FOOD STORIES OF MIGRATION, RACE, (IN)AUTHENTICITY & THE SECOND GENERATION
Mother Tongue - Flavours of a Second Generation
by Gurdeep Loyal
WINNER OF THE JANE GRIGSON TRUST AWARD
A delicious celebration of British Indian identity with over +100 colourful flavour forward recipes. Out now! (4th Estate, Harper Collins)
USA PRE-ORDER HERE (out Jan 2024)
‘One of the most gleeful cookbooks of 2023.’ - Stylist Magazine
‘His recipes have a dynamism that is genuine, personal and flavour-led… dazzling and yet warmly inviting.’ - Nigella Lawson
‘How thrilling and inspiring to be drawn into Gurdeep’s extraordinary diaspora and fantastic world of flavours!’ - Claudia Roden
‘Every so often a rare cookbook comes along which brings something completely new and fascinating to the world of food… A fiercely original, boundary shifting celebration of flavour and culture, that I will go back for years to come’ - Anna Jones
‘Outstanding… a kitchen journey that spans cuisines… our new favourite cookbook.’ - Observer Food Monthly
‘If food can be melt in the mouth, this is melt in the mind… unbelievably beautifully written.’ - Saturday Kitchen
‘A stunningly evocative cookbook with creative modern recipes that pay homage to the rich and diverse Punjabi and South Asian culinary traditions. I wanted to devour every page’ - Yasmin Khan
‘A Willy Wonka-style wizard of flavour, his joy in food shines from every page – a genuinely thrilling book’ - Felicity Cloake
LATEST CONTENT…
INTERVIEW WITH…
SUGEN GOPAL
Founder of ‘Roti King, London
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PETTY PANDEAN-ELLIOTT
Author of ‘The Indonesian Table’, Cambridgeshire
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MEHAK KANSAL
Founder of ‘Bindas Eatery’, London
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ILEY ÖZERLAT-GUNDUZ
Founder of ‘Özerlat’; London
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LERATO UMAH-SHAYLOR
Chef, food writer & TV presenter; London
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BARBARA MASSAAD
Food writer, photographer & author of ‘Forever Beirut’, Lebanon
BOOKLIST RECOMMENDATION…
FOREVER BEIRUT
by Barbara Abdeni Massaad
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NATALIE LEE-JOE
Head of Brand, Marketing & Community at DELLI, London
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Photo credit: Brittainy Newman
SURBHI SAHNI
Chef and founder of TAGMO, New York
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ON THE HIMALAYAN TRAIL
by Romy Gill
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TIANA GEE
Chef, caterer and founder of ‘SoulPhil’ pop-up dinning series, Los Angeles
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CHET SHARMA
Chef-Patron of ‘BiBi Restaurant’, Mayfair London
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ELLEN CHEW
Founder of ‘Chew On This’ Restaurant Group, London
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MUMBAI MODERN
by Amisha Dodhia Gurbani
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CODE SWITCH
A podcast of fearless conversations about race from NPR
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Photo credit: Jessie English
PILAR VALDES
Chef, Co-Founder of ‘Kickshaw Cookery’ and Culinary Contributor to ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’, New York
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SPASIA DINKOVSKI
Founder of ‘Mystic Börek’, London
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SAMBAL SHIOK - THE MALAYSIAN COOKBOOK
by Mandy Yin
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Photo credit: Kit Lee
NAVAZ BATLIWALLA
Fashion Editor & Writer, London
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FILIPINX
by Angela Dimayuga and Ligaya Mishan
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SARINA KAMINI
Story Teller, Producer and Spice Mistress; Margaret River, Australia
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KEN HOM
Chef, author and TV presenter, Bangkok
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SUZY KARADSHEH
Founder of ‘The Mediterranean Dish’, Atlanta
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KESHIA SAKARAH
Founder of Caribe’ restaurant, London
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MISTER JIU’S IN CHINATOWN
By Brandon Jew and Tienlon Ho
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JESS HERNANDEZ
Food writer, photographer and multimedia storyteller, California
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CHANDANI KAUR KOHLI
Founder of biskut bar, London
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BLACK, WHITE & THE GREY
By Mashama Bailey and John O. Morisano
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JENNY DORSEY
Chef and founder of Studio ATAO, Los Angeles
Photo credit: Dion Trinidad
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THIRD CULTURE TALKS
Three multicultural millennials across different continents navigate life as cultural chameleons
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ROMEL BRUNO
Chef at Local Tide restaurant, Seattle Washington
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ETHIOPIA
by Yohanis Gegreyesus
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RYAN LANJI
Fashion curator and cultural producer, London
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BROWN HISTORY PODCAST
Presented by Ahsun Zafar, Toronto
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HELENA LEE
