Blatantly Brown

“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.”
― Claire Chambers, Desi Delicacies: Food Writing from Muslim South Asia

“It's always a choice between fireworks and coffee in bed,' Fabiana says. 'It always is.”
― Lily King, 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.”
― Claire Chambers, 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?”
― Lily King, Writers & Lovers