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I COULD NOT REALLY START THIS BOOK OF MEMORIES AND RECIPES WITHOUT MENTIONING MY SRI LANKAN ACHI (GRANDMOTHER), EMANONA WEERASEKERA KURUWITAGE. SHE WAS MARRIED TO MY SEYA (GRANDFATHER), ADRIAN SILVA KURUWITAGE, AND LIVED IN OUR ANCESTRAL HOME IN DEHIWALA, SRI LANKA. TO MY FATHER, SHE WAS A LOVING MOTHER AND THE RESPECTED UNOFFICIAL HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD. THE PEOPLE FROM THE VILLAGE ALL KNEW HER AS A WISE, GENEROUS PERSON WHO WOULD NOT PUT UP WITH ANYTHING THAT WAS NOT PROPER. TO ME SHE WAS A KIND, DOTING GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS ALWAYS THERE TO HAVE A CHAT AND OFFER ME FOOD. WE ENJOYED EACH OTHER’S COMPANY.