A collection of cookbooks

This past Christmas, L got me a copy of Zaynab Issa’s recent cookbook, Third Culture Cooking . The book means a lot to me because it showcases Zaynab’s recipes, which closely mirror many of the dishes my grandmother used to make when she was alive. Zaynab, growing up in an East African-Indian family like mine, was the first person I encountered in the culinary world who ate the food I did growing…