The Jackfruit Chronicles - Memories and Recipes from a British-Bangladeshi Kitchen

From award-winning food writer and novelist Shahnaz Ahsan comes a heartfelt memoir: The Jackfruit Chronicles . With insight and love, Ahsan guides us through the vibrant flavours and captivating story of Bengali food and its place in Britain. Beginning with the arrival of her grandfather, Habib, in Manchester in the 1950s, this is a spellbinding journey not just through one family story, but also the broader tale of the Bangladeshi diaspora''s quest for a new life in Britain. Ahsan beautifully weaves together this narrative of migration and hope with treasured family recipes, including dishes like sour tomato broth, jackfruit kofta curry, lentil fritters, fish with clementine peels and much more. The Jackfruit Chronicles is a moving exploration of family, food and what it means to belong.

Product details

• Authors: Shahnaz Ahsan
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 25.07.2026
• EAN: 9780008683832
• ISBN: 978-0-00-868383-2
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; TRAVEL / General, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / General, Memoirs, Social & cultural history, Bangladesh, TRAVEL / Asia / India & South Asia, Travel writing, Migration, immigration & emigration, Local interest, family history & nostalgia, National & regional cuisine, Social and cultural history, Migration, immigration and emigration, Local and family history, nostalgia, Black & Asian Studies, Relating to British South Asian people, Relating to people of the South Asian diasporas / heritage, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs, COOKING / Regional & Cultural / Indian & South Asian