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WINNER OF THE JANE GRIGSON TRUST AWARD ‘Amazing, original, boundary breaking.’ Diana Henry ‘One of the most gleeful cookbooks of 2023.’ Stylist Magazine ‘His recipes have a dynamism that is genuine, personal and flavour-led… dazzling and yet warmly inviting.’ Nigella Lawson With recipes for everything from Coconut Crab Crumpets to Kasundi Keema Lasagne Rolls, award-winning food writer Gurdeep Loyal celebrates the hybrid third-culture cooking of second-generation migrants around the world today. Born in Britain to Indian parents, Gurd felt constantly pulled by the clashing expectations of both cultures. But through his passion for food and cooking he was able to embrace the delicious contradictions of his plural British Indian identity. In Mother Tongue he explores his culinary upbringing that combined ‘authentic’ home-cooked Punjabi food, with ‘inauthentic’ curry-house Tikka Masalas, the Western foodie cannon, and a wanderlust for travel in pursuit of flavour. What results is a flavour amplified intercultural cuisine, that is a delicious culinary self-expression of his second-generation experience of the world today. Gurdeep serves up over 100 knock-out recipes, including a mouth-watering Miso-Masala Fried Chicken Sando, Sweet Chilli-Gunpowder Roasted Cauliflower, Desi Kofta Meatballs with Sticky Mango-Lime Tomatoes and Chocolate-Orange Jalebis, all combined with expert know-how on building, blending, and remixing global flavour combinations. Mother Tongue is bursting with vibrantly spiced, colourfully flavour-forward recipes for home-cooks to explore and be inspired by every day.

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Gurdeep's vision is something that a lot of people will connect and identify with. There are so many of us 'second generation' cooks with stories to tell about our upbringing and its influence on our food. The way we cook plays a big role in our understanding of ourselves in modern society and this new culture that we have created. It helps us to identify with multiple sides of us. Ravneet Gill - author of The Pastry Chef's Guide Gurdeep is the person I call when I want to know the latest place to eat, the hot new food trend or when I have just run out of recipe ideas. His relentless enthusiasm for eating and discovering good food is unmatched. I would adore a book from Gurdeep on my shelf, his food and writing I know will celebrate life, culture and inclusiveness in full flavour and colour and who doesn't need a bit of that right now. Anna Jones - author of A Modern Way to Eat Gurdeep is one of the most lively, foodie, and life enthusiastic people I have the pleasure to know. I have dual Asian-British roots too and so am especially fascinated to get to know more about Gurdeep's family experiences and delicious food memories. Melissa Hemsley - author of Eat Green Gurd's food is vibrant and packed with flavor - a true reflection of how he lives life in full colour. The recipes in this book are a mouth-watering twist on cultural cuisines, each one exciting and unique - I can't wait to get cooking. Anja Dunk - author of Strudel, Noodles and Dumplings I am very excited about the prospect of Gurdeep writing this book - he is a heartwarming story teller & I know his brilliant personality will jump off the page. Ravinder Bhogal - author of Jikoni

'Every so often a rare cookbook comes along which brings something completely new and fascinating to the world of food. Mother Tongue does just that. A fiercely original, boundary shifting celebration of flavour and culture, that I will go back for years to come.' Anna Jones - author of A Modern Way to Eat 'Genuine wow - what an astonishing book. I can't remember feeling quite so excited by one... A Willy Wonka-style wizard of flavour, his joy in food shines from every page - a genuinely thrilling book.' Felicity Cloake 'Gurdeep has had a wonderful influence over me both personally and professionally. The recipes in Mother Tongue using his expansive palate, his broad knowledge and anecdotes of British Indianness will brighten up any bookshelf!' Ravneet Gill Gurdeep is one of the most lively, foodie, and life enthusiastic people I have the pleasure to know. I have dual Asian-British roots too and so am especially fascinated to get to know more about Gurdeep's family experiences and delicious food memories. Melissa Hemsley - author of Eat Green Gurd's food is vibrant and packed with flavor - a true reflection of how he lives life in full colour. The recipes in this book are a mouth-watering twist on cultural cuisines, each one exciting and unique - I can't wait to get cooking. Anja Dunk - author of Strudel, Noodles and Dumplings I am very excited about the prospect of Gurdeep writing this book - he is a heartwarming story teller & I know his brilliant personality will jump off the page. Ravinder Bhogal - author of Jikoni

'Every so often a rare cookbook comes along which brings something completely new and fascinating to the world of food. Mother Tongue does just that. A fiercely original, boundary shifting celebration of flavour and culture, that I will go back for years to come.' Anna Jones - author of A Modern Way to Eat 'Genuine wow - what an astonishing book. I can't remember feeling quite so excited by one... A Willy Wonka-style wizard of flavour, his joy in food shines from every page - a genuinely thrilling book.' Felicity Cloake 'Amazing, original, boundary breaking. Gurdeep is a genius with flavour and a terrific writer too.' Diana Henry 'Gurdeep has had a wonderful influence over me both personally and professionally. The recipes in Mother Tongue using his expansive palate, his broad knowledge and anecdotes of British Indianness will brighten up any bookshelf!' Ravneet Gill Gurdeep is one of the most lively, foodie, and life enthusiastic people I have the pleasure to know. I have dual Asian-British roots too and so am especially fascinated to get to know more about Gurdeep's family experiences and delicious food memories. Melissa Hemsley - author of Eat Green Gurd's food is vibrant and packed with flavor - a true reflection of how he lives life in full colour. The recipes in this book are a mouth-watering twist on cultural cuisines, each one exciting and unique - I can't wait to get cooking. Anja Dunk - author of Strudel, Noodles and Dumplings I am very excited about the prospect of Gurdeep writing this book - he is a heartwarming story teller & I know his brilliant personality will jump off the page. Ravinder Bhogal - author of Jikoni

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Gurdeep is a Food & Drink Consultant and has worked for leading brands including Innocent Drinks, Harrods' Food Halls and most recently as Head of Food Trends for Marks & Spencer, travelling the world for gourmet inspiration to bring to the dinner tables of the nation. He is also a food writer, speaker on the topic of 'Food, Cultural Appropriation & Race', and curator of the online platform Mother Tongue - which celebrates food stories of migration, race, (in)authenticity and second-generation culinary identity around the world.

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