Sumayya Usmani on connecting through food and the comfort of cardamom fudge
The award-winning food writer talks to SBS about the power of memory and the joy she found in creating her latest book, Andaza.
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The award-winning food writer talks to SBS about the power of memory and the joy she found in creating her latest book, Andaza.
Clarkston-based Sumayya Usmani recently turned to narrative writing after having started out writing cookbooks. Originally from Karachi, Pakistan, Usmani practised law for 12 years before taking up writing professionally, seeking to touch the hearts of Asian readers and inspire others through personal and human stories of food, culture and history. She has written two cookbooks on Pakistani culture – Summers Under the Tamarind Tree, which won the Gourmand Award for Best First Cookbook, and Mountain Berries and Desert Spice, which was shortlisted for the Food and Travel Awards. Usman...