From Baghdad to Bombay

I heard memoirist Pearl Sofaer speak recently. Pearl was born and grew up in Bombay, India, of  a Baghdadi Jewish family. She currently resides in the San Francisco Bay, California, area. Pearl is author of the memoir/cookbook, Baghdad to Bombay: In the Kitchens of My Cousins (Paper Jam Publishing, 2008; $18). The book includes traditional Jewish recipes from Iraq and India. Pearl interviewed her extended family to collect the recipes in the book, which include: Iraqi Borscht, Fish Curry, Baghdadi Jewish Chicken Soup, and Luzina, to name a few. Pearl told stories about what the traditional Baghdadi Jewish community was like in the first half of the 20^th century, and what it was like to grow up in Bombay. At the end of her presentation, Pearl sang traditional songs using Middle Eastern Jewish (Mizrahi) melodies, which sounded so exotic to our western ears. Her CD is Gems of Mizrahi Liturgy.

 Are musical memoirs next? Downloadable mp3 memoirs? M-memoirs?