From left to right: Jérémie, Carole, and Imad Kanaan. Photo provided by Carole Kanaan.
They left finance in London to do what they love in Paris: "Eating and hosting." After Hébé in 2018, Carole and Imad Kanaan opened Ya Bayté and Didon in 2021. Their son Jérémie, who recently joined the adventure, now runs a fourth establishment, another Ya Bayté, at La Grande Épicerie de Paris, on Rue de Passy."Ya bayté," which translated to my home, also translated to my love in certain regions in Lebanon. In Beit Chebab, Carole Kanaan learned this phrase more than 30 years ago. "Ya bayté, bring me a glass of water! That's how my mother-in-law would speak to her son — my husband, Imad," she recalls from her Paris apartment, surrounded by her husband and their eldest son, Jérémie.Carole Kanaan remembers this sign of affection, as well as the famed tomato turnovers (fatayer banadoura), which can only be...
They left finance in London to do what they love in Paris: "Eating and hosting." After Hébé in 2018, Carole and Imad Kanaan opened Ya Bayté and Didon in 2021. Their son Jérémie, who recently joined the adventure, now runs a fourth establishment, another Ya Bayté, at La Grande Épicerie de Paris, on Rue de Passy."Ya bayté," which translated to my home, also translated to...
