Modern Persian Food

Bita Arabian, Beata Nazem Kelley

Booking Overview

A food and culinary-culture show focused on Persian cooking, heritage flavors, recipes, and modern lifestyle applications, with mostly host-led episodes and occasional interviews with culinary entrepreneurs. Suitable pitches include Persian chefs, cookbook authors, bakers, food-business founders, and experts on preserving or adapting Persian food traditions; booking difficulty is low because the show has featured an accessible specialty-bakery founder rather than only high-profile figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 193

Frequency: Monthly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 114 subscribers

Instagram: 3.6k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

hello@modernpersianfood.com

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Host

Bita Arabian - Food blogger and co-host focused on Persian cooking, heritage flavors, and incorporating Persian cuisine into modern lifestyles.

Beata Nazem Kelley - Food blogger and co-host focused on Persian cooking, culinary traditions, and sharing Persian food with contemporary audiences.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low

Typical Credentials:

Persian chefs, bakers, cookbook authors, food-business founders, and culinary experts with a credible connection to Persian food traditions or modern adaptations of heritage cuisine.

Required Achievements:

Founded or operates a food business, Developed or published Persian recipes and cookbooks, Preserved or promoted Persian culinary traditions, Built expertise in Persian baking, cooking, or food culture

Recent Guest Discussions

Sahar Shomali - Building A Specialty Bakery, Recreating Authentic Barbari Bread, Regional Persian Baking Traditions, Adapting Heritage Recipes For Modern Customers, And Preserving Persian Culinary Traditions.

Recent Topics

Food, Persian Cuisine, Cooking, Baking, Cookbooks

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Modern Persian Food

Power & Glow — Bringing Heritage Flavors to Breakfast

September 02, 2026

Beata and Bita are back together to catch up on their summer food adventures, projects, and kitchen experiments. They chat about some of Beata's recent recipe testing, what she's been working on with BeatsEats cooking classes, and her growing YouTube channel. Then the conversation turns to breakfast and how creating a few practical systems can make mornings easier, more organized, and more enjoyable. Rather than reinventing breakfast every day, they explore simple ways to build routines aroun...

Keeping Persian Baking Traditions Alive with Sahar Shomali of Kouzeh Bakery

August 05, 2026

What does it take to recreate the taste of home? In this special episode of the Modern Persian Food Podcast, Beata sits down with Sahar Shomali, the passionate baker and founder of Kouzeh Bakery in Los Angeles. They explore Sahar's inspiring journey from home baker to small business owner, driven by a mission that many Iranians know well: finding—or recreating—the perfect barbari bread from childhood memories. Sahar shares how nostalgia became inspiration as she worked to capture the authent...

Persian Style Picnics

July 01, 2026

Summer is picnic season, and we're sharing how to bring Persian flavors, traditions, and hospitality to your next outdoor gathering. Whether you're planning a casual afternoon at the park, a beach day with friends, or a family get-together, this episode is packed with ideas to help you create a memorable Persian-inspired picnic experience. We discuss everything from choosing the perfect picnic setup and packing essentials to incorporating meaningful cultural touches that celebrate Persian f...

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