Food with Mark Bittman

Nasim Alikhani: Homestyle Iranian Food at Its Best

May 20, 2026·30 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Revisiting our interview with Nasim Alikhani, the wildly popular Brooklyn-based chef, who talked to Kate and Mark about why the slow cook makes Iranian food special, the best way to enjoy a dinner party, and leaving Iran for the US in the 1980s.Get Nasim Alikhani’s recipe for Date Scrambled Eggs on the Bittman Project:https://bittmanproject.com/recipe/nasim-alikhanis-date-scrambled-eggs/Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts.Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Want more food content? Subscribe to The Bittman Project at www.bittmanproject.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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