MiMi Aye
| MiMi Aye | |
|---|---|
| Native name | မီးမီးအေ |
| Born | Margate, Kent, England |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge |
| 💼 Occupation | Food writer, solicitor |
| 👶 Children | 2 |
| 🌐 Website | https://www.meemalee.net |
| Twitter= | |
MiMi Aye is a British-Burmese food writer and solicitor. She is best known for writing the cookbooks Noodle! and Mandalay - Recipes and Tales from a Burmese Kitchen.
Early life[edit]
Aye was born in Margate to Burmese parents, who had emigrated from Myanmar to England three months before her birth.[1][2] Her mother's family is native to Mogok, near Shan State, and her father's hails from Mandalay.[3] Her interest in Burmese culture and food was instilled in her by her parents, who were fearful of her losing touch with her Burmese origins. Her parents encouraged her and her siblings to speak Burmese at home, and her mother frequently cooked Burmese food for her family.[2]
Career[edit]
Aye graduated from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge in 1998 with a degree in Law, and qualified as a solicitor before pursuing a career in legal and tax publishing. She first worked for Theodore Goddard (now Addleshaw Goddard), then after deciding to focus on legal publishing, she moved to LexisNexis and then finally the tax division of Bloomberg L.P.[3]
Aye first started food writing through her food blog meemalee, which she started as a hobby in Feburary 2009.[4] As she expanded activities onto Twitter, she began to receive many questions about Burmese food, which inspired her to write more formally about Burmese food and culture on her blog.[5] She was contacted by the British publisher Blake Friedmann in 2012 to discuss writing Noodle!, which would become the fifth of a series of cookbooks focusing on a specific variety of food (its predecessors include Mince!, Stew!, Soup! and Pie!). Noodle! was released in 2014.[6]
Aye was offered a deal by Bloomsbury Absolute to write Mandalay - Recipes and Tales from a Burmese Kitchen at the end of 2017. She took a sabbatical from her job at Bloomberg to write it, and Mandalay was published in June 2019.[7] Mandalay was named as one of the Financial Times' Books of the Summer,[8] one of The Observer's 20 Best Food Books of 2019[9], and was nominated as a finalist for the Guild of Food Writers Awards.[10] Nigella Lawson has chosen Mandalay as one of her "Cookbooks of the Month", and it, along with Aye's recipe for Burmese Fried Chicken, is featured on the Cookbook Corner section of her website.[11] Aye has appeared on the BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour to promote Mandalay and cook her Red Prawn Curry.[12]
Aye wrote for Eater London in 2018, with an emphasis on promoting Asian and Burmese food and restaurants in the city.[13][14] She has featured in The Guardian, The Sunday Times and The Independent for her involvement in popularising Burmese food.[1][15][16]
Personal life[edit]
Aye lives in Kent with her husband and two children.[4]
Bibliography[edit]
- Noodle! 100 Amazing Authentic Recipes, Absolute Press, (ISBN 9781472905673, 2014)
- Mandalay - Recipes and Tales from a Burmese Kitchen, Bloomsbury Absolute, (ISBN 9781472959492, 2019)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rayner, Jay. "Lahpet, London: 'Dishes that demand your attention' – restaurant review". The Guardian. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Easy Burmese Rice Noodle Dish That Means Home To Me". Refinery29. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Fitz and food - MiMi Aye's culinary journey". Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 "MiMi Aye". meemalee. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Findley, Nicky. "COOK THESE: Three Burmese dishes by MiMi Aye". Bournemouth Echo. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Noodle! 100 Amazing Authentic Recipes". Bloomsbury. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Taylor, Heather. "June issue: Five of the best new cookbooks". National Geographic. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Hayward, Tim. "Summer books of 2019: Food and drink". Financial Times. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The 20 best food books of 2019". The Observer Food. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Awards 2020 Finalists". Guild of Food Writers. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Lawson, Nigella. "MANDALAY BY MIMI AYE". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "BBC Radio 4 - Cook The Perfect..." BBC Radio 4. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Aye, MiMi. "The Best Places to Find Burmese Food in London". Eater London. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Aye, MiMi. "The Best Bowls of Ramen in London". Eater London. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Aye, MiMi. "'MANDALAY' COOKBOOK: BURMESE RECIPES FROM FRIED FISH CURRY TO BEAN FRITTERS". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Moore, Matthew. "Chefs are in a stew over 'cultural theft' as publishing companies review recipes". The Sunday Times. Unknown parameter
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