Not my Mama’s Lasagna
The first dish I learned to make was, strangely enough, Lasagna. Sri Lanka (or Ceylon as it was known then) in the late 1960’s early 70’s was under the yoke of the near-communist regime of Sirimavo Bandaranaike (the first elected female leader of a nation worldwide). Imports were banned, and food was rationed so we Ceylonese had to be creative in how we used the resources available. When we could get cheese it was the canned variety, tomato sauces and…