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PRECIOUS PAKISTAN An evocative culinary memoir serves up the spice of life Food writer, teacher and life-long student of Pakistani cuisine, Sumayya Usmani bases herself between Glasgow and London. On 7 April her debut cookbook, Summers Under the Tamarind Tree: Recipes & Memories from Pakistan, is published by Frances Lincoln. It’s a lavish, lovingly compiled journey through Pakistan’s diverse cooking traditions, its key spices, breads, pulses, street food, snacks, drinks and family feasts. Usmani will host a number of talks, tastings and demos to introduce the book: she’ll be at Blackwells in Edinburgh on Tuesday 12 April, Topping & Co in St Andrews on 14 April, Billingtons of Lenzie on Saturday 7 May and Waterstones on Sauchiehall Street on 12 May. For further details see mytamarindkitchen.com
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