Features Director at Harper’s Bazaar UK and founder of ‘East Side Voices’, London
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ZOE ADJONYOH
Chef, Cookbook Author and Co-Founder of Black Books, London
MOTHER TONGUE LOVES…
TIGER CATCHER
A fashionwear brand using fabric as a platform for social commentary
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VIBHA GUPTA
Founder of ‘No Immigrants No Spice’ non-profit, Oakland California
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ELAINEA EMMOTT
Chef, food writer, host of ‘Our Seat, Our Table’ supper club and photographer, London
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JOSE SALAZAR
Owner of Salazar, Mita’s and Goose & Elder restaurants, Cincinnati Ohio
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THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING HUNGRY
Hosted by Lee Tran Lam, Sydney Australia
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SANA JAVERI KADRI
Founder of Diaspora Co. spices, Oakland San Francisco
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WILLIAM J M CHILILA
Head Chef at Akoko, London
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CHAPATI CLUB
Chef founders Resh and Heena, Acton London
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ZAHAV: A WORLD OF ISRAELI COOKING
by Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook
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LARA LEE
Food writer and author of ‘Coconut & Sambal’, London
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RIAZ PHILLIPS
Author of ‘Belly Full’ and creator of ‘Community Comfort’, London
Photo: Harry Mitchell
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SPICE BAGS
A food podcast about Ireland's relationship to the outside world
ORIGINAL WRITING…
Hospitality in the wake of Black Lives Matter
by MECCA IBRAHIM
Co-founder of ‘Women in the Food Industry’
INTERVIEW WITH…
LEYLA KAZIM
Presenter for BBC’s The Food Programme & writer of ‘The Cutlery Chronicles’, London
Photo credit: thecutlerychronicles.com
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LAUREN HARWELL GODFREY
Chef, food writer & founder of Harwell Godfrey fine jewelry, San Francisco
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JIKONI: PROUDLY INAUTHENTIC RECIPES FROM AN IMMIGRANT KITCHEN
by Ravinder Bhogal
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TURKU ZORLUTUNA
Food & Drink Consultant, London
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ANSHU AHUJA
Founder of DabbaDrop - plant-based planet-minded conscious curries
POD LIST RECOMMENDATION…
RACIST SANDWICH
INTERVIEW WITH…
THITID TASSANAKAJOHN ‘CHEF TONN’
Michelin starred Chef at Le Du restaurant, Bangkok
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MIRA MANEK
Author of ‘Saffron Soul’ and ‘Prajna - Ayurvedic rituals for happiness’, London
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Photo credit: Yasmine Neri
TESSA KIROS
Author of ‘Now & Then’ and ‘Falling Cloudberries’, Tuscany
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ALEXINA ANATOLE
Author of ‘Bitter’, London
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AYO ADEYEMI
Executive Chef at Akoko, London
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IRINA GEORGESCU
Author of ‘Carpathia’ and ‘Tava’, United Kingdom
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ROSHEEN KAUL & JOANNA HU
Authors of ‘Chinese-ish’, Melbourne Austalia
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KOLKATA: THE COOKBOOK
Recipes from the heart of Bengal
by Rinku Dutt
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AKWASI BRENYA-MENSA
Chef founder of Tatale, London
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EDY MASSIH
Chef and Founder of ‘Edy’s Grocer’, New York
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF CURRY
by Sejal Sukhadwala
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JOHN & YEE LI
Co-founders of Dumpling Shack, Fen Noodles and Sichuan Fry, London
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Photo credit: Stan Lee
KATIANNA HONG
Chef and Partner of the Yangban Society, Los Angeles
MOTHER TONGUE LOVES…
CHINESE FOODIES OF IG 100 EXHIBITION
Curated by Jenny Lau (@celestial_peach)
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Photo credit: Lesly Hall
GLORIA ALLORBI
Founder of ‘Gloria’s Shito’, Los Angeles
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NEW NATIVE KITCHEN
by Freddie Bitsoie & James O. Fraioli
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SOOJI IM
Founder of ‘be-oom’ Korean tea shop and garden, London
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NENA FOSTER
Natural Chef, Recipe Developer, Cookery & Fermentation Teacher; London
ORIGINAL WRITING…
Out of the Firing Line into the Pandemic
By Angela Zaher
MOTHER TONGUE SUPPORTS…
RECIPES AGAINST RACISM
Edited by Sachiko & Shu
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JAYA CHANDNA
Creator of ‘D.I.Y Dal Kits’ and virtual cookery teacher, London
MOTHER TONGUE LOVES…
DIASPO
Live online heritage recipe cookery school
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BE MY GUEST
Reflections on Food, Community and the Meaning of Generosity
by Priya Basil
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Photo credit: Chi-Chi Ari for While Entertaining Magazine
AMBER MAYFIELD
Founder of ‘While Entertaining’ and ‘To Be Hosted’, New York
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Photo credit: @LouiemarkAmbata. Christy (left), Beatriz (right).
