Pakistani-American filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid has announced the launch of a project, “Museum of Food”, which will celebrate and preserve the food culture in Pakistan.
Announcing her new initiative in an Instagram post, the two-time Oscar winner revealed that the idea was inspired by her grandmother who had taught both young women and men how to cook.
Recalling her history with food, Obaid said that she grew up around her grandmother’s dining table. For as long as she remembers, her grandmother used to teach young women and sometimes men how to cook.
“She diligently preserved all her recipes and every Friday an advert in the classified section would appear with the week’s menu under the banner: Mrs Azra Syed’s Cooking classes. Thousands of her students now live around the world carrying her recipes with them…My museum of food is an ode to her and her generation whose recipes are fast disappearing,” she added.