14 Nov Book Launch | To Nourish with Love

TO NOURISH WITH LOVE

Manju Saigal and Bettina Chua Abdullah

with Dipika Mukherjee

Saturday 26 November 2022

4.00–6.00pm

Free admission

➽ The book

From a childhood lived in India’s cool Mussoorie hills to a cook’s coming of age in the sultry, tropical Malaysian heat. To Nourish with Love encompasses a breadth of tales and recipes that mirrors life and its myriad flavours through dishes that celebrate the sparkling sours, joyful sweets and the welcome fresh, together with recipes of heat and spice, comforting savoury and game-changing bitters. In a book paced by flavours, seasons and stories, To Nourish with Love reveals why feeding is the ultimate act of love, in a book paced by flavours, seasons and stories.

➽ The endorsements

‘A mouth-watering medley of memories and recipes brings this delightful memoir to life.’ — Ruskin Bond

‘Wherever modern Indian cuisine is headed, this is always going to be its foundation.’ — Vikas Khanna

➽ The authors

Manju Saigal made her first roti with her beloved grandfather, learned to cook from her mother and a cherished sisterhood, and has since shared many recipes for the delicious food of an Indian home with her students in Malaysia. This is her first book, a food memoir she hopes future generations will treasure for its recipes, wisdom and stories.

Bettina Chua Abdullah is an incurable plate spinner. In addition to her role as director at Hikayat, she is the founder of The Fay Khoo Award for Food+Drink Writing, editor of Telltale Food and the award-winning author of the texts for the drone photography book Over Penang. She is currently researching the Islamic Mediterranean, and writing a travelogue of Sicily.

➽ The moderator

Dipika Mukherjee is a poet, novelist and the author of Shambala Junction which won the Virginia Prize, and Ode to Broken Things, longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize. When not travelling and crafting tales of her adventures, she teaches creative fiction at the University of Chicago and leads writing workshops. Her latest volume of poetry, Dialect of Distant Harbors was published this year by Cavankerry Press.

Signed copies of To Nourish with Love will be on sale. Refreshments will be served