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The Food of Love

Hugh Quarshie

Justine Willett

Aminatta Forna

The Food of Love: Episode 3: Scotch Broth

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Episode 3: Scotch Broth

Scotch Broth

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By Aminatta Forna. A man does his best to cook for a child after a terrible loss.

By Aminatta Forna. A man does his best to cook for a child after a terrible loss. Read by Hugh Quarshie.

In this series of monologues exploring the link between food and memory, powerful domestic dramas gradually unfold through the preparation of a special recipe. 

In the final story in the series, by Aminatta Forna, a man struggles to cook for a young child, after a terrible loss...

Aminatta Forna was born in Glasgow, raised in Sierra Leone and Britain and also spent periods of her childhood in Iran, Thailand and Zambia. She is the award-winning author of two novels: 'The Memory of Love and Ancestor Stones', and a memoir 'The Devil that Danced on the Water'.

Read by: Hugh Quarshie
Producer: Justine Willett.

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Series of monologues exploring the link between food and memory.

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