Salt & Spine

**Today's Episode: Anissa Helou **This week, we're excited to welcome Anissa Helou to SALT + SPINE, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks.Anissa is the author of nine cookbooks, including her most recent, Feast: Food of the Islamic World.We sat down with Anissa at our studio inside San Francisco's The Civic Kitchen to discuss the process of creating this comprehensive book, what led her to cookbooks after a career in the art world, and her mission of preserving recipes for future generations.Plus, as always we check in with Celia Sack at Omnivore Books in San FranciscoBonus Salt + Spine Features:Recipe: Meatballs in Sour Cherry Sauce (Kabab Karaz)Recipe: Zanzibari Grilled Fish in Coconut Sauce (Samaki Wa Kupaka)Get the Cookbook: Omnivore Books [signed copies!] | Amazon--Read More:"The Vast World of Islam, in 300 Recipes" by Mayukh Sen [New York Times]"The food of the whole Islamic world, in one crazy-ambitious cookbook" by Amy Scattergood [Los Angeles Times]"Saffron and Camel Hump