When it comes to food, there’s always more to discover, which is why we’re excited to present Kitchen Conversations.

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Kitchen Conversations brings you regular food stories featured by a handful of SBS Radio's 68 language groups, in English with an accompanying recipe. Explore both classic and modern dishes from the following cuisines: Cantonese, Mandarin, Maltese, French, Polish, Filipino, Arabic, Dutch, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Turkish, Greek, Hindi, Gujarati, German and Punjabi.

These audio stories allow you to delve deeper into food, providing you with the unique stories and history behind each dish, as well as tips that will help you better prepare delicious cross-cultural meals at home.

Cuisines

Arabic
Each week SBS Radio’s Marie Myssy talks to renowned international chef and author Hassan M’Souli, who shares the fragrant, exotic and fresh recipes of Moroccan cuisine.

Cantonese
Teri Tsang talks to various chefs and reveals the stories behind traditional foods from the Canton region, such as boat congee and modern-style abalone.

Dutch
Anneke Mackay-Smith meets fortnightly with chef Geert Elzinga to celebrate an authentic Dutch dish. From the kitchen of his Sydney restaurant Essen, they discuss how to adapt traditional Dutch dishes to a modern Australian setting.

Filipino
Food writer and presenter Yasmin Newman hosts Sarap: A Filipino Food Journey, sharing recipes for savoury dishes and mouth-watering desserts from her mother's home country of the Philippines.

French
SBS French’s Frederic Suteau follows his nose to Melbourne’s best restaurants, cafes, chefs and cooks who are producing modern French cuisine. Frederic’s engaging discussions are sure to surprise and inspire a love of French cooking.

Greek
Each week SBS Radio host Themi Kallos sits down with Maria Benardis, the well-known chef and award-winning food writer to take us on a journey through Greek cuisine. Maria’s extensive knowledge of ancient Greek history and passion for food will have you enthralled.

Gujarati
Nital Desai presents a monthly food segment that focuses on the surprising and unique flavours of Gujarati cuisine.

Hindi
Kumud Merani interviews a reputed chef to learn how to make authentic Indian food. In the first segment, Nirav Mistry shares his recipe for chocolate-coconut balls (or ladoos) – a popular sweet of the Diwali Festival of Lights.

Italian
Matteo Rubettino presents L’Italia in Cucina – a weekly segment in which he interviews various chefs to discuss regional Italian classics. In the first segment, Melbourne-based chef Salvatore Caccioppoli offers a recipe for baby octopus cooked the Luciana way.

Korean
Every month, Jae Eun Yoon presents The Taste of Korea – an exploration of a variety of traditional and modern dishes. In the first segment, chef Jeoung Park offers up his recipe for a delicious savoury meal of Korean seafood pancake.

Maltese
Each month, Rita O’Dwyer presents A Corner in the Maltese Kitchen. In the first segment, Karmen Tedesco, renowned chef and culinary writer, talks us through a recipe for traditional Maltese biscuits sprinkled with sesame seeds.

Mandarin
Every fortnight, Martin Li takes us on an exciting journey of Chinese cuisine. In the first segment, Sydney-based chef Raymond Chan explains how to cook Supreme Seafood – a traditional Hong Kong dish using lobster, prawns, scallops and asparagus.

Polish
Each month, Ela Chylewski presents Polish-ed Plate, a segment in which she shares a recipe for traditional Polish cuisine. In this first podcast, she explains how to prepare a comforting broth that's healthy and bursting with flavour.

Punjabi
SBS presenter Manpreet Singh learns more about the dishes of North India by talking to qualified chefs and restaurateurs.

Spanish
Each week, Florencia Melgar talks to one of Australia's Spanish-speaking chefs about the characteristic dishes of both Spain and South America.

Turkish
Seref Isler from SBS Turkish Radio explores the history and diversity of Turkey’s cuisine, with conversations with creative chefs and cooks in Australia and Turkey.