{"podcast":{"title":"Nourish by Spinneys","slug":"nourish-by-spinneys-5748263","podcast_index_feed_id":5748263,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/nourish-by-spinneys","website_url":"https://www.spinneys.com/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/NlE1aAJfw0MCC9lwy3vR8cejvFg6eoNKSONpP0h0eyg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jZmFm/ZTBhNzBmMDg2OWNh/NjllMDIwNDdkODUw/MDE2NC5qcGVn.jpg","author":"Spinneys","episode_count":95,"summary":"A show that inspires you to eat and live well. Hosts Devina Divecha and Tiffany Eslick chat with leading players in the food community, from farmers to foodies, as well as health and well-being experts. Brought to you by the UAE’s premium supermarket retailer, this award-winning show promises to bring you engaging conversations, fresh ideas, and help nourish your heart and soul. New episodes every other Tuesday.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T02:19:48.095648+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nourish-by-spinneys-5748263"},"episode":{"title":"“I wanted to document recipes that are fading away or being appropriated,” with Hisham Assaad","slug":"i-wanted-to-document-recipes-that-are-fading-away-or-being-appropriated-with-hisham-assaad","published_at":"2025-12-09T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nourish-by-spinneys-5748263/i-wanted-to-document-recipes-that-are-fading-away-or-being-appropriated-with-hisham-assaad","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nourish-by-spinneys-5748263","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/8838395d","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/8838395d/d44cd9b3.mp3","summary":"Co-host Tiffany Eslick sits down at Mishkah with author (and clown) Hisham Assaad during his visit for the Sharjah Book Fair a couple of weeks ago. Hisham shares his journey in food that traces back to his childhood growing up in a refugee camp in Lebanon, how he wants to record and preserve recipes that are fading away, and. how he got started with clowning! Hisham started his food blog, ⁨cookin5m2⁩ , in 2013 and has since published two books—'Bayrut The Cookbook' in 2021 and 'Taboon' in 2024 celebrating his heritage and amazing recipes from Lebanon, Palestine and Syria. Chapters 0:00 Coming up... 3:53 Clowning 5:58 Cultural Identity through Cuisine 11:29 From Blog to Cookbook 13:39 Documenting Lesser-Known Dishes 16:52 The Impact of Tragedy 19:29 The Journey to Taboon 27:53 Sharjah Book Fair and Dinner at Mishkah","meta_description":"Co-host Tiffany Eslick sits down at Mishkah with author (and clown) Hisham Assaad during his visit for the Sharjah Book Fair a couple of weeks ago. Hisham…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1982,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nourish-by-spinneys-5748263/episodes/i-wanted-to-document-recipes-that-are-fading-away-or-being-appropriated-with-hisham-assaad/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nourish-by-spinneys-5748263/i-wanted-to-document-recipes-that-are-fading-away-or-being-appropriated-with-hisham-assaad.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}