An homage to the kitchen, that place in our lives where everything revolves around food, Mamá reclaims the role of food beyond mere survival. Food brings excitement, it takes imagination to invest a dish, and perhaps a recipe we’ve inherited can tell us something about who we are. Mina Holland talks with chefs including Jamie Oliver, Yotam Ottolenghi, Claudia Roden, and Elena Arzak, who share what their culinary inheritances are and how they’ve influenced them. The book is also sprinkled with recipes from her own daily life and memories—and these fragments are much more than simple cooking instructions.