Forgotten Foods

‘Forgotten Foods stitches personal narratives, history and recipes to spotlight the foodways of Muslims in South Asia. At a time when war, religious conflict and food bans are becoming common, a book about Muslim kitchens serves as a tangential tool to understand a community and how they shaped world history. Themes of displacement, migration and food as emotional nourishment underpin the anthology (which also) includes subaltern narratives from home kitchens, cookbooks and the diaspora community’

Jahnabee Borah, Mint Lounge

‘There are all kinds of food books. Some are a collection of recipes, others are autobiographical and some claim to be rewriting the history of what we eat … Rarely does one come across a volume that blends all these ingredients beautifully to present a delicious dish, but this anthology is a rare exception.’

Pushpesh Pant, Tribune

‘(Forgotten Foods attempts to draw) attention to not only the plurality of South Asian Muslim foodways but also the context that must be provided while studying the politics of identity, displacement, migration, religion, caste and class through the lens of food.’

Jehan Nizar, Vogue India

'The best aspect of the book is that along with the rich information and histories it lays out, it also doubles as a no-nonsense cookbook.'

Ruchir Joshi, India Today

'Emerges not only as a treasure trove of fast-fading heritage recipes but also as a symbol of affirmation of communities under threat as well as an act of resistance against the annihilation of identities'

Ishita Mukherjee, Telegraph India

'A portmanteau of stories that transform food from being an urgent necessity into a way of life and portal to nostalgia'

Mallik Thatipalli, Slurrp