Year in Review

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In Episode #13, co-hosts Bita and Beata have a coffee date chat reflecting on the calendar year in review and touch on what to expect from the podcast looking into the future.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How and when Bita and Beata met</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Instagram initial connect, then phone and email correspondence, and finally an in-person meet up in the Golden Gate Park in SF all at the start of the pandemic</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">First connections made May 2020</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The duo has many things in common</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Both raised in Persian families in America, both content creators with a passion for modern Persian food, cooking and eating</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Like-minded</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Equally driven hard-working</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Differences</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Bita has older kids and Beata’s children are younger</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Bita’s background and training is in teaching, art, and nutrition</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Beata’s background and work experience is in business and marketing</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Both Bita and Beata love influencing others to try new things including their modern takes on traditional recipes</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Whys?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To make Persian food accessibl