E-Books →Be My Guest Reflections on Food, Community and the Meaning of Generosity by Priya Basil
Published by: Emperor2011 on 23-06-2021, 11:50 | 
0
Be My Guest Reflections on Food, Community and the Meaning of Generosity by Priya Basil | 3.33 MB
English | 127 Pages
Title: Be My Guest
Author: Priya Basil
Year: 2019
Description:
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...
DOWNLOAD:
https://uploadgig.com/file/download/db8Adb4bb8c1E831/Be_My_Guest__Reflections_on_Food_Community_and_the_Meaning_of_Generosity_by_Priya_Basil_.rar
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...
DOWNLOAD:
https://uploadgig.com/file/download/db8Adb4bb8c1E831/Be_My_Guest__Reflections_on_Food_Community_and_the_Meaning_of_Generosity_by_Priya_Basil_.rar
Related News
-
{related-news}