On this episode of The Sourdough Podcast I speak with writer Farah Heron about her recently published romantic comedy Accidentally Engaged. A "delectable" romantic comedy about a sourdough obsessed woman who fakes an engagement to the boy next door to enter a couples cooking contest. Farah shares how she got into writing and baking. And we talk about the book’s themes of family, Indian culture, and delicious bread and what, if any, intersections the main character’s story might have with Farah’s own life experiences.

My guest today is author Farah Heron. Farah’s book, Accidentally Engaged, was recently featured on Oprah.com after being released earlier this month. Farah writes romantic comedies and women's fiction full of huge South Asian families, delectable food, and most importantly, and as her book jacket bio says, “brown people falling stupidly in love.” Farah lives in Toronto with her husband, two children, and when she’s not writing, is a real deal sourdough baker.

(above) I tried making my first Parathas from the recipe in the back of Farah’s book. Of course I had to try using sourdough discard like we talked about in the interview. I thought they came out pretty good! Flaky and delicious.