Blanche Shaheen is a TV host/journalist turned cooking show host, cookbook author, and blogger. She was the host of the PBS independent film/documentary show, Video I for ten years, an on-air correspondent on ABC, a tech reporter for G4 Television, a producer at CNN, and news anchor for Link Media's program: Mosaic, World News of the Middle East. Blanche now focuses on her passion for preserving Middle Eastern recipes and culture through her YouTube show called "Feast in the Middle East." Her goal has been to break down stereotypes of Arabs, humanize Palestinians, and inspire dialogue between the Middle East and the west. Her instructional cooking videos share heirloom recipes that her Palestinian family has passed down to her through the generations, as well as modern shortcuts for today's busy cook. She is a food columnist for Silicon Valley newspapers and the national syndication called Arab America, a cooking instructor, and author of the cookbook, "Feast In The Middle East." Her YouTube channel, BlancheTV, has over 40,000 subscribers, and her show has been featured on Virgin America Airlines in flight entertainment, NBC News, FOX, and BBC International.
