Bookmark: Food as Medicine to Heal Cambodia’s Wounds




World Bank Podcasts show

Summary: Narin Seng Jamison was born and brought up in Cambodia, but despite living for most of her life outside her home country, it remains very much with her. Her book ‘Cooking the Cambodian Way: The Intertwined Story of Cooking and Culture in Cambodia’ is not just about recipes it also concerns recovering and preserving a culinary culture as a response to the horrors of the Khmer Rouge. Narin – who worked for decades for the World Bank sees food as sustenance not just for the body but also for the soul of her country. Bookmark explores the creative literary works of World Bank Group staff members. To listen to others episodes of the series, visit: soundcloud.com/worldbank/sets/bookmark