“We’ve actually done that research, and we asked chefs around the world. Their answer was: ‘We honestly don’t know, it’s a shame. We do not have an idea of what you eat.’ And that’s probably why they can’t really relate sometimes to us, as we [the Saudis] are so diverse.”
-Mayada Badr, pastry chef and CEO of the Saudi Culinary Arts Commission. The commission has been studying Saudi food and how it is viewed on the international stage, and has hired researchers to allocate the origins of Saudi dishes. [arabnews.com]
