When most debut cookery authors are preparing for publication, they’re celebrating, sharing recipes with followers and gearing up to sign hundreds of books in their publisher’s office. The run-up to Ilhan Mohamed Abdi’s first cookbook, however, also involved surgery. Brain surgery, in fact.
“So if I am a bit slow on some of the questions, please bear with me,” she says gently. Major surgery has not blunted her elation at having written a cookbook, though. “I’m very excited, nervous at the same time, but very excited,” she buzzes.
