Political `battler’ reveals her more loving nature
In England, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown is an opinionated commentator on race, human rights, multiculturalism and politics. But right now she’s using the more loving language of food to tell her stories.
The Settler’s Cookbook: A Memoir of Love, Migration and Food, details Alibhai-Brown’s mental and physical journey as an East Indian Muslim who was expelled from Uganda in 1972 by then-president Idi Amin and now calls London home.
She uses a dish called My Malodorous Packed Lunch to rail against the racist rules set by English school inspectors in the 1960s. Jena’s Shepherd’s Pie shows how her mother “repaired” traditional British food with cilantro, chillies, garam masala, ginger and garlic.
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