The real Bethlehem, and its food
For today’s episode, Mark and I talked to Fadi Kattan, chef and author of the brand new cookbook, Bethlehem: A Celebration of Palestinian Food. A Franco-Palestinian chef who lives in Bethlehem, Fadi hails from that city and owns two restaurants: Fawda, in Bethlehem, and Akub, in London, both of which celebrate Palestine’s rich diversity of ingredients and culinary traditions and feature Fadi’s twist on the cherished food of his homeland.
I was immediately drawn to Fadi’s book, which features at home renditions (read: great for the home cook) of Fadi’s culinary delights — it’s hard to find a recipe in there that you won’t want to make. We talked, of course, about how “timely” this book is — a topic that can’t be ignored — but, timeliness aside, we were grateful to have the opportunity to talk to such a talented chef and to use the podcast as a space to continue the conversation about how food really can bring us closer together, if it’s done the right way. Here we are, and you can find Fadi’s recipe for Mujadara here and his recipe for Fig Salad here.
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