Be My Guest: Reflections on Food, Community and the Meaning of Generosity by Priya Basil

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4.0
reflective medium-paced
This is about food, religion, world politics, being an immigrant, generosity, mindfullness, being a guest, being a host, and how to care for others. It is a series of essays that have been blended and dovetail into one another. Priya Basil is a non-practicing Sikh whose family is from India but who has lived in Kenya, the UK, and now Germany. This book was good, but there were places I wanted her to go deeper. Food was the center of most of the book, but so was immigration. I feel like this book could start a lot of dialogue in different communities.