The Rise In Diaspora Cookbooks

A new generation of international cookbooks is coming from people who were born or raised in the United States.

They have been putting a contemporary spin on recipes that may have been cooked by their parents and grandparents, but which they’ve adapted based on local tastes and ingredients.

I think of these as diaspora cookbooks — in fact, the word “diaspora” is in the title of Khushbu Shah’s upcoming book, which you can see above. In this episode, I look at this trend and get input from author Kevin Pang, who is among this new crop of writers.