Naomi Duguid

Experience

Naomi Duguid is a writer, traveler and photographer. Her most recent book is The Miracle of Salt: Recipes and Techniques to Preserve, Ferment, and Transform Your Food (2022). Her previous books include Burma: Rivers of Flavor (2012) and Taste of Persia: Culinary Travels in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Kurdistan (2016). In her work, she explores daily home-cooked foods in their cultural context through stories, recipes and photographs.

 She is the co-author of six earlier award-winning books of food and travel, including Hot Sour Salty Sweet: A Culinary Journey Through Southeast Asia; Seductions of Rice; Flatbreads and Flavors; HomeBaking: The Artful Mix of Flour and Tradition Around the World; Mangoes and Curry Leaves: Culinary Travels through the Great Subcontinent and Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Travels in the Other China.

 Naomi is a trustee of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery and an advocate for whole grains and sustainable agriculture. She leads two food-centered small group trips each year, one in northern Thailand and the other in the Republic of Georgia.