Slow Noodles - A Recipe for Rebuilding a Lost Civilization

About the author

Chantha Nguon was born in Cambodia and spent two decades as a refugee, until she was finally able to return to her homeland. She is the co-founder,of the Stung Treng Women’s Development Center, a social enterprise that offers a living wage, education, and social services to women and their families in rural northeastern Cambodia. A frequent public speaker, she has appeared at universities and on radio and TV news programs, including NPR’s Morning Edition. She cooks often for friends, family, and for private events. An excerpt from Slow Noodles in Hippocampus was named a Longreads Best Personal Essay in 2021.

Kim Green is an award-winning writer and public radio producer and contributor based in Nashville. Her work has appeared in Fast Company, the New York Times, and on NPR’s Weekend Edition, Marketplace, and The New Yorker Radio Hour. A licensed pilot, she was formerly a flight instructor.

Summary

A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during Pol Pot's genocide in the 1970s but who finds hope by reclaiming the recipes she tasted in her mother's kitchen.

Product details

• Authors: Chantha Nguon
• Publisher: Workman Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.06.2024
• EAN: 9781643753492
• ISBN: 978-1-64375-349-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Assisted by: Kim Green
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Ethnic Studies, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Culinary, South East Asia, Cookery / food & drink etc, Cookery / food and drink, Relating to Asian American people