 Sri Owen, a Sumatra-raised food writer living in London "who brokered her homesickness for her native cuisine into a prolific career as a cookbook author credited with popularizing Indonesian delicacies in the English-speaking world," died October 4, the New York Times reported. She was 90.
Owen published 10 books, starting with The Home Book of Indonesian Cookery (1976), a groundbreaking work that "brought to light a national cuisine that was little known in the Western world...
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When his son gave up reading on his own at age 10, T.Z. Layton channeled his experience as a youth soccer coach into The Academy. The series follows 12-year-old soccer player Leo, who moves to England to compete for a prestigious spot in the elite London Dragons football youth squad. Find out how Layton rises to the challenges of portraying a soccer match on the page and engaging with reluctant readers....
