https://www.humairamahi.com/home daily 1.0 2026-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6289874a6790be14e8fd1d7f/9955cf04-2f42-4b8c-9d3f-e1c87fbdb8c7/Humaira+Pic.jpg Home https://www.humairamahi.com/food daily 0.75 2022-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6289874a6790be14e8fd1d7f/c0979e43-997f-4edc-84d9-efed8d2889fe/Honey+Lavender+Lemonade.JPG Food - Food “A good dinner is of great importance to good talk. One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” - Virginia Woolf, “A Room of One’s Own’. Food for me is woven with memory, nostalgia and family rituals/traditions. I was fortunate to learn to cook in two very different Indian cooking traditions in both my grandmothers’ kitchens - as an immigrant, those family recipes and traditions became even more important as I missed the food from home. I especially enjoy elaborate cooking projects - making and sharing food with friends and family gives me great joy. My food essays try to capture the essence of a world in my family’s kitchens, some of which is now firmly in the past as we move to faster implements/methods from a period where people took the time with food rituals and traditions. I also am in a Fermentation Club where we have been trying fermented food recipes from different parts of the world. Fermenting has such an ancient history and it is quite a learning to see different ways that people preserved and fermented things across different cultures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6289874a6790be14e8fd1d7f/58a6a714-fd19-4331-b7c2-1b474c01c51b/FeastSF+Comfort+Food.jpg Food - FEASTSF: SF-based virtual festival celebrating food & eating as art forms. May 23 - May 28, 2022. Organized, curated and hosted by Virgie Tovar. Pic credit: Virgie Tovar. Virgie Tovar, Angela DeCenzo, Peggy Lee and I had a fun conversation about what comfort food means for each of us as a part of this FeastSF event - we brought in food memories, family nostalgia and some of our favorite comfort foods to showcase. We each also gave some recommendations on our go-to SF Bay Area eateries towards the end of the program. The event aired on May 26, 2022. https://www.humairamahi.com/writing daily 0.75 2022-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6289874a6790be14e8fd1d7f/5c947c99-7dd9-454e-9694-e5e2aa203b69/Morrison+Book+pic.jpg Writing - "Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined." -Toni Morrison, 'Beloved’ Toni Morrison’s writing has been a very meaningful influence in my journey of becoming a writer. Per Morrison’s advice, writing the book that I don’t see in the world feels important to me, and that is why I write. I am currently working on a collection of short stories and a novel. My writing both with my creative nonfiction (CNF) and fiction seeks to examine, observe and report on the liminal spaces I have occupied as a woman, an immigrant, a graduate student, a professor and as a parent. Culture, place and food are big influences in my CNF essays and fiction. https://www.humairamahi.com/art daily 0.75 2026-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6289874a6790be14e8fd1d7f/c806d976-7f5a-4ca0-922f-9f4d47dd27f4/Soft+Opening+Unversal+Love+Dec+2025+Humaira+Mahi.PNG Art - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6289874a6790be14e8fd1d7f/2dbd2667-4a66-4c7d-94dc-d9425525b5f6/Humaira+Ceramics+pic.JPG Art Ceramic bowl; Summer 2017. Although I’ve done handmade pottery, this was my first time throwing on a wheel. The glaze/color is always a surprise with ceramics, was very happy with the way this turned out - both with the color and the shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6289874a6790be14e8fd1d7f/156eadea-57a7-4143-9df3-20576fda296c/Medusa+Humaira+Mahi+Final.png Art - Make it stand out ‘Medusa’ - Humaira Mahi, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6289874a6790be14e8fd1d7f/2264a172-a674-4f7f-9df2-9a3e1a4b79b0/Sea+lilies+haeckel.jpg Art Inspiration for ‘Medusa’: A Sea lilies drawing by Haeckel from “Art Forms in Nature” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6289874a6790be14e8fd1d7f/2996934d-43fd-4527-89b1-4f1c8ab9be25/Universal+Love2+Humaira+Mahi+Final.png Art - Make it stand out ‘Universal Love’ - Humaira Mahi, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6289874a6790be14e8fd1d7f/f0171e33-f1cb-457a-92b6-564a6322fe84/Yardstick+Final.png Art - Make it stand out Yardstick Project - Fall 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6289874a6790be14e8fd1d7f/99219680-b528-40e1-acd1-65d482a15cae/IMG_0048.JPG Art - Make it stand out Exhibition at CSMA - March-April 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6289874a6790be14e8fd1d7f/bf16e1cc-c123-4f8c-b90b-786818f16054/IMG_0038.JPG Art - Make it stand out Exhibition at CSMA - March-April 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6289874a6790be14e8fd1d7f/5d5ba335-acb1-4682-9e78-04d400047fa2/IMG_0053.PNG Art - Make it stand out Yardstick Project - Fall 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6289874a6790be14e8fd1d7f/a5c09fba-281e-488b-a9f1-52482d965e25/IMG_0043.jpg Art - Make it stand out Block Project. CSMA Exhibition - March-April 2022. Materials used: Wood blocks; vintage paper from Life magazine from the 40s and other sources; stamps from the 40s; fabric; vintage handwritten letters from the 40s gathered from estate sales. https://www.humairamahi.com/this-that daily 0.75 2026-02-11 https://www.humairamahi.com/contact-me daily 0.75 2022-05-24