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At the Kitchen Table - Zahir Parris - Tech Wizz, Pizza Connoisseur (& my little brother.)

November 8, 2026 · 41 min

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Hello and welcome to this episode where I chat to my brother Zãhir, pizza connoisseur, and person with a job I do not understand, other than it being in tech and Zāhir being some kind of whiz. As we leant against the kitchen counter in his South Manchester home, we chatted about the first things we cooked as kids, what we remember from our childhood in Barcelona, including our mum's parties, always centred around food. What our kitchen was like growing up (very basic). The differences in food when we moved from Barcelona to the UK and what makes a good pizza and how to eat it. I hope you enjoy my chat with my little brother Zāhir, who recently over lunch described our family dynamic as consisting of an idealist (my mum), an idealist realist, (Zāhir) and a plane realist, me, which is probably his lovely way of telling me that I'm a bossy older sister.


I introduce to you my little brother, Zāhir Paris.


Warning, this episode includes mild expletives.


My debut book Your Space, Your Story: a Creative Guide to Personal Interiors is published by Batsford Books in February 2027 and now available for pre-order. You can order at your local bookshop or at the usual online retailers!

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