Migration of Foods: Every Dish Is a Refugee: A Culinary Journey Through Migration, Heritage, and Forty-Five Traditional Recipes That Crossed Every Border

EVERY DISH HAS CROSSED A BORDER. Before the tomato was Italian, it was Aztec. Before kimchi was red, it had no chili. Before the Cuban sandwich was Cuban, it was built in a Tampa cigar factory by workers from three different countries. Migration of Foods tells the stories behind forty-eight dishes that crossed oceans, survived empires, and traveled in the hands of immigrants who needed to taste something familiar in an unfamiliar place. Organised as six migrations — by sea, by empire, by immigrant hands, by border collision, by the tenderness of sweet things, and by what is crossing right now — each dish gets the story it deserves and the recipe it earned. This is not a cookbook. It is a migration story you can cook from. Illustrated throughout with original watercolor paintings. Written for readers who love food, history, and the particular beauty of things that survive their journey. For readers of Crying in H Mart, Jerusalem, and Salt Fat Acid Heat.