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Author Talk: Ifrah F. Ahmed, Soomaaliya

Monday, April 13, 2026 · 6:30 PM PDT · Book Larder
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Author Talk: Ifrah F. Ahmed, Soomaaliya
Somali-born chef and author Ifrah F. Ahmed discusses her debut cookbook Soomaaliya: Food, Memory, and Migration, which highlights Somali culinary traditions and recipes from around the world. She will be in conversation with local author Angela Garbes.

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  • Ifrah F. Ahmed is a Somali-born, Brooklyn-based writer, chef, and artist whose work centers around food, history, culture, memory, and migration. She is the founder of MILK & MYRRH, a popular Somali culinary pop-up that has sold out in New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle, and is a regular contributor to the New York Times Cooking.

  • Angela Garbes is a 40-year-old Filipina American writer and speaker based in Seattle, Washington. She is the author of two books, Essential Labor and Like a Mother, and writes a monthly Guardian US column on female middle age. Her work explores themes of bodily autonomy, motherhood, and the essential labor that sustains human life.

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4252 Fremont Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103, USA · Fremont, Seattle

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