Jeffrey Alford is an American-born

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, best known for cookbooks co-written with his ex-wife

Naomi Duguid Naomi Duguid (born 1950 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a food writer and photographer from Canada. Duguid is based in Toronto and has coauthored six cookbooks, and well as ''Burma: Rivers of Flavor'' in 2012 which was her first solo publication. She is be ...

. Alford was from

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and he graduated from high school there in 1972. He earned a master's degree in creative writing at the

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. After leaving Wyoming, he lived in

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and traveled the world. He met Duguid on a bike trip in

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in 1985 and they were married in early 1986. They had two sons, and lived in

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, Canada. The couple separated in 2009, and Alford now lives in a small village in Northern Thailand.

Books

*''Flatbreads and Flavors: A Culinary Atlas'' (, 1995) *''Seductions of Rice'' (, 1998) *''Hot Sour Salty Sweet: A Culinary Journey Through Southeast Asia'' (, 2000) *''Home Baking: Sweet and Savory Traditions from Around the World'' (, 2003) *''Mangoes and Curry Leaves: Culinary Travels Through the Great Subcontinent'' (, 2005) *''Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Travels in the Other China'' (, 2008) *''Chicken in the Mango Tree: Food and Life in a Thai-Khmer Village'' (, 2015)

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External links

Hot Sour Salty Sweet: Official website of Jeffrey Alford + Naomi Duguid
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alford, Jeffrey Canadian food writers Living people Canadian cookbook writers James Beard Foundation Award winners Year of birth missing (living people)

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