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ANNOUNCING THE WCN WOMAN OF THE YEAR FOR 2008
It is with great pride and pleasure that we congratulate
Naomi Duguid on being chosen unanimously by her peers as the
WCN Woman of the Year for 2008.
Traveler, writer, photographer, and cook, Naomi is the co-author, with Jeffrey Alford, of five cookbooks: Flatbreads and Flavors: A Baker's Atlas; Seductions of Rice; Hot Sour Salty Sweet: A Culinary Journey Through Southeast Asia; Homebaking: The Artful Mix of Flour and Tradition Around the World; and Mangoes & Curry Leaves: Culinary Travels Through the Great Subcontinent. Each book explores everyday foods in a cultural context, with stories and photographs, as well as recipes. Both Flatbreads and Hot Sour Salty Sweet won the James Beard Award for best Cookbook of the Year. A new book, Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Travels in the Other China will be in bookstores late April 2008. The book will launch in New York City in early May.
Naomi has traveled widely in Asia, the Mediterranean, and Europe, and has spent time in parts of Africa and South America - photographing, talking to people, and eating. Whether she is globe trotting, or shopping for rice and greens on Spadina Avenue, Naomi is a wonderful example of a woman who combines her work with her family, wherever she is, and steers her life with an appreciative heart and a brilliant mind.
Please join us in honouring Naomi at our April meeting.
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