In Flour Power, we learn how to perfectly blend flour, leaveners, sugar and eggs into that all important treat!Jay Behrouzi visits Mr Manakeesh, an Arabic bakery in Manchester to see one of her favourite breakfast dishes come together, Zataar Manakeesh. Melting Pot’s resident scientist Big Manny then helps Jay to overcome her biggest kitchen fear - Baking.Check out Jay’s version of Zataar Manakeesh here: 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/zataar_manakeesh_99833Melting 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

6. Fish & Chips - Takeaway Bonus

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.