I’m reading through The Best American Food Writing 2019, edited by Samin Nosrat, whom you know I adore. So far, it’s not quite what I expected. Five pieces in, we have: – a little funny piece about how we describe food, v. cute: “Imagine the agony of a ghost who is too nice to haunt […]
Anand makes the lasagne. (I feel like that could be the title of a book.)
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A request, my dears? If you’ve read A Feast of Serendib, and feel inclined to review it, even a few lines, it would be GREATLY appreciated, for both GoodReads and Amazon. Honest reviews are welcome. GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46363491-a-feast-of-serendib Amazon: https://smile.amazon.com/Feast-Serendib-Mary-Anne-Mohanraj/dp/1645432750/ (And if there are other review sites I should know about, please tell me more…) #serendibkitchen
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Hey, folks. With Stephanie‘s help, I’ve spent a while updating the Feast page on the Serendib Kitchen site. If you feel like glancing at it and letting me know if you see any issues, that’d be great. It was a big block of text before; I’m hoping that it’s now more easily accessible and appealing! I’ve
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Dinner at Wild Ginger in Seattle with the Sri Lankan panelists for MLA. Funniest part — none of us thought the food was spicy enough, so we asked for some hot sauce. They brought us a bowl of delicious house-made sambal. Perfect. Then we finished the bowl. So we asked for another one. Then
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The other store I stopped in at in Seattle was Book Larder: A Community Cookbook Store, which I’d also love to do an event at for Feast. Look at this awesome space! I could teach a real Sri Lankan cooking class here. It’s so charming. I wanted to buy ALL the books, but restrained myself. Also
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Seattle, Elliott Bay Book Company. I went by to drop off a copy of A Feast of Serendib, to ask whether they might want to do an event there if I came back. First of all, their cookbook section is very impressive — Seattle people must like to cook! (Long, dark winters…) And check out the
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A friend is looking for a food writing class, like the one I took with Pooja Makhijani at Catapult. Suggestions? She’d love one in Chicago, but since that seems unlikely, online? Or a local workshop of people who are working on food writing, perhaps? If the latter, in the Oak Park area would be ideal for her.
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In case it’s of interest, I had a gift certificate for $200 in books, and I decided to go all in on food memoir-ish stuff. This is what I’ve ordered: The Language of Baklava, Diana Abu Jaber A Cook’s Tour, Anthony Bourdain My Life in France, Julia Child Home Cooking, Laurie Colwin How to Cook a
You know I’ve been too busy when I get months behind on posting photos from my phone. Let’s see if I can identify these meals: a) I made a salad with roasted brussels sprouts — I remember that it was tasty, but don’t remember the occasion! b) This was dinner in Greektown with George R.R.
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