One of many underreported casualties of any conflict is culinary tradition. It isn’t simply household recipes which may get misplaced; whenever you acknowledge the significance of meals to our important humanity, you possibly can shortly see how the lack of culinary traditions can result in an erasure of cultural and id. That is the terrain creator and human rights investigator Michael Shaikh explores in his new ebook The Final Candy Chunk: Tales and Recipes of Culinary Heritage Misplaced and Discovered.
Raised in Cleveland and Karachi, Shaikh has labored for practically 20 years within the discipline of human rights, spending in depth time in battle zones largely in Asia and the Center East. Shaikh’s ebook explores the affect of battle on probably the most important of human traditions–what we prepare dinner and the way we nourish ourselves and our souls. From a refugee camp in Bangladesh to the legacy of Nazism and Soviet rule on Japanese European traditions, Shaikh unpacks what might need been misplaced if not for the resilience of diasporic communities and the wonderful activists, residence cooks, and cooks who’ve saved traditions alive.
Be a part of us for a dialog moderated by chef and Marine Corps veteran Ben Bebenroth of the nonprofit Spice Discipline Kitchen.
Speaker
Michael Shaikh
Author, Human Rights Activist and Writer
The Final Candy Chunk
Moderator
Ben Bebenroth
Chef, Farmer and Founder, Spice Kitchen + Bar and Spice Acres
