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Naomi Duguid: Exploring the World through Food “We write to travel … It was never the other way around.”

15 March 2021

covers of cookbooks by Naomi Duguid

Portrait of Naomi Duguid sitting in front of bookshelvesPhotographer, writer, traveller, cook, geographer, culinary anthropologist: Naomi Duguid is all this, and more. True, her books contain approachable recipes that have won awards and accolades from food-first organisations, like the James Beard Foundation and the International Association of Culinary Professionals. But they also offer sensitive insights into the lives of people far from her native Canada. Why do they prepare, cook and eat the foods they do? How does the way they live influence the way they eat, and vice versa? And all illustrated with her photographs, at once both informative and atmospheric.

Though the people and food she chronicles are from far away, she has a knack of preserving their distinctness while making us all neighbours.

A woman cheesemaker in front of a fire with a bowl of curds on her hip
A cheesemaker farmer in rural southern Georgia, not far from the Turkish and Armenian borders.

Notes

  1. Naomi Duguid’s website is at naomiduguid.com, but you’re much more likely to find her on Instagram or Twitter.
  2. You can find Burma: River of Flavors and Taste of Persia at bookshop.org and getting them there gives independent bookshops (and me) a hand.
  3. The transcript is here.
  4. Cover photo by Randy Risling/Toronto Star

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34 thoughts on Naomi Duguid: Exploring the World through Food “We write to travel … It was never the other way around.”

  • Rachel Laudan mentioned this post 4 years ago.

    How to learn when traveling. Why simple cooking is so difficult. And never condescend. Listen and learn from @naomiduguid‘s reflections on interacting with others on @EatPodcast. eatthispodcast.com/naomi-duguid/

  • Naomi Duguid commented 4 years ago.

    Home-cooking; no recipes?

    “Well, no, but there are instructions. … There’s somebody sitting on your shoulder saying, Tsk, tsk, tsk. There

  • AgroBioDiverse commented 4 years ago.

    Home-cooking; no recipes?

    “Well, no, but there are instructions. … There’s somebody sitting on your shoulder saying, Tsk, tsk, tsk. There

  • Angelo Angelli commented 4 years ago.

    This was a great interview. Duguid is a fine example of a curious, open mind.


  • Wash Your Hands mentioned this post 4 years ago.

    Saving this for a treat for later.

  • Rachel Laudan commented 4 years ago.

    Such an interesting chat with @naomiduguid for the latest episode. Her travels, her approach to learning about cultures and food, her photog

  • Naomi Duguid commented 4 years ago.

    Thanks Jeremy for your thoughtfulness. A very enjoyable conversation.


  • ckbk mentioned this post 4 years ago.

    Great podcast with @naomiduguid about her extensive culinary travels. You can access a number of books & recipes on @ckbk app.ckbk.com/authors/naomi-… https://t.co/vL0aYQEY9d

  • ckbk commented 4 years ago.

    We’re looking forward to listening to this & have a number of Naomi’s cookbooks on @ckbk app.ckbk.com/authors/naomi-…



  • Sherna Khambatta commented 4 years ago.

    Such an interesting chat with @naomiduguid for the latest episode. Her travels, her approach to learning about cultures and food, her photog

  • Naomi Duguid commented 4 years ago.

    Such an interesting chat with @naomiduguid for the latest episode. Her travels, her approach to learning about cultures and food, her photog

  • Alex_cat commented 4 years ago.

    Such an interesting chat with @naomiduguid for the latest episode. Her travels, her approach to learning about cultures and food, her photog

  • AgroBioDiverse commented 4 years ago.

    Such an interesting chat with @naomiduguid for the latest episode. Her travels, her approach to learning about cultures and food, her photog

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