“I wanted to document recipes that are fading away or being appropriated,” with Hisham Assaad ​

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.