Naomi Duguid (born 1950 in Ottawa,

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) is a

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and photographer from

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. Duguid is based in

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and has coauthored six cookbooks, and well as ''Burma: Rivers of Flavor'' in 2012 which was her first solo publication. She is best known for her cookbooks co-written with her ex-husband Jeffrey Alford. Duguid attended Queen's University in

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and proceeded through law school. After travelling around the world Naomi met Jeffrey Alford in

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in 1985 and the two were soon married. She quit her job as a lawyer and went into writing cookbooks in 1995. She has jointly put out five books with her husband on world cooking. All five books have gone on to be major successes and have won Cookbook of the Year from the

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in 1996 and 2001 as well as Cuisine Canada Cookbook Award in 1999 and 2004. Alford and Duguid have two sons together, and lived in

until they separated in 2009. Naomi Duguid continues to live in Toronto, and Jeffrey Alford now lives in Thailand.

Books

*''Flatbreads and Flavors: A Culinary Atlas'' (, 1995) *''Home Baking: Sweet and Savory Traditions from Around the World'' (, 2003) *''Hot Sour Salty Sweet: A Culinary Journey Through Southeast Asia'' (, 2000) *''Seductions of Rice'' (, 1998) *''Mangoes and Curry Leaves: Culinary Travels Through the Great Subcontinent'' (, 2005) *''Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Travels in the Other China (, 2008) *''Burma: Rivers of Flavor'' (, 2012) *''Taste of Persia: A Cook's Travels Through Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Kurdistan'' (, 2016) *''The Miracle of Salt: Recipes and Techniques to Preserve, Ferment, and Transform Your Food'' (, 2022)

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