HOME MADE IN SMETHWICK
Food can act as a bridge from one continent to another; from one generation to the next; and from one house to its neighbour.
Lipie bread, St. Kitts extra hot pepper sauce, Quick bake bean curry, Egg in the hole, Single man biryani, Pink pasta, Posted steak, Mopani worms, Chin Chin cookies, Kurdish cake, Albert’s South African sourdough..
Smells of cooking from around the world infuse the densely populated, terraced streets of Smethwick, West Midlands. Located in the Black Country, the birthplace of Britain’s industrial revolution, today Smethwick is one of England’s most ethnically diverse towns. In addition to being a reception area for newly arrived immigrants, the neighbourhood has long been home to Irish, Sikh, Muslim, Afro-Caribbean and White British communities.
Not exactly a cookbook, this collection of portraits and recipes is an exploration of how food connects us all, to our past and our present, to our sense of self, our health and wellbeing, but perhaps most strongly to our sense of belonging.
Home Made in Smethwick was commissioned and published in 2016 by Multistory and is now in its second edition.