--- title: MiMi Aye | TIME description: Aye is the author of award-winning cookery bookMandalay: Recipes & Tales from a Burmese Kitchen. She was born and brought up in the U.K. by Burmese parents, but regularly visits friends and family back in Burma. Aye also hosts the food and culture podcastThe MSG Pod. canonical: https://time.com/author/mimi-aye/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/mimi-aye/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # MiMi Aye ## MiMi Aye _Aye is the author of award-winning cookery book_[_Mandalay: Recipes & Tales from a Burmese Kitchen_](https://blakefriedmann.co.uk/mimi-aye)_. She was born and brought up in the U.K. by Burmese parents, but regularly visits friends and family back in Burma. Aye also hosts the food and culture podcast_[_The MSG Pod_](https://open.spotify.com/show/1TbyxWrLy4EHtmKoYB3kOB)_._ ## MiMi Aye *  Jun 1, 2021 ### [Myanmar Women Leading Revolution Despite Military Misogyny](https://time.com/6052954/myanmar-women-military/) The ferocity of Myanmar's women isn't new, but their cause was set back by decades of misogynistic s... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 8, 2021 ### [Why I Feel Hopeful About Myanmar After Decades of Darkness](https://time.com/5953413/myanmar-protests-hope/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/mimi-aye/","name":"MiMi Aye"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/mimi-aye/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/mimi-aye/"},"name":"MiMi Aye","jobTitle":null,"description":"Aye is the author of award-winning cookery bookMandalay: Recipes & Tales from a Burmese Kitchen. She was born and brought up in the U.K. by Burmese parents, but regularly visits friends and family back in Burma. Aye also hosts the food and culture podcastThe MSG Pod.","url":"https://time.com/author/mimi-aye/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```