October 11, 2011, 7:00 PM
Kepler's Books
1010 El Camino Real
For Donia Bijan’s family, food has been the language they use to tell their stories and to communicate their love. In 1978, when the Islamic revolution in Iran threatened their safety, they fled to California’s Bay Area, where the familiar flavors of Bijan’s mother ‘s cooking formed a bridge to the life they left behind. She tells her story in Maman’s Homesick Pie: A Persian Heart in an American Kitchen.



