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    Anissa Helou on Ramadan’s culinary traditions

    The holy month of Ramadan began earlier this week. After sunset, many will break their fasts with customary meals. In 2018, Anissa Helou spoke with Evan about traditional Ramadan dishes.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 9, 2019 • 1 min read

    The holy month of Ramadan began earlier this week. After sunset, many will break their fasts with customary meals. In 2018, Anissa Helou spoke with Evan about traditional Ramadan dishes. Helou’s cookbook “Feast: Food of the Islamic World” recently won best international cookbook at the James Beard Foundation media awards.

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    Samin Nosrat, Ramadan food traditions, and eating goat
    1. 0:00Anissa Helou on Ramadan’s culinary traditionsYou’re reading this
    2. 10:44The phenomenon of “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat”
    3. 43:38Goat: a sustainable red meat alternative?
    4. 51:56Patricia Escárcega visits Fonda Mixcoac in Anaheim
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      Evan Kleiman

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Samin Nosrat, Ramadan food traditions, and eating goat
    1. 0:00Anissa Helou on Ramadan’s culinary traditionsYou’re reading this
    2. 10:44The phenomenon of “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat”
    3. 43:38Goat: a sustainable red meat alternative?
    4. 51:56Patricia Escárcega visits Fonda Mixcoac in Anaheim
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