The Mediterranean Zest: Recent Episodes
Marcel Shamshoum
Hi, my name Marcel ! I'm a food writer and enthusiast. I started this podcast to share with you my journey through the Mediterranean; where we'll explore it's food, ingredients, culture and traditions as well as meeting many beautiful people in the food world from the region along the way! If you love food, you definitely don't want to miss this!!!
In this episode of the Med. Zest, I catch up with my good friend Ilaria where we talk all about Italian and Tuscan food.
On this episode of the Mediterranean Zest we celebrate Lebanon, a country with great history, mind blowing landscapes and off course delicious food! I am joined by Lebanon's renowned foodie, critic, traveler, blogger and dentist Anthony Rahayel aka no garlic no onions. Together we take a closer look at Lebanese success stories in Lebanon and around the world, we talk Lebanon and it's food.
It also happens to be Lebanon's Independence Day (Nov.22)
So, Happy Independence Day to all of our Lebanese listeners , friends and family we send you all the love from Palestine!!
In this episode Crista and I look into the uniqueness of the Mediterranean food culture and it's importance. Crista also shares a personal experience with cancer and how the mediterranean lifestyle played a huge part in it.
This is the last episode of my Mediterranean intro, because the next and future episodes will target specific countries starting with Lebanon with Anthony Rahayel aka nogarlicnoonions!
In this episode of the Mediterranean Zest I am joined by my amazing friend Yasmina Abunassar. Yasmina is a singer, songwriter, member of the Palestinian band Ghazall and a pastry chef. Together we talked about festivities, music and food and finally desserts with a recipe at the end for you to try at home!
Note: Don't be alarmed by the length of this episode; this is because we get to enjoy Yasmina's music!!
This is part II of the Mediterranean morning! This week Chef Fadi and I dig a little deeper in memories; we talk about Naim's breakfast, chef Fadi's ultimate mediterranean breakfast and more!
In this episode of the Mediterranean Zest, Chef Fadi and I explore the morning routines around the mediterranean as well as focusing a bit on Palestine. We also drifted a bit by talking a bout Michelin and Covid-19. This a two part episode, where next week in part II we'll talk memories and nostalgic breakfasts.
Photo credit: Fadi Kattan
In the first episode of The Mediterranean Zest, Marcel explains why he thinks the Mediterranean region is so unique. He also talks about the secret recipe for living a long beautiful life in the Mediterranean.