Today's episode is from our friends over at The Sporkful.
Zahra Tabatabai’s parents grew up in an Iran that would be unrecognizable today. “The pictures I see of my family in Iran in the sixties and seventies, they're in bikinis at the beach, drinking beer,” she says. Now, after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, women are legally required to wear hijabs and alcohol is banned. A few years ago, Zahra became interested in the long history of beer brewing in Iran — a tradition that included her own grandfather. She began brewing her own beer, experimenting with traditional Iranian ingredients like sumac, black lime, and barberries. Now she’s using her company, Back Home Beer, to change the narrative about Iranian people and culture. And one day, she hopes to bring her beer to Iran without fear. Nowruz Mobarak!
The Sporkful production team includes Dan Pashman, Emma Morgenstern, Andres O'Hara, Nora Ritchie, Tracey Samuelson, and Jared O'Connell.
How Do We Savor Change? A Conversation with Geraldine DeRuiter
Southern Smoke Dispatch w/ Chefs Reem Assil and Carlo Lamagna
Southern Smoke Dispatch w/ Chefs Ana Castro and G Benchawan Painter
Southern Smoke Dispatch w/ Chef Emmanuel Chavez
"Be A Girl" 5 Years Later: Part 3 w/ Kiah Fuller
"Be A Girl" 5 Years Later: Part 2 w/ Courtney Moisant
"Be A Girl" 5 Years Later: Part 1 w/ Edalyn Garcia
Introducing “The Build” from Opening Soon
It’s Blame the Lunch Worker First and Foremost: Guest Episode from LWC Studios
Zero Stars: Why is a Tire Company Rating Food?
The Brigade System: a conversation w/ Telly Justice & Mike Sheats
It's Corn: Process & Purpose
Tasting Menus: A Dining Experience
Is Culinary School Worth It?
Meat Your Butcher: The Craft of Cutting Meat
Screen to Table: Influencing the Craft of Cooking
Value of a Meal (w/ Kin Restaurant)
Abalone: The Cost of Consumption
Foam: Chef's Kiss? (w/ Geraldine DeRuiter)
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Modern West
Just Dumb Enough Podcast
Freakonomics Radio
The Why Files: Operation Podcast
Criminal
Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World