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Day of honey : a memoir of food, love, and war
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Title
Day of honey : a memoir of food, love, and war / Annia Ciezadlo.
ISBN
9781416583936 (hc)
1416583939
Edition
1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Published
New York : Free Press, 2011.
Physical Description
viii, 382 p. ; 25 cm.
Summary
Ciezadlo presents a beautifully written, fiercely intelligent memoir exploring the heightened meaning of cooking during wartime.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 05, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-368) and index.
Contents
Pt. I. New York. Introduction : the siege
The quiet assassin
Afghanistanism
The bride of the world
Majaddara
pt. II. Honeymoon in Baghdad. The benefits of civilization
"Iraq has no cuisine"
Becoming human
The movement of democratic lovers
The sumer land
The flavor of freedom
Iftar alone
Chicken soup for the Iraqi soul
The devil's Hijab
The free one
Even a strong person can ask for peace
pt. III. Beirut. Republic of Foul
The green revolution
Death in Beirut
The war of the kitchen
The operation
pt. IV. Eat, pray, war. Fear and shopping
Mighli
Cooking with Umm Hassane
Supper of stones
pt. V. God, Nasrallah, and the suburbs. There are no Shiites in this neighborhood
My previous experience in warfare.
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