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Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth, but there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget:
“My grandmother smiled at Ammi's simplicity. My mother, with her university degree, had learned that the world existed In binaries of sanity and madness, and was caught between her faith, which believed in both sorcery and creatures that morphed into cats, and modern rationality, to which these were but
collective hallucinations.”
― Desi Delicacies: Food Writing from Muslim South Asia
collective hallucinations.”
― Desi Delicacies: Food Writing from Muslim South Asia
“It's always a choice between fireworks and coffee in bed,' Fabiana says. 'It always is.”
― Writers & Lovers
― Writers & Lovers
“There are perhaps few cuisines that demand as much time and patience as Pakistani food. We do have our quick karahis, balti goshts and tikkas, but the bulk of Pakistani cooking is a masterclass in patience.”
― Desi Delicacies: Food Writing from Muslim South Asia
― Desi Delicacies: Food Writing from Muslim South Asia
“Good heavens,' he says. 'Is that what it's like with your writers? The word "snug" and you're mad in love?”
― Writers & Lovers
― Writers & Lovers
“What a strange and fraught thing it is to be able to study and work and yet come back to the kitchen to preserve our heritage, to feed loved ones, to keep traditions alive, or simply to satisfy a craving.”
― Desi Delicacies: Food Writing from Muslim South Asia
― Desi Delicacies: Food Writing from Muslim South Asia
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