Hey guys, it's Dave Chang here, host of the Dave Chang Show.

You might hear me on with Chris Yang, Noel Cornelio and a host of other guests.

We've been on air for quite some time now and it's changed over the years, but one of

the things we always try to talk about is what's delicious, how to be a better eater, and

you might hear me rambling and coherently, contradicting myself every five minutes.

We talk about some sports and culture and all kinds of other things too.

I think we're the most expert opinion you'll ever hear about anything.

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Hello and welcome to Recipe Club where we debate the best way to cook the things you want

to eat.

My name is Chris Yang.

This week, after sending out the call for rice peel off recipes, we were greeted with

a doozy listener, Shahar Sofer, sent in her family recipe for Tobit, a total showstopper

of a dish that involves slow cooking a whole chicken in a cocoon of rice, meat, and tomato

season with the Middle Eastern staple, Baharat.

Bahar says, this dish has been around for decades or maybe centuries as a Saturday afternoon

evening meal that is served after baking in the oven for hours during Shabbat.

It's from Jews in Iraq where my mom's family is from.

This was written by my mom who makes it based on my grandmother's recipe, although my grandma

never measured or wrote anything down.

Here at the club, we were immediately drawn to this recipe because it's big and wild

and full of unfamiliar ingredients and amazing instructions like, if you stuff the chicken,

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