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A Splash of Soy
A Memoir of Food, Flavour and Freedom in the Pakistani Kitchen
Author: Sumayya Usmani
Award-winning food writer Sumayya Usmani s stunning memoir conjures a story of what it was like growing up in Pakistan and how the women in her life inspired her to trust her instincts in the kitchen.
From a young age, food was Sumayya s portal to nurturing, love and self-expression. She spent the first eight years of her life at sea, with a father who captained merchant ships and a mother who preferred to cook for the family herself on a tiny electric stove in their cabin rather than eat in the officer s mess.
When the family moved to Karachi, Sumayya grew up torn between the social expectations of life as a young girl in Pakistan, and the inspiration she felt in the kitchen, watching her mother, and her Nani Mummy (maternal grandmother) and Dadi s (paternal grandmother) confidence, intuition and effortless ability to build complex, layered flavours in their cooking.
This evocative and moving food memoir – which includes the most meaningful recipes of Sumayya s childhood – tells the story of how Sumayya s self-belief grew throughout her young life, allowing her to trust her instincts and find her own path between the expectations of following in her father s footsteps as a lawyer and the pressures of a Pakistani woman s presumed place in the household. Gradually, through the warmth of her family life, the meaning of andaza comes to her: that the flavour and meaning of a recipe is not a list of measured ingredients, but a feeling in your hands, as you let the elements of a meal come together through instinct and experience.
Recipes include:
- Nani Mummy s prawn karahi
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- Potatoes with curry leaves and turmeric
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- Chicken boti tikka, Bundoo Khan style
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- Mummy s wedding-style chicken korma
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- Bitter lemon, mustard seed and garlic pullao
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- Dadi s banana and fennel seed gulgulay doughnut
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Hardcover | Quarto | 312 pages
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A Memoir of Food, Flavour and Freedom in the Pakistani Kitchen
Author: Sumayya Usmani
Award-winning food writer Sumayya Usmani s stunning memoir conjures a story of what it was like growing up in Pakistan and how the women in her life inspired her to trust her instincts in the kitchen.
From a young age, food was Sumayya s portal to nurturing, love and self-expression. She spent the first eight years of her life at sea, with a father who captained merchant ships and a mother who preferred to cook for the family herself on a tiny electric stove in their cabin rather than eat in the officer s mess.
When the family moved to Karachi, Sumayya grew up torn between the social expectations of life as a young girl in Pakistan, and the inspiration she felt in the kitchen, watching her mother, and her Nani Mummy (maternal grandmother) and Dadi s (paternal grandmother) confidence, intuition and effortless ability to build complex, layered flavours in their cooking.
This evocative and moving food memoir – which includes the most meaningful recipes of Sumayya s childhood – tells the story of how Sumayya s self-belief grew throughout her young life, allowing her to trust her instincts and find her own path between the expectations of following in her father s footsteps as a lawyer and the pressures of a Pakistani woman s presumed place in the household. Gradually, through the warmth of her family life, the meaning of andaza comes to her: that the flavour and meaning of a recipe is not a list of measured ingredients, but a feeling in your hands, as you let the elements of a meal come together through instinct and experience.
Recipes include:
- Nani Mummy s prawn karahi
-
- Potatoes with curry leaves and turmeric
-
- Chicken boti tikka, Bundoo Khan style
-
- Mummy s wedding-style chicken korma
-
- Bitter lemon, mustard seed and garlic pullao
-
- Dadi s banana and fennel seed gulgulay doughnut
-
Â
Hardcover | Quarto | 312 pages
Â
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Laguiole en Aubrac – Sommelier Wine Key – Wine Barrel Oak Discount
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Award-winning food writer Sumayya Usmani s stunning memoir conjures a story of what it was like growing up in Pakistan and how the women in her life inspired her to trust her instincts in the kitchen.
From a young age, food was Sumayya s portal to nurturing, love and self-expression. She spent the first eight years of her life at sea, with a father who captained merchant ships and a mother who preferred to cook for the family herself on a tiny electric stove in their cabin rather than eat in the officer s mess.
When the family moved to Karachi, Sumayya grew up torn between the social expectations of life as a young girl in Pakistan, and the inspiration she felt in the kitchen, watching her mother, and her Nani Mummy (maternal grandmother) and Dadi s (paternal grandmother) confidence, intuition and effortless ability to build complex, layered flavours in their cooking.
This evocative and moving food memoir – which includes the most meaningful recipes of Sumayya s childhood – tells the story of how Sumayya s self-belief grew throughout her young life, allowing her to trust her instincts and find her own path between the expectations of following in her father s footsteps as a lawyer and the pressures of a Pakistani woman s presumed place in the household. Gradually, through the warmth of her family life, the meaning of andaza comes to her: that the flavour and meaning of a recipe is not a list of measured ingredients, but a feeling in your hands, as you let the elements of a meal come together through instinct and experience.
Recipes include:
- Nani Mummy s prawn karahi
- Potatoes with curry leaves and turmeric
- Chicken boti tikka, Bundoo Khan style
- Mummy s wedding-style chicken korma
- Bitter lemon, mustard seed and garlic pullao
- Dadi s banana and fennel seed gulgulay doughnut
-
Â
Hardcover | Quarto | 312 pages
Â
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