Someone just sent me $500 to buy and have us give away cookbooks to people who wanted mine and couldn’t afford it; they want to encourage people to learn how to cook, and they wanted to support my cookbook at the same time. Anonymous donation. That’s lovely. Sometimes people just make your heart sing. We’ll […]
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Two quick but urgent cookbook notes: 1) our current GoodReads giveaway ends today! If you’re in America / Canada, you could win one of 5 hardcover copies — enter for free here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51332647-a-feast-of-serendib (please spread the word, if you’re so inclined!) 2) my publisher, Mascot Books, just sent me a note saying that Amazon is prioritizing medical
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Okay, cooking lesson to distract myself from reading news obsessively. How we made 1 dish into 5 different meals this week: 1. CHICKEN WITH RICE AND GREEN BEANS. While I was out of town, Kevin made my ginger-garlic chicken for the kids. (I don’t have any details on that, but I assume he followed my
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I stopped by Sugar Beet Co-op this afternoon to get spices that I can toast in preparation for my Feast event there this Friday. From 4-7, I’ll be at a counter showing people how to grind spices to make a curry powder mix, and just talking about spices and South Asian food in general. I thought about
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I am really very touched by all the friends and relatives who have gone to extra effort to boost Feast. I still can’t quite believe that we actually did get to Amazon bestseller status on launch day (even though I know that’s not nearly as hard to do as you might think). I mean, I
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Hey, quick q. I kind of what to do a post that’s something like “Five Things You Might Not Know About Sri Lankan Food,” although that’s clunky and I’d rather find a better title. (Suggestions welcome.) But for example, I’ve been really startled to realize how many Americans assume all our food is spicy, and
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Aw, just read Debbie Notkin’s appreciation of me for the #FogCon program book, and it is the SWEETEST. I’m not sure if they have a digital edition I can link to, but I will at least take a photo of it and put it up when I have a moment to breathe. It’s a heavily scheduled day
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Just in case you want to obsessively follow along numbers with me, Feast is currently up to #13 in the category of Indian Cooking, Food, and Wine. (#1 in New Releases in that category, woot!) I’m not sure how likely it is to climb higher ( I think Jed said that it was briefly at
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I was mostly watching the hardcover numbers yesterday, but pleased to note that the ebook is also doing well — #5 in Amazon New Releases in Indian food. Jed Hartman worked hard on making Feast’s Kindle edition beautiful and functional, so I’m pretty sure the people who get it will be pleased. 🙂
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I was asked to make a public post with all the cookbook ordering details (instead of just putting them in a comment), so here it is. 🙂 COOKBOOK DETAILS: 1) ORDERING: You can order copies of A Feast of Serendib (signed / personalized, if you like) directly from me right now, at www.serendibkitchen.com, or from my
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