Mumtaz Mustafa and Laura Klynstra are best friends who love to cook—and host—together. Lale chats with them about how their respective childhoods in Pakistan and Michigan helped shape their passion for food, travels in Guatemala, and memories of Karachi street snacks and Dutch potlucks.
Sep 2025
Tracee Ellis Ross Loves Seeing the World Solo
Repeat: Tracee Ellis Ross’ earliest memories involved traveling the world with her mother, Diana Ross, but it was at the age of 22 that she discovered what solo travel could give her. This episode, Lale sits down with Tracee to discuss how solo travel can be an act of radical sel ... Show More
27m 59s
May 2021
Cooking Without My Mother
Michelle and her mother were nothing alike. Now the lead singer of Japanese Breakfast, Michelle Zauner grew up as a little punk kid running around the Pacific Northwest wearing Daniel Johnston T-shirts and patched overalls. Her mother was glamorous, refined, and secretly homesick ... Show More
31m 8s
Dec 2022
#4 - Ma vie avec la Cuisine - Ali et Shayan, cuistots et réfugiés
Ali et Shayan sont réfugiés d’Afghanistan. Ils ont traversé l’Europe, sont passés par les camps de migrants à Calais notamment et viennent d’ouvrir un restaurant à Paris, le Kabul Kitchen. Dans leur pays, la cuisine était le domaine réservé des femmes mais aujourd’hui, ils ont ap ... Show More
14m 28s
Jun 2023
The Voicenote Chef | Homesick Cooking & a Love Affair With Tabbouleh
<p>In this episode of Matbakh, The VoiceNote Chef tells us about about transforming childhood memories into viral recipes, capturing his mom’s unique voice in voicenote form, and cooking to ease homesick hearts around the world. We discover how the account took off, how its chang ... Show More
1 h
Jan 2021
THE POTASH TWINS: Sugar and Spice, Twice as Nice!
This episode Katie is joined by her friends Ezra and Adeev Potash who are musicians, and host of Food Network show Takeout Twins. They discuss their career in music, playing with world class artists and taking the food industry by storm! Being gifted horn musicians landed them at ... Show More
51m 1s
