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Join us for an evening with James Beard Award-winning writer Mayukh Sen as we celebrate the launch of his first book, Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America.
An intimate portrait of seven brilliant immigrant women and their enduring influence on America’s palate, Taste Makers centers the lives and work of marginalized women. The extraordinary contributions of these women are a powerful rebuke of the accepted canon of “culinary brilliance” that is so often homogeneously privileged and male. Sen—a queer, brown child of immigrants who came to the food world as an outsider—honors immigrant stories, questioning dominant culinary narratives that equate assimilation to success. In doing so, he dares to ask: What motivated these women to cook? Who gets to dictate whose food is worthy of celebration? And what can this history tell us about the state of the food world today?
Moderated by cookbook author and Brooklyn Delhi co-founder Chitra Agrawal, Sen will be joined in conversation by Julie Sahni, an award-winning cooking teacher, cookbook author and chef, and one of the two surviving book subjects featured in Taste Makers.
Signed copies of Taste Makers are available from our partner bookstore, Kitchen Arts & Letters for purchase with your ticket or at the event. If you order a book with your ticket, you will be able to retrieve it at the event.
This is an in-person event. Tickets must be purchased online in advance. Tickets will not be available for purchase at the door.
You must show photo ID and proof of COVID vaccine to attend this event.
MAYUKH SEN
Mayukh Sen is a James Beard and IACP Award-winning writer based in Brooklyn. His work has been anthologized in two editions of The Best American Food Writing, and he teaches food journalism at New York University.
JULIE SAHNI
Award-winning cooking teacher, cookbook author and former executive chef of two Indian restaurants in New York City, Julie Sahni is the proprietor of Julie Sahni's Indian Cooking School, established 1973 in NYC, which garnered the International Association of Cooking Professionals (IACP) 1998 Award of Excellence nomination. She is the author of numerous cookbooks, including the seminal Classic Indian Cooking (1980), winner of the André Simon commendation and now in its 42nd printing, and Classic Indian Vegetarian and Grain Cooking (1985), winner of the prestigious Glenfiddich Best Cookbook Award. Her most recent cookbook, Savoring India: Recipes and Reflections on Indian Cooking, won the IACP Best International Cookbook Award for 2002.
CHITRA AGRAWAL
Chitra Agrawal is the co-founder of Brooklyn Delhi, a food brand inspired by her Indian heritage. She is the author of Vibrant India: Fresh Vegetarian Recipes from Bangalore to Brooklyn (Penguin, 2017). Chitra has specialized in developing recipes reflective of her Indian-American identity for over a decade. Her work and writing have been featured in The New York Times, Food & Wine,The Wall Street Journal and more.
KITCHEN ARTS & LETTERS
Kitchen Arts & Letters is a bookstore devoted to food and drink, with titles imported from around the world. They emphasize works on food culture and innovation.
DEMO KITCHEN BY ACE HOTEL BROOKLYN
A well-appointed canvas for culinary and community engagement, Demo Kitchen by Ace Hotel is a locus of epicurean culture — dedicated to cooking, connection and above all, community. A light-filled space with floor to ceiling windows, Demo Kitchen features an induction cooking station from Kaliber Innovations, an array of state-of-the-art audiovisual production equipment, and is furnished with custom oak classroom and dining tables crafted by Finnish furniture design collective Made By Choice. Demo Kitchen has capacity for 96 people and is also available for private rental.
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