Khabaar: An Immigrant Journey of Food, Memory, and Family by Ghosh, Madhushree

Independent Publishers Book Awards (IPPY Awards) gold medalist

Khabaar is a food memoir and personal narrative that braids the global journeys of South Asian food through immigration, migration, and indenture. Focusing on chefs, home cooks, and food stall owners, the book questions what it means to belong and what does belonging in a new place look like in the foods carried over from the old country? These questions are integral to the author's own immigrant journey to America as a daughter of Indian refugees (from what's now Bangladesh to India during the 1947 Partition of India); as a woman of color in science; as a woman who left an abusive marriage; and as a woman who keeps her parents' memory alive through her Bengali food.

Author: Madhushree Ghosh
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 04/04/2022
Pages: 212
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781609388232

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2022

About the Author
Madhushree Ghosh works in oncology diagnostics, and is a social justice activist. Her work has been awarded a Notable Mention in Best American Essays in Food Writing and a Pushcart Prize nomination. She lives in San Diego, California.