Maman and Me: Recipes from Our Iranian American Family

About Gita SadehRoya Shariat

Roya Shariat is a Brooklyn-based writer and social impact professional. She has worked for leading brands and organizations including the ACLU Chobani and the Rockefeller Foundation. Currently she is the Senior Manager of Impact at Glossier. Shariat writes a weekly newsletter on food and culture called Consumed and runs a popular cooking TikTok with her mother Gita Sadeh that has over 5 million likes across the platform. Their videos have been viewed over 35 million times since creating the account in 2020. Shariat and Sadeh have been featured in Elle magazine the CBC and have partnered with brands including Framebridge Ghia and Glossier. Gita Sadeh is a Maryland-based chef and early childhood educator. She has over four decades of teaching experience and five decades of culinary experience. Sadeh is known for her cooking online and offline - she has catered events and gatherings from her home kitchen and taught Iranian cooking classes to families throughout the Washington DC metropolitan area. Her thousands of fans on TikTok call her the CEO of tahdig.