TUK TUK BOX
Founders Christy Innouvong-Thornton & Beatriz Aurelio-Saguin, California
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PHILIP JUMA
Chef founder of JUMA Kitchen - celebrating Iraqi cuisine, London
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NEW VOICES ON FOOD
Anthology No. 1 from Diversity in Food Media, edited by Lee Tran Lam
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WHAT IS THIS BEHAVIOUR
Conversations with South Asian people going against the grain
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CHRISTOPHER O’LEARY
Creator of ‘FatBoy Zine’, Hackney London
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TIFFANI ROZIER
Founder of ‘Afros and Knives’ and ‘Set The Table Media’, New York
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XI’AN FAMOUS FOODS
by Jason Wang with Jessica K. Chou
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MEHERWAN IRANI
Chef & founder of ‘Chai Pani’ restaurant group and ‘Spicewalla’, Asheville North Carolina
Photo credit: Tim Robison
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THE RISE
Black cooks and the soul of American food
by Marcus Samuelson
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JAUGHNA NIELSEN-BOBBIT
Food, travel and culture writer, Copenhagen Denmark
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PREETI MISTRY
Chef and author of ‘T'he Juhu Beach Club Cookbook’, Oakland California
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THAI FRESH
by Jam Sanitchat with Kim Lane
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THIRD CULTURE BAKERY
Founders of Third Culture Bakery Sam Butarbutar and Wenter Shyu, Berkeley California
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CLAY WILLIAMS
Photographer and co-founder of ‘Black Food Folks’, Brooklyn, New York
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UNCLES’S CORNER SHOP
The world’s first local inconvenience store - a movement celebrating our mashup post colonial culture!
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CELESTE NOCHE
Food, travel and portrait photographer, Portland Oregon
Photo credit: Christine Dong
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SOUL
by Todd Richards
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POOJA BAVISHI
Founder of Malai Ice Cream, Brooklyn New York
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AFROS & KNIVES
with Tiffani Rozier
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JOWETT YU
Chef founder of Ho Lee Fook restaurant, Hong Kong
ORIGINAL WRITING…
Po Po: disapproving duster in one hand, dishing out love with the other, my immigrant Grandmother’s tale
by AMY BROOMFIELD
Writer & Lifestyle Editor for Harrods
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SAMI TAMIMI
Co-founder of OTTOLENGHI and co-author of ‘Falastin’ & ‘Jerusalem’, London
Photo credit: Jenny Zarins
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RAVINDER BHOGAL
Founder of Jikoni and Comfort & Joy, food writer & cook book author, London
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SHAQUANDA WILL FEED YOU
Founder of Shaquanda’s Hot Pepper Sauce, Brooklyn New York
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YSM8
Identity, food & creativity from British South Asians
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SHIVI RAMOUTAR
Presenter & author of ‘Caribbean Modern’ and ‘The Ice Kitchen’, London
ORIGINAL WRITING …
Brick Lane burfi and ‘culturally appropriating’ yourself
by GURDEEP LOYAL
Curator of Mother Tongue
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JAMES COCHRAN
Executive Chef & owner of 12:51 Restaurant & Around the Cluck, London
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BROWNIE PODCAST
Presenter’s Shivani Kochhar & Eshani Bhatt, London
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ANNA SULAN MASING
Food writer and editor, co-host of ‘Voices At The Table’ & co-founder of ‘Black Book’, London
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THE IMMIGRANT COOKBOOK
Edited by Leyla Moushabeck
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SHU HAN LEE
Author of 'Chicken & Rice’ and founder of Rempapa Spice Co., London
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DHARSHAN MUNIDASA
Chef founder of Nihonbashi & Ministry of Crab, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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SAM LOW
Author of ‘Modern Chinese’ and winner of MasterChef NZ, Auckland New Zealand
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Photo credit: Derya Turgut
ANYA VON BREMZEN
Author of ‘National Dish’, New York
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SU SCOTT
Food writer and author of ‘Rice Table’, London
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KARLA ZAZUETA
Chef founder of ‘Mexican Food Memories’, London
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GOURI KUBHAIR
Founder of ‘Holy Lama Naturals’, Hertfordshire
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Photo credit: ©Tara Darby (@taradara)
LONDIS N16
Convenience Store, Stoke Newington London
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Photo credit: Kenneth Lam
ANGELA HUI
Food writer, editor & author of ‘Takeaway’, London
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NUMRA SIDDIQUI
Chef and Founder of ‘Empress Market', London
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SOPHIE WILLIAMS
Author of ‘Anti Racist Ally’ and ‘Millennial Black’, TED speaker and half of ‘Kitschin Confidential’, London
PODCAST RECOMMENDATION…
TWO SUITCASES
Unpacking the immigrant experience
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JEREMY SALAMON
Chef and Founder of ‘Agi’s Counter', New York
ORIGINAL WRITTING…
LOST AND FOUND: MY LOVE OF LEBANESE FOOD
By Angela Zaher
