Hall of Fame Award | 2019

Naomi Duguid, a former lawyer from Ottawa, is a cookbook writer, journalist, and photographer. Since 1995 she has published nine cookbooks, six co-authored with former husband Jeffrey Alford. Many of her cookbooks are written as culinary travelogues, which explore food through a geographical and cultural lens. An avid traveller since her childhood, Duguid’s cookbooks investigate the culinary heritage of Southeast Asia, Persia, and other places she has visited. She has been honoured with prestigious awards from the James Beard Foundation and the International Association of Culinary Professionals. She is also trustee of the Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery, a consulting editor for Saveur, and has conducted culinary tours of Northern Thailand, Burma, and the Republic of Georgia. Her first cookbook, shown here, focuses on flatbreads, one of the earliest processed foods. It provides an exploration of culinary culture through more than sixty flatbread recipes and 150 accompaniments derived from Duguid’s travels around the world.

Duguid, Naomi and Jeffrey Alford. Flatbreads and Flavors: A Baker’s Atlas. First edition. New York: Morrow, 1995. Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph Library (TX715.6 ZZ5737).