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 f...

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 ...

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...

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 coo...

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.   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....

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 ...

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 aspiratio...

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 Li...

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 b...

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...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   The Chocolate mousse recipe, finally! My mother makes the best and then I humbly hope that my recipe is not far off!  ...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   Today we celebrate the episode 50 of the show. We celebrate you, our beautiful listeners, we celebrate food and hope in those d...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. Vine leaves are in season and this morning I received a gift of fantastic vine leaves from the village of Al-Khader, south of Bet...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   Mai and Fadi go back to Jerusalem's old city streets with their beautiful people and foods. Mai Khader is the creator of the fa...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. Creamy, unctuous, floral, sweet: the perfectly balanced dessert, Mouhalabiyeh. ...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. Today's guest, Ryoko Sekigushi and Chef Fadi talk about two culinary traditions, Palestinan and Japanese and their recent evoluti...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. In the mornings, when you walk the streets of Bethlehem, your steps or should I say your nose, lead you naturally to a small stre...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   Fadi and Sami chat about Palestine, Palestinian food and Sami's childhood and career. Sami tells us his story from the discover...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   Moloukhiya, or Jew's Mallow is prepared across the Levant and Egypt. Each recipe is different, all about the consistency and th...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   Fadi and Bethany chat about the "right" use of hummus, the history and diversity of Levantine cuisine and of the beautiful book...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.     It is fasouliya season! all over the country, beautiful green string beans have matured and ready to be enjoyed! This recipe ...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   Fadi and Moeen talk about memories of chidhood, Moeen's career from Amman to New York and the future of modernising our cuisine...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. Can one have a fetish ingredient? maybe not one only but a few and freekeh is definitely one of them for Chef Fadi Kattan. In tod...

  Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   Fadi and Joe talk about the modernising of Levantine cuisine, the need for more exploration of the cuisines of Lebanon, Syria...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   Fadi and Wissam Joubran from the Trio Joubran take you through the herbs, the flavours and the dishes of Palestine. Wissam tell...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. Kabab, kabab, kabab! The shout you hear around some markets in Palestine or the seated long mezzes and kabab!  A beautifully frag...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   This morning Chef Fadi Kattan makes ful medemaes, a traditional fava bean dip you can find all over Palestine fromm the small r...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   Today Fadi chats with Anissa Helou about her career and Levantine cuisine. Anissa has published 9 books on Levantine cuisine ra...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   Chef Damien Despres runs two Parisian restaurants, Aubergine & cie and Des Tapas and is an active member of the College Culinai...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   A passionate discussion between two lovers of Levantine food, Kamal Mouzawak, founder of Souk El Tayeb in Lebanon and Fadi Katt...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   A memory from childhood, that nice fluffy sweet fragrant brioche that tastes so much like Palestine.  ...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.   We start the second series with a discussion between Chef Fadi Kattan and François Roboth. François, a culinary journalist, was...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. In today's episode, we prepare two recipes, the Mutabla, this unctuous aubergine cream and kmaj, one of the traditional Palestini...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. Lubna Wardeh went from being an executive in top international organisations to becoming a chef. She talks this morning with Chef...

  Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. Makloubeh, a love story! Each and every home in Palestine cooks makloubeh differently. Which vegetables to use? which meats? wh...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. Chef Mohamad Orfali, a culinary genius who is modernising his native cuisine, the rich Aleppo kitchen or Al-Matbakh Al-Halabi.  ...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. In Bethlehem it is called Zoungol, elswhere it is called Zalabiya or Awameh. A delicious easy to make sweet. ...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. In Palestine, we stuff all vegetables in their seasons. Today Chef Fadi talks you through a simple recipe for the classic dish st...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. Fadi's guest, Chef Abdallah Al-Yaqout takes you to the old market of Kuwait city. Abduallah is a young Kuwaiti chef who discusses...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. Today Fadi takes you to Santiago, Chile to meet Chef Sofia Halabi to talk about Palestinian cuisine in the largest Palestinian co...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. Lentils, one of the oldest pulses in the world and a fabulous recipe for Mujadara, a fragrant and healthy rice and lentil dish fr...

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. Today Fadi talks to us about bread and then walks us through his baguette recipe. ...