Meera Sodha – Dinner
WithMeera Sodha
In conversation withCaroline Eden
On:8th August 2024, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
We're so pleased that Meera Sodha is coming to the bookshop for an event! The bestselling, multi-award winning, author of East, Fresh India and Made in India, Meera Sodha, is back with her much anticipated fourth book, Dinner: 120 Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes for the Most Important Meal of the Day. It's a fresh and joyful celebration of the power of a good meal. Sodha will be in conversation with writer and critic Caroline Eden.
This event will take place in the bookshop with an in-person audience. There will be a signing after the event.
Vouchers can be redeemed on the night of the event against a single copy of Dinner – we will have a list of attendees with vouchers to be redeemed. Please note that only one voucher can be redeemed per book.
About Dinner:
Drawing from Meera’s ‘New Vegan’ Guardian column and from a wide range of Asian cuisines, Dinner also includes many brand-new recipes, all created to answer the question: What’s for dinner? in an exciting and delicious way.
Discover 100 vibrant, easy-to-make vegetarian and vegan main dishes bursting with flavour, including baked butter paneer, kimchi and tomato spaghetti and aubergines roasted in satay sauce. There are also ludicrously delicious desserts, such as coconut and cardamom dream cake and bubble tea ice cream, and versatile and surprising side dishes, including salt and vinegar potato salad and asparagus and cashew thoran.
From quick-cook recipes to one-pan wonders and delectable dishes you can just bung in the oven and leave to look after themselves, Dinner is the essential companion for the most important meal of the day.
Please note: Tickets for our events are non-refundable. Professional photography and videography may take place during this event. Thank you for your understanding.
Participants:
Meera Sodha Author
Meera Sodha is a cook and a food writer, renowned for her Asian-inspired, meat-free recipes. She writes the Guardian’s weekly ‘The New Vegan’ column, and is the author of three best-selling cookbooks: Made in India, Fresh India and East. She cooks, writes and lives in London with her husband and daughter.
Caroline Eden Chair
Caroline Eden contributes to the travel, food and arts pages of the Guardian, the Financial Times and the Times Literary Supplement. She has recorded stories from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Russia for BBC Radio 4’s From Our Own Correspondent. She is the author of four books, Samarkand (Kyle Books, 2016), Black Sea (Quadrille, 2018), Red Sands (Quadrille, 2020) and Cold Kitchen (Bloomsbury, 2024). Twitter and Instagram: @edentravels.
The venue
The Portobello Bookshop
46 Portobello High Street
Edinburgh
EH15 1DA
Telephone: 0131 629 6756
Website: www.theportobellobookshop.com
Wheelchair Access
We have a ramp at the front of the shop which has a ratio of 1:10 and loading capacity of 300kg, and so should be able to be used by most wheelchair users or those with mobility vehicles. The front doors are fully automated. Our shop interior is designed to allow access throughout for wheelchair users and prams, though please note there is only 700mm wide clearance to access the staff toilet.
Sound
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