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Be My Guest is an utterly unique, deeply personal meditation on what it means to tend to others and to ourselves - and how the two things work hand in hand. Priya Basil explores how food - and the act of offering food to others - are used to express love and support. Weaving together stories from her own life with knowledge gleaned from her Sikh heritage; her years spent in Kenya, India, Britain, and Germany; and ideas from Derrida, Plato, Arendt, and Peter Singer, Basil focuses an unexpected and illuminating light on what it means to be both a host and a guest.

Una meditación singular sobre la íntima conexión entre el cuidado de los demás y el de uno mismo, sobre el valor profundo de la hospitalidad. Priya Basil explora cómo la comida, y ofrecer comida a los demás, pueden servir para expresar amor y apoyo. La autora arroja una luz distinta sobre lo que significa ser anfitrión y ser invitado. En una época donde se construyen y se cierran fronteras, Elogio de la hospitalidad es un llamamiento, tan delicado como convincente, en favor de un mundo más amable y acogedor donde en definitiva todos nos sintamos en todo lugar como en casa.

The dinner table, among friends, is where the best conversations take place - talk about the world, religion, politics, culture, love and cooking. In the same way, Be My Guest is a conversation about all these things, mediated through the sharing of food. We live in a world where some have too much and others not enough, where migrants and refugees are both welcomed and vilified, and where most of us spend less and less time cooking and eating together.