Top 50 Food Website in the World

Thursday, July 21, 2011 By shayma 35 Comments

The Spice Spoon, Top 50 Website in the World

Toot toot! That is the sound of my horn, and I hope you don’t mind the sound of it, because The Spice Spoon was featured in The Independent as 50 of the world’s best food websites.

‘Stunning photography, beautiful food and evocative writing, Shayma Saadat’s Pakistani/ Afghan/Persian blog is a treat,’ says Nick. ‘Very original recipes from a blogger who is keen to offer a much-needed dose of humanity and romanticism to the countries of her heritage.’

Filed Under: Press, Winner of Competition

Winner- Food52 Competition-To be Published in ‘Food52′ Cookbook

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 By shayma 16 Comments


Click here for the winning recipe, and here for my interview, (above).

I am pleased and honoured to share with my readers that my recipe for Borani Esfanaaj won the Food52 competition for ‘Your Best Spinach Recipe’ this week and will be published in a crowdsourced cookbook entitled ‘Food52′ by HarperStudio. (Here is my recipe and the story of inspiration behind it, on my blog). [Read more...]

Filed Under: Interviews / Features, Irani/Persian, Press, Winner of Competition, vegetables/vegetarian