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JOHN CHANTARASAK
Co-founder of AngloThai, London
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Photo credit: Chiron Cole
MARIE MITCHELL
Writer, Chef and Co-Founder of ‘Island Social Club’, London
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BLACK FOOD
by Bryant Terry
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SHARON WEE
Author of ‘Growing Up in a Nonya Kitchen’, New York
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CHINESE CHIPPY GIRL
Hosted by Georgie Ma
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ERIC SEE
Chef and owner of ‘Ursula Brooklyn’, New York
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ALEXANDER SMALLS
James Beard Award Winning Chef and Founder of ‘Alkebulan Dining Hall Dubai’; New York
MOTHER TONGUE PRESENTS…
A LOVE SUPREME
A short film introduced by filmmaker Nilesh Patel from The Architects Film Studio, London
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IN YO MOUTH
with Michael Muñoz
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AADIT SHANKAR
Founder of Atcha, London
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Photo credit: Remko Kraaijeveld
VANJA van der LEEDEN
Food Writer, Stylist & Recipe Developer, Amsterdam
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Photo credit: Petra Kleis
DAVID ZILBER
Chef, fermenter, food scientist and author of ‘The Noma Guide to Fermentation’, Copenhagen
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MERSEDEH PREWER
Founder of ‘Saffron and Herbs’, Maidenhead
READING RECOMMENDATION…
ZINDABAD ZINE
The ‘Diaspora’ Issue
INTERVIEW WITH…
JAYA MODI
Graphic Designer, Visual Artist & Creator of E.A.T., London
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THE SEASONED MIGRANT
Exploring the intersections between culture, history and society.
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MEETAL PATEL
Founder of ‘Pearly Queen Honey’, London
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HETTY MCKINNON
Cookbook author and founder of Peddler Journal, Brooklyn New York
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Photo credit: Andrew Crowley
CHUKU’S
Co-founders Emeka and Ifeyinwa Frederick, London
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DINA MACKI
Founder of ‘Dine with Dina’, London
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SON OF A SOUTHERN CHEF
by Lazarus Lynch
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JENNY LAU
Founder of Celestial Peach, London
Photo credit: Kenneth Lam
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REINA GASCON-LOPEZ
Chef, food writer and founder of ‘The Sofrito Project’, Charleston South Carolina
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TO ASIA WITH LOVE
by Hetty McKinnon
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SINCERE JUSTICE
Chef founder of ‘Tacos Sincero’, Oakland California
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I COOK IN COLOUR
by Asha Gomez
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FOZIA NASIR
TV producer and editor of ‘Mamma Makes’ e-book, London
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PARWANA
by Durkhanai Ayubi
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ATTAWA DALSTON
Ravinder & Amar Madhray, Dalston London
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THE MEXICAN HOME KITCHEN
by Mely Martinez
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OZOZ SOKOH
Writer of ‘Kitchen Butterfly’, researcher, historian and photographer, Ontario Canada
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JAY PATEL
Owner of Legare restaurant, London
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CHICANO EATS
by Esteban Castillo
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PIERRE THIAM
Chef, restaurateur, cultural ambassador and co-founder of Yolélé Foods, California
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KIM PHAM
Co-founder of Omsom - loud, proud Asian cooking, Brooklyn New York
INTERVIEW WITH…
PHIL KHOURY
Pastry Sous Chef at Harrods, London
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NAVEEN RAJA
Founder of Mumbai Spice Company, Portland Oregon
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GEN 2.0
Exploring cultural identity through candid interviews on being ‘British-andsomethingelse’
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VONNIE WILLIAMS
Food & culture writer, New Jersey
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MANDY YIN
Founder of Sambal Shiok and Nasi Economy Rice, London
Photo: Katherine Leedale
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by Preeti Mistry with Sarah Henry
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KIA DAMON
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Photo credit: kiacooks.com
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NOTES FROM A YOUNG BLACK CHEF
by Kwame Onwuachi with Joshua David Stein
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RAVNEET GILL
Chef founder of PUFF Bakery & author of ‘The Pastry Chef’s Guide’, London
Photo credit: Sophie Davidson
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GUSTAVO ARELLANO
Writer & Food Critic for the LA Times, Los Angeles
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THE RANGOON SISTERS
Cookbook authors & supper-club hosts Amy & Emily Chung, London
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COCONUT & SAMBAL
by Lara Lee
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FARHAN MOMIN
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SELASI GBORMITTAH
Chef, Biker and former Great British Bake-Off Semi-Finalist, London
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ROMY GILL MBE
Author of ‘Zaika’ and chef presenter on ‘Ready Steady Cook’, Gloucestershire
Photo credit: Del Sneddon