fadi to talk about Palestinian cuisine, his mother Rima's recipes and his experience bringing Palestinian and Jordanian cuisine to the San Francisco area. 

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. This morning we go to the Seychelles, where Chef Hamzeh Abu El-Foul chats with Fadi about his culinary career, his adaptation of Levantine food to the Seychelles terroir, and his advise to young chefs. 

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. In Palestine, we are back under lockdown, after a couple of weeks of easing restrictions. How does it feel ? what are the social realities? Chef Fadi rambles on the general situation and on the importance of preserving Palestinian culinary identity.

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   Chef Fadi rambles on about the responsability of a chef in those conditions. The health and safety, the team, the guests, the produce, society and culture, all those are layers of a chef's responsability towards their communities. 

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   Sweet, crunchy, oozing deliciousness: harissa. From the street stalls of Jerusalem to the notable homes of Nablus and Bethlehem, a Palestinian favourite.

Sabah Al Yasmine, el programa de radio con el chef Fadi Kattan de Belén. Fadi conversa con el artista chileno palestino Victor Mahana sobre cultura, música, comida e identidad.

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   The markets are full of bamia, the vegetable of summer. Okra is a beautiful little pleasure to cook.   This morning, we are cooking together a bamia stew with lamb meat and lots of coriander. 

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. Fadi and Adnan Joubran from the Trio Joubran talk Palestinian identity, food, cooking and responsible ethical cuisine. 

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. This morning we go to Denmark, where Chef Amer Mansour chats with Fadi about his vision of food, the imortance of beauty in his work and his relation to nature. 

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   Spaghetti and Baladi cheese! nothing better than this quick recipe that I grew up with.    

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. Chef Fadi Kattan chats with Ameer El-Issa about the spirit of the Knafeh Bakery and Palestinian culture.  Surprise special guest. Nabila, Mama Baker.   

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. Chef Fadi Kattan chats with Elizabeth Kassis about her love for Palestinian food and the multitude of projects she is doing with Palestine. Elly and Fadi talks about food traditions, recipes, music and culture. 

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   Chicken broth, earthy freekeh, a firework of freshness from herbs and lemon and sumac, the ideal feel good soup. 

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. On this episode Chef Fadi takes Chef Bobby back to his visit of Palestine. They talk politics, food, terroir, Arab food aspirations and a few fun stories.     

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   A simple refreshing recipe from my grandmother's kitchen. The beautiful roasted courgettes, tomatoes and garlic elevated to pure pleasure with laban jammed. An ideal recipe for those hot summer days! 

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   On this episode Chef Fadi hosts Lisa Markwell. Lisa tells us about her career as a journalist and as a food writer. Fadi and Lisa share food and travel stories from Lisa's visit to Palestine.  

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   We cooked kufta in vine leaves, kufta in tomato sauce, today it is kufta bil tahini, a beautiful tangy, fresh and deep tahini baked kufta. 

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   Fadi and Tala discuss the formative years of becoming a Chef tryaing to re-interpret your country's natinal traditional cuisine. Chef Tala takes us on a tour of her career, her success and Bahraini cuisine.