Posted on 19/11/05
Eat, drink and be Kashmiri
Tea and Pomegranates:A Memoir of Food, Family and KashmirBy Nazneen SheikhPenguin Canada, 197 pages, $26What could be more memorable than sweet carrot pudding, gajrela, the cardamom and almond bursting on the palette, or dreamily watching sea turtles laying their eggs on a beach at midnight? Nazneen Sheikh's latest book -- she's also the author of several works of fiction, including Ice Bangles and Chopin People -- is a tender memoir of the Kashmir of her roots and the Pakistan of her childhood, captured in her recollections of her unique relatives' culinary adventures.
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