I'm Molly.

And I'm Matthew.

And this is Spilled Milk, the show where we cook something delicious, eat it all and

you can't have it.

And today we're talking about sumac.

That's right.

Sumac is, I bet most of our listeners have eaten sumac, but just to make sure we're all

on the same page.

We're talking here about that spice that has that delicious tangy flavor and like reddish

purple color that shows up in all kinds of Middle Eastern cuisines.

Yeah.

This is our new segment.

Let's get on the same page.

Let's get on the same page.

It's my favorite new segment that we just discovered.

Anyway, and we're going to have a special guest today who is the author of the book,

sumac recipes and stories from Syria.

But first, because neither Matthew nor I grew up in a sumac influenced household.

Correct.

We're going to give you our memory lanes.

That's what you kind of did, huh?

Well, so, okay.

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