A Cuisine of Exile

Publication date: December 2024

ISBN (Hardcover): 9782494635104

ISBN (Paperback): 9782494635098

ISBN (Ebook): 9782494635111

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A Cuisine of Exile

by Gün Benderli

translated and introduced by

Evrim Emir-Sayers & David Selim Sayers

You are what you eat, the saying goes, and you become who you eat it with. After a lifetime of curating dishes and dinner companions from Paris to Istanbul and Budapest to Beijing, Gün Benderli knows this better than most. Whether discussing genius over a meal with legendary poets Nazım Hikmet, Pablo Neruda, and Nicolás Guillén or making mayonnaise with the resistance fighter Bert, whether sitting at a banquet held by Chinese premier Zhou Enlai or peddling soup to her picky grandkids, A Cuisine of Exile finds this militant radio broadcaster turned award-winning translator dishing up a feast for the stomach, heart, and mind.

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