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The World Service Cookbook

Meet some of the people from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Language Services who have submitted recipes and stories from their home country to help create an extraordinary cookbook.

When the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service's Language Services moved into New Broadcasting House in central London, different services would take it in turns to host a 'Meet-Your-Neighbour' event to introduce themselves to other parts of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ. People started bringing in food that reflected their country or region. Other people took up the mantle and an idea was born. Three years on and this extraordinary collection of recipes has been compiled into a truly global cookbook, available for staff to download.

But this is just more than a collection of recipes - this is food that connects the journalists, correspondents, managers and producers to their homes, and provides a cultural bridge between themselves. Sheila Dillon meets Paula Moio who describes how a fish stew - Calulude Peixe - epitomises long Saturday afternoons in Angola when friends and family come to put the world to rights over long lunches, and how on moving to London a Saturday afternoon could be a poignant and emotional time. Sadeq Saba discusses the flavours of North Iran and why nothing can dampen down the Iranian's love of food. Lourdes Heredia gives Sheila a tour of the fifth floor before unveiling an incredible selection of salsas that has colleges from the African and Middle Eastern sections arguing about which country produces the hottest chilies. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Urdu presenter Aliya Nazki talks quinces and Kashmiri food, and Dmitry Shishkin is joined by his daughter Masha to explain how there's a lot more to Russian cooking than meets the eye.

Producer: Toby Field.

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30 minutes

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Mon 5 Feb 2018 15:30

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Sheila Dillon
Interviewed Guest Paula Moio
Interviewed Guest Sadeq Saba
Interviewed Guest Aliya Nazki
Interviewed Guest Dmitry Shishkin
Producer Toby Field

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  • Sun 4 Feb 2018 12:32
  • Mon 5 Feb 2018 15:30

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