New Book: With Our Own Hands

ISE Member Frederik van Oudenhoven’s new book, With Our Own Hands: A celebration of food and life in the Pamir mountains of Afghanistan and Tajikistan is now available for pre-order!

With Our Own Hands tells, for the first time, the cultural and agricultural history of the Afghan and Tajik Pamirs, one of the world’s least known and most isolated civilisations. Through the lens of local recipes, one hundred in total, and accompanied by the work of three award-winning photographers, it describes Pamiri food and its origins, people’s daily lives, their struggles and celebrations. In a context where poverty, conflicts and political upheaval have made it difficult for people to express and define their identity, food becomes a powerful tool for its survival.

Please see the full announcement here.