Foodie Book Club: The Last Sweet Bite

Join Penny and her foodie book crew for a discussion of The Last Sweet Bite, August 19th at 1pm. Due to the timely nature of this pick, the Reading Room will be donating 25% of any purchases of this title to the World Central Kitchen.

“A groundbreaking combination of travel writing, memoir, and cookbook, The Last Sweet Biteuncovers how humanity’s appetite for violence shapes what’s on our plate. Animated by touching personal interviews, original reporting, and extraordinary recipes from modern-day conflict zones across the globe, Shaikh reveals the stories of how genocide, occupation, and civil war can disappear treasured recipes, but also introduces us to the extraordinary yet overlooked home cooks and human rights activists trying to save them. From a sprawling refugee camp in Bangladesh and a brutal civil war in Sri Lanka to the drug wars in the Andes and the enduring effects of America’s westward expansion, Shaikh highlights resilient diasporic communities refusing to let their culinary heritage become another casualty of war.”