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Be My Guest

by Priya Basil
Priya Basil
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A thought-provoking meditation on food, family, identity, immigration, and, most of all, hospitality—at the table and beyond—that's part food memoir, part appeal for more authentic decency in our daily worlds, and in the world at large.
Be My Guest is an utterly unique, deeply personal meditation on what it means to tend to others and to ourselves—and how the two things work hand in hand. Priya Basil explores how food—and the act of offering food to others—are used to express love and support. Weaving together stories from her own life with knowledge gleaned from her Sikh heritage; her years spent in Kenya, India, Britain, and Germany; and ideas from Derrida, Plato, Arendt, and Peter Singer, Basil focuses an unexpected and illuminating light on what it means to be both a host and a guest. Lively, wide-ranging, and impassioned, Be My Guest is a singular work, at once a deeply felt plea for a kinder, more welcoming world and a reminder that, fundamentally, we all have more in common than we imagine.
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Publisher: Books on Tape Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9780593169582
  • File size: 110592 KB
  • Release date: November 3, 2020
  • Duration: 03:50:23

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  • ISBN: 9780593169582
  • File size: 110607 KB
  • Release date: November 3, 2020
  • Duration: 03:52:24
  • Number of parts: 4
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Cooking & Food Essays Sociology Nonfiction

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A thought-provoking meditation on food, family, identity, immigration, and, most of all, hospitality—at the table and beyond—that's part food memoir, part appeal for more authentic decency in our daily worlds, and in the world at large.
Be My Guest is an utterly unique, deeply personal meditation on what it means to tend to others and to ourselves—and how the two things work hand in hand. Priya Basil explores how food—and the act of offering food to others—are used to express love and support. Weaving together stories from her own life with knowledge gleaned from her Sikh heritage; her years spent in Kenya, India, Britain, and Germany; and ideas from Derrida, Plato, Arendt, and Peter Singer, Basil focuses an unexpected and illuminating light on what it means to be both a host and a guest. Lively, wide-ranging, and impassioned, Be My Guest is a singular work, at once a deeply felt plea for a kinder, more welcoming world and a reminder that, fundamentally, we all have more in common than we imagine.
Expand title description text
Cooking & Food Essays Sociology Nonfiction
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    Publisher:
    Books on Tape
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9780593169582
    File size: 110592 KB
    Release date: November 3, 2020
    Duration: 03:50:23

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9780593169582
    File size: 110607 KB
    Release date: November 3, 2020
    Duration: 03:52:24
    Number of parts: 4

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