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Day of honey : a memoir of food, love, and war / Annia Ciezadlo.
Publication details: New York : Free Press, 2011.Edition: 1st Free Press hardcover edDescription: viii, 382 p. ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781416583936 :
- 1416583939 :
- Ciezadlo, Annia
- Journalists -- United States -- Biography
- Journalists -- Iraq -- Baghdad
- Journalists -- Lebanon -- Beirut
- Baghdad (Iraq) -- Social life and customs
- Beirut (Lebanon) -- Social life and customs
- Food -- Social aspects -- Iraq -- Baghdad
- Food -- Social aspects -- Lebanon -- Beirut
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Social aspects
- PN4874.C5185 A3 2011
Contents:
Summary: Ciezadlo presents a beautifully written, fiercely intelligent memoir exploring the heightened meaning of cooking during wartime.
New York. Introduction : the siege -- The quiet assassin -- Afghanistanism -- The bride of the world -- Majaddara -- 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 -- Beirut. Republic of Foul -- The green revolution -- Death in Beirut -- The war of the kitchen -- The operation -- Eat, pray, war. Fear and shopping -- Mighli -- Cooking with Umm Hassane -- Supper of stones -- God, Nasrallah, and the suburbs. There are no Shiites in this neighborhood -- My previous experience in warfare.
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Ciezadlo presents a beautifully written, fiercely intelligent memoir exploring the heightened meaning of cooking during wartime.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-368) and index.
New York. Introduction : the siege -- The quiet assassin -- Afghanistanism -- The bride of the world -- Majaddara -- 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 -- Beirut. Republic of Foul -- The green revolution -- Death in Beirut -- The war of the kitchen -- The operation -- Eat, pray, war. Fear and shopping -- Mighli -- Cooking with Umm Hassane -- Supper of stones -- God, Nasrallah, and the suburbs. There are no Shiites in this neighborhood -- My previous experience in warfare.
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