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Jay crashes a cooking class in Liverpool with Iranian chef Kazem Ashourzadeh who teaches asylum seekers recipes from home and Big Manny walks us through the chemistry of flavour.

Jay Behrouzi is in Liverpool, her adopted hometown, to crash a cooking class with Kazem Ashourzadeh, an Iranian chef who teaches asylum seekers native recipes to help them stay connected to home.

Melting Pot鈥檚 Big Manny explains the chemical reactions of our seasoning, using easy science to get the best flavours out of them.

Try out Jay鈥檚 version of Persian Makaroni here:
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Melting Pot is a 成人快手 Audio North production for 成人快手 Sounds Audio Lab.

Written and produced by Jay Behrouzi
Resident scientist - Big Manny
Supervising producer - Richard McIlroy
Executive producers - Gill Farrington & Pete Wilson
Mixing and Sound Design - AJ Traspederme
Production Coordinator - Mica Nepomuceno
Commissioning Editor - Khaliq Meer

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