Sabah Al Yasmine - Ramblings of a Chef

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 language.  

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. 

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 difficult times, we celebrate a shared moment of happiness and cuisine we celebrate a moment of community and solidarity.

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. Today we celebrate the episode 50 of the show. The guest we have today is very special, the Chef's mother, Micheline! We talk about her tastes, her life, her food memories and little secrets from baby Fadi at 6 months to the obstinate Fadi wanting to study hotel management to today's work with Palestinian food.    

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 difficult times, we celebrate a shared moment of happiness and cuisine.  

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. Fadi teases Gemma by calling her the "iconic Gemma Bell'. Listen to Gemma talk about her career, her values, her love for Palestine and Palestinian cuisine. 

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.  Roasted peppers, toasted walnuts, beautiful olive oil and enjoy! 

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. Danny and Johnny Dubbaneh take us on a journey from Yaffa to the United States, on the trail of their Manoushe and Zaatar. Fadi and the great Z&Z team talk about zaatar, Palestinian food memories and how children of immigrants perpetuate food traditions and Palestinian culinary culture.  With a special guest appearance of their father. 

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 Bethlehem. I share with you a delicious kufta wrapped in those vine leaves. Pure pleasure! 

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. This morning, Fadi talks to Reem Kassis, celebrated author of The Palestinian Table. Her journey from the world of finance to Palestinian food, her passion for the cuisine and the people and her insight into the place of Palestinian cuisine globally.   

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.Marmaon in Bethlehem, Maftoul in the rest of Palestine, this festive Palestinian dish is here declined in a vegetarian version by Chef Fadi Kattan.  

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 fantastic Almond & Fig and of #apriliaforarabfood. From Jerusalem to Chicago, Mai recounts her food memories and the values of Palestinian cuisine she holds dear.  

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 evolution before going towards the moments of pleasure, prayer and light in food. this episode is in French. 

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 street where three little restaurants are known for their falafels.  

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 discovery of Palestinian cuisine in his mother's kitchen in Jerusalem to his writing Falastin, a love letter to Palestine. 

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 the serving

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 books Bethany wrote. 

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 is a simple stew loved by many for its deep tastes of the beginning of summer.  

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 cuisines. 

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 today's episode, Fadi shares with you a recipe of freekel bil wij. Freekeh with a beautiful "face" of mince meat, pine nuts and alamonds. 

 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, Palestine and Jordan, and about Joe's favourites. 

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 tells us about his family's passion for zaatar, mokra and akub.   

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 fragrant grilled meat with flavours of Palestine. 

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. Fadi and Tom Hunt chat about responsible sustainable cooking, Tom's trip to Palestine and his new book.  

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.Stuffed courgettes. Again? well yes, we do tend to stuff vegetables a lot around here. This time they are cooked in a laban sauce (yogurt). We use two types of Laban, the regular yogurt or the jameed yogurt. Here the Chef shares both recipes but clearly his heart leans towards jameed. 

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. Fadi chats with the legendary Massimo Bottura about Food for Soul, the importance of giving back in dignity, the strength of communities and Bethlehem. 

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 roadside eateries to the best tables.