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"Cooking is a message," says Racha Abou Alchamat, the brains trust behind Rachas Syrian Kitchen, and we are lucky to hear it. Along with friend and kitchen partner Nidal Alali, they run a Syrian catering and events service in Sydney that shares dishes from her homeland and spotlights the Syrian migrant story.  After kicking things off with the joys of real knafeh, which she explains hinges on the quality of the cheese, must be cooked with ghee and be made and served straight away, she pauses ...