{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6ace5fa439599f7c5608c536/6ace63190c6b30397bf08fd8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"406: Fictional Food Comes Alive with Celina Baljeet Basra","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6ace5fa439599f7c5608c536/c0bba3b901aec171ba6665b8c6def32b.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Celina Baljeet Basra</strong> is the Berlin based author of <a href=\"https://astrapublishinghouse.com/product/happy-9781662602306/\"><em>Happy</em></a>, a sweet and surreal postmodern novel released last year. It follows a young man named Happy from his family cabbage farm in Punjab to his clandestine journey to Europe, and the service jobs he works along the way. I’ve never read a book quite like Happy and it's so fun to have Celina on the show to talk about unconventional food writing, her favorite restaurants in Berlin, and more.</p><p>Got a question, comment, future guest idea, fact to share, fun fact to share, less-fun fact to share? <a href=\"https://memo.fm/taste/\">Send us a voice memo</a> and we will listen to it, and may feature your message on the show! </p><p><strong>MORE FROM CELINA BALJEET BASRA:</strong></p><ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://lithub.com/happy/\">Happy</a> [Literary Hub]</li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/11/14/happy-celina-baljeet-basra-review/\">The Tragic Exploitation that Puts Food on Our Plates</a> [Washington Post]</li>\n</ul>\n      <p> </p>","author_name":"Matt Rodbard & Aliza Abarbanel"}