Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery Oral History Project
Files
Loading...
Publisher
Technological University Dublin
Description
Born in 1935 in West Sumatra, Indonesia, Sri became one of the leading experts on Indonesian food. She was one of original attendees at the first Oxford Symposium having befriended Alan Davidson, who had previously read her 1976 The Home Book of Indonesian Cookery (Faber and Faber). She married Roger and moved to London in 1964 and spent over twenty years working for the BBC. In 1993, Sri published the highly acclaimed The Rice Book which explores the history, culture, and economics of rice worldwide. It won the André Simon Memorial Award and was shortlisted for a James Beard Award. Sri and Roger were regulars and acted as trustees at the Oxford Symposium and in 2017, the Guild of Food Writers honored Sri Owen with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Publication Date
2025
Keywords
oral history, interviews, gastronomy, culinary history, rice, food writing
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21427/83sc-ca62