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Pastry Chef Heena Punwani’s Baking Journey Began in Someone Else’s Kitchen

  • April 1, 2022
  • Thomas Zacharias
Do early associations of food shape our tastes and identity? Pastry chef Heena Punwani speaks to chef Thomas Zacharias about growing up with Enid Blyton books, her mother’s flavourful butter chicken, and the first wedding cake that she ever baked.
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