Jay Behrouzi is in Liverpool, her adopted hometown, to crash a cooking class with Kazem Ashourzadeh, an Iranian chef who teaches asylum seekers native recipes to help them stay connected to home.Melting Pot’s Big Manny explains the chemical reactions of our seasoning, using easy science to get the best flavours out of them.Try out Jay’s version of Persian Makaroni here: 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/persian_makaroni_with_39717Melting Pot is a BBC Audio North production for BBC Sounds Audio Lab.Written and produced by Jay Behrouzi
Resident scientist - Big Manny
Supervising producer - Richard McIlroy
Executive producers - Gill Farrington &amp; Pete Wilson
Mixing and Sound Design - AJ Traspederme
Production Coordinator - Mica Nepomuceno
Commissioning Editor - Khaliq Meer

3. Comfort Food

The Maillard Reaction, osmosis, emulsion... Cooking is chemistry done every day. Jay Behrouzi and Big Manny lift the lid on the science behind some of her favourite dishes.Across this six-part series; we visit the kitchens of British-Filipino chef Rex De Guzman's and actress Bangs Garcia. Conversations features Iranian chef Kazem Ashourzadeh to American ice hockey player Bo Hanson. And we rub shoulders with private chef Nelson Reposo as well as the Mancunian Baker behind Mr Manakeesh.Welcome to the culinary delights of a migrant’s Melting Pot in the UK.