A gorgeous, full-color illustrated cookbook and personal cultural
history, filled with 100 mouthwatering recipes from around the
world, that celebrates the culinary traditions of strong,
empowering immigrant women and the remarkable diversity that is
American food. Born in Italy, Anna Francese Gass came to the United
States as a young child and grew up eating her mother's Italian
cooking. But when this professional cook realized she did not know
how to make her family's beloved meatballs-a recipe that existed
only in her mother's memory-Anna embarked on a project to record
and preserve her mother's recipes for generations to come. In
addition to her recipes, Anna's mother shared stories from her life
in Italy that her daughter had never heard before, fascinating
tales that whetted Anna's appetite to learn more. So, Anna began
reaching out to her friends whose mothers were also immigrants, and
soon she was cooking with dozens of women who were eager to share
their unique memories and the foods of their homelands. In Heirloom
Kitchen, Anna brings together the stories and dishes of forty
strong, exceptional women, all immigrants to the United States,
whose heirloom recipes have helped shape the landscape of American
food. Organized by region, the 100 tantalizing recipes include:
Magda's Pork Adobo from the Phillippines Shari's Fesenjoon, a
walnut and pomegranate stew, from Iran Tina's dumplings from
Northern China Anna's mother's meatballs from Southern Italy In
addition to the dishes, these women share their recollections of
coming to America-stories of hardship and happiness-that illuminate
the power of food, and how cooking became a comfort and a respite
in a new land for these women, as well as a tether to their native
cultural identities. Accented with 175 photographs, including food
shots, old family photographs, and ephemera of the cooks' first
years in America-such as Soon's recipe book pristinely handwritten
in Korean or the measuring cup Anke tucked into her suitcase before
leaving Germany-Heirloom Kitchen is a testament to female
empowerment and strength, perseverance, diversity, and inclusivity.
It is a warm and inspiring reminder that the story of immigrant
food is, at its core, a story of America. Profiled women and
countries: Gina (Calabria, Italy) Maria (Calabria, Italy) Lisetta
(Sardinia, Italy) Kanella (Greece) Stacey (Scotland) Emilia
(Ukraine) Tsilia (Ukraine) Marina (Moscow) Bea (Serbia) Monika
(Poland) Susanne (Hamburg, Germany) Anke (Berlin, Germany) Tina
(North China) Daisy (South China) Chizuko (Japan) Soon (Korea)
Magda (Philippines) Lydia (Philippines) Khurshed (India) Shobhana
(India) Shari (Iran) Cheri (Iraq) Lucy (Armenia) Irene (Lebanon)
Shekaiba (Afghanistan) Fethie (Palestine) Nikita (Haiti) Janet
(Mexico) Haydee (Puerto Rico) Rocio (Peru) Angela (Cuba) Maria
(Dominican Republic) Morgana (Brazil) Sheila (Panama) Jennipher
(Ghana) Safoi (Morocco) Amina (Egypt)
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