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From KQED.

From KQD in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrable with a special edition of forum from our archives. As a little girl, so the family story goes, chef and baker Rima Seale, like to go her own way.

When her mother admonished Riem to grab a hold of her as they walked across

the street, Ream would declare, I'll hold my own hand. That independence and courage is a hallmark

of Rima Seale's career. Her new book, Arabea, is beautiful and startling, challenging even.

Not words we normally use about cookbooks, but Ream has an organizer's heart and an activist's mind. If you open this book

expecting solely to find a hummus recipe, you're in for something else entirely. We've got Ream

of Reams, California for the hour after this news. Stay tuned.

Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal.

The heart of Rima Seal's new book slash cookbook is bread.

Simple ingredients, transformed by yeast, worked by hands, baked for all.

She writes in Arabia recipes from the life of an Arab in diaspora.

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