{"product_id":"andaza-a-memoir-of-food-flavour-and-freedom-in-the-pakistani-kitchen-9781922616197","title":"Andaza: A Memoir of Food, Flavour and Freedom in the Pakistani Kitchen","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'[Sumayya Usmani is] the go-to expert in Pakistani cuisine'\u003c\/i\u003e - BBC Good Food Magazine \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Sumayya Usmani is a brilliant storyteller. She transports us with her delicious descriptions of the smells and flavours of the kitchen.'\u003c\/i\u003e - Jay Rayner, award-winning writer and food critic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Recipes include: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Nani Mummy's prawn karahi \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Potatoes with curry leaves and turmeric \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chicken boti tikka, Bundoo Khan style \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mummy's wedding-style chicken korma \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bitter lemon, mustard seed and garlic pullao \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Dadi's banana and fennel seed gulgulay doughnut \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'I can't decide whether I want to devour Sumayya's story or her recipes first, but this has left me hungry to travel, to explore... and, of course, to eat.'\u003c\/i\u003e - Felicity Cloake, Guardian food columnist and author of \u003ci\u003ePerfect, The A-Z of Eating and One More Croissant for the Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Murdoch Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781922616197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.25lbs","brand":"Sumayya Usmani","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42769857740981,"sku":"9781922616197","price":35.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a6785b98-8b1c-4623-9726-8f4cc4261649.jpg?v=1678839188","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/andaza-a-memoir-of-food-flavour-and-freedom-in-the-pakistani-kitchen-9781922616197